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GCP – Three ways Google Cloud delivers on hybrid and multicloud, today
Our mission at Google Cloud is to accelerate your ability to digitally transform and reimagine your business through data-powered innovation. To stay true to our mission we made the choice to embrace an open cloudapproach early on. This is reflected in our contributions to projects like Kubernetes, TensorFlow, Knative, Go and many more. On top […]

GCP – Migrating apps to containers? Why Migrate for Anthos is your best bet
Most of us know that there is real value to be had in modernizing workloads, and there are plenty of customer success stories to showcase that. But, even though the value in modernizing workloads to Kubernetes has been well documented, there are still plenty of businesses that haven’t been able to make the jump. Reluctant […]

GCP – Dataproc Metastore: Fully managed Hive metastore now in public preview
The Apache Hive metastore service has become a building block for data lakes that utilize the diverse world of open-source software, such as Apache Spark and Presto. We’re launching the Dataproc Metastore into public preview today, so these powerful tools are now easy to use by any Google Cloud customer with fewer distractions and delays. […]

GCP – Better together – expanding the Confidential Computing ecosystem
Core to our goal of delivering security innovation is the ability to offer powerful features as part of our cloud infrastructure that are easy for customers to implement and use. Confidential computing can provide a flexible, isolated, hardware-based trusted execution environment, allowing adopters to protect their data and sensitive code against malicious access and memory […]

GCP – Create a secure and code-free data pipeline in minutes using Cloud Data Fusion
Organizations are increasingly investing in modern cloud warehouses and data lake solutions to augment analytics environments and improve business decisions. The business value of such repositories increases as additional data is added. And with today’s connected world and many companies adopting a multi-cloud strategy, it is very common to see a scenario where the source […]

AWS – AWS announces Amazon Location Service (Preview)
Amazon Location Service is a fully managed service that helps developers easily add location data to their applications without sacrificing data security and user privacy. The service is now in preview. With Amazon Location, you can build a wide range of location-enabled applications for use cases such as asset tracking, geomarketing, and delivery management. Read […]

AWS – AWS Launch Wizard now supports SAP application software installation
AWS Launch Wizard now enables you to install SAP application software as part of the deployment process, with support for SAP NetWeaver on HANA, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP BW/4HANA. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Cost Anomaly Detection is now generally available
AWS Cost Anomaly Detection is a free service that monitors your spending patterns to detect anomalous spend and provide root cause analysis. It helps customers to minimize cost surprises and enhance cost controls. Read More for the details.

AWS – Cost & Usage Report Now Available to Member (Linked) Accounts
Member accounts in an AWS Organization can now set-up Cost & Usage Reports containing the specific cost and usage data for just their account. This will provide member account-level insights for cost optimization initiatives and save management account holders’ time from having to generate detailed cost and usage data for their member accounts. Read More […]
AWS – APIs now available for the AWS Well-Architected Tool
The AWS Well-Architected Tool now offers APIs that allow customers and APN partners to extend AWS Well-Architected functionality, best practices, measurements, and learnings into their existing architecture governance processes, applications, and workflows. Read More for the details.