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GCP – Cloud migration: What you need to know (and where to find it)
Migrating to the cloud for an enterprise that has been running workloads on premises for years can be very daunting. To be successful, a migration plan needs to factor in many different aspects relating to people, process and technology. If you are designing the migration, you need guidance and best practices to help steer you […]
GCP – Better together: Google Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud CDN, and Google Cloud Armor
Like many Google Cloud customers, you probably use Global Load Balancing platform to get benefits such as high availability, low latency, and the convenience of a single anycast IP to front-end your global load balancing capacity. But did you know that by adding Cloud CDN and Google Cloud Armor to your existing Global HTTP(S) load […]
AWS – AWS CodeCommit is now available in the EU (Milan) region
CodeCommit is a fully-managed source control service that makes it easy for companies to host secure and highly scalable private Git repositories. CodeCommit eliminates the need to operate your own source control system or worry about scaling its infrastructure. You can use CodeCommit to securely store anything from source code to binaries, and it works […]
AWS – Elasticsearch Audit Logs now available on Amazon Elasticsearch Service
Amazon Elasticsearch Service now offers a detailed audit log of all Elasticsearch requests. Audit Logs allows customers to record a trail of all user actions, helping meet compliance regulations, improving the overall security posture and providing evidence for security investigations. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Kendra now supports custom tags for FAQs
Amazon Kendra is a highly accurate and easy to use enterprise search service powered by machine learning. Starting today, Amazon Kendra customers can use custom tags to target specific FAQs, based on the search context. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EKS is now available in the AWS US West (N. California) Region
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is now available in the AWS US West (N. California) Region. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Pinpoint now supports up to 250 attributes per endpoint
On September 17, 2020, Amazon Pinpoint announced that customers can now store up to 250 attributes across users and endpoints, which is an increase from 40. Attributes are parts of a customer record stored within Amazon Pinpoint that can be used to execute channel marketing through email, push or SMS. Attributes are key pieces of […]
AWS – AWS IoT Greengrass introduces System Health Telemetry, adds new Stream Manager features, and support for Python 3.8
AWS IoT Greengrass 1.11 is now available. With this release, IoT Greengrass introduces multiple new features including System Health Telemetry, enhancements to Stream Manager, and support for Python 3.8. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon AppFlow now supports AWS CloudFormation
Amazon AppFlow now supports AWS CloudFormation for creating and configuring Amazon AppFlow resources such as Connector profile and Amazon AppFlow Flow along with the rest of your AWS infrastructure—in a secure, efficient, and repeatable way. Amazon AppFlow is a fully managed integration service that enables customers to securely transfer data between AWS services and software-as-a-service […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Agent is now Open Source and included with Amazon Linux 2
Amazon CloudWatch Agent is now Open Source and included with Amazon Linux 2 (AL2). AL2 users can install the CloudWatch Agent using the yum package manager. You can also access the CloudWatch Agent source code and contribute to its development in GitHub. Read More for the details.