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GCP – Better BigQuery pricing flexibility with 100 slots
BigQuery is used by organizations of all sizes, and to meet the diverse needs of our users, BigQuery offers highly flexible pricing options. For enterprise customers, BigQuery’s flat-rate billing model is predictable and gives businesses direct control over cost and performance. We’re now making the flat-rate billing model even more accessible by lowering the minimum […]
GCP – What’s new and what’s next with data analytics
Data is the foundation for modern enterprises and it goes beyond just collecting and storing it. In a world where things are constantly changing, you need to be able to access and analyze data for insights to drive impactful business decisions. Big data is in our DNA: Google has been at the forefront of data-powered […]
AWS – Amazon CloudFront announces a new Regional Edge Cache in AWS’ Europe (Ireland) Region
Amazon CloudFront announces a new Regional Edge Cache located in AWS’ Europe (Ireland) Region. As part of this launch, a small number of CloudFront Edge locations that sent their origin requests through the Regional Edge Cache in the London Region will now go through the Ireland Region. Because of their proximity to Ireland, or more […]
AWS – AWS Fargate for Amazon EKS now included in Compute Savings Plans
AWS Fargate for AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is now included in Compute Savings Plans, a flexible pricing model that allows customers to save money in exchange for making a commitment to a consistent amount of compute usage (measured in $/hour) for a 1 or 3 year term. These plans automatically apply to usage across […]
AWS – Amazon API Gateway HTTP APIs now supports wildcard custom domain names
Customers can use wildcard custom domain names to easily create multiple URLs that route to one Amazon API Gateway HTTP API. This update extends API Gateway’s current support for wildcard custom domain names to include HTTP APIs. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Glue version 2.0 featuring 10x faster job start times and 1-minute minimum billing duration
AWS Glue version 2.0 featuring 10x faster Spark ETL job start times, is now generally available. With Glue version 2.0, job startup is faster and more consistent. In addition, AWS Glue version 2.0 Spark jobs will be billed in 1-second increments with a 1-minute minimum rather than a 10 minute minimum. As a result, customers […]
Azure – Azure Functions: PowerShell 7 support is now generally available
Develop and deploy Azure Functions Apps for production scenarios using the latest version of PowerShell. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Lambda now provides IAM condition keys for VPC settings
You can now govern the virtual private cloud (VPC) settings for your Lambda functions using IAM condition keys. Using these condition keys, you can enforce that users only deploy functions that are connected to a VPC. VPC-enabled functions send all traffic through your VPC and abide by your VPC’s network controls. You can use these […]
AWS – Amazon Elastic Container Service launches more network metrics for containers using the EC2 launch type
Today, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) announced the availability of additional network metrics for containers using the EC2 launch type in either bridge or awsvpc networking modes. You can now measure the rate of network traffic to and from your containers in both ECS Container Insights in Amazon CloudWatch or the ECS task metadata endpoint. This lets […]
AWS – Amazon AppStream 2.0 now supports local printer redirection
Today, Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds support for local printer redirection with the AppStream 2.0 client for Windows. With local printer redirection, AppStream 2.0 users can redirect print jobs from their streaming application to a printer that is connected to their local computer. No printer driver needs to be installed on the AppStream 2.0 streaming instance […]