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AWS – Announcing automatic backups for Amazon Elastic File System
Starting today, all new file systems created using the Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) console are automatically backed up with AWS Backup using the recommended settings (daily backups with a retention of 35 days). Automatic backups for Amazon EFS further simplifies backup management of your file systems by easily enabling you to meet your […]
AWS – AWS Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region Adds Fourth Availability Zone
Today, AWS added a fourth Availability Zone (AZ) to the Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region to support the high demand of our growing Korean customer base. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS IoT Analytics is now available in the Sydney AWS Region
AWS IoT Analytics is now available in the Sydney AWS Region, extending the footprint to 7 AWS Regions. Read More for the details.
GCP – Week 1 recap of Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir
Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir kicked off this week, and we couldn’t be more excited. From inspiring words from Google and Alphabet CEO, Sundar Pichai, to a deep dive into the future of cloud with Thomas Kurian, to dozens of industry-specific breakout sessions, this week set the tone for what’s to come during our nine-week […]
GCP – Getting to know Looker – common use cases
As we welcome Looker’s team and their business intelligence (BI) and analytics technology to Google Cloud, we’re exploring all the platform can do. Looker helps to leverage the full potential of data you’re collecting or have access to. You can model the data, analyze it, create visualizations, embed real-time dashboards, build data applications, and share […]
GCP – Use IAM custom roles to manage access to your BigQuery data warehouse
When migrating a data warehouse to BigQuery, one of the most critical tasks is mapping existing user permissions to equivalent Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (Cloud IAM) permissions and roles. This is especially true for migrating from large enterprise data warehouses like Teradata to BigQuery. The existing Teradata databases commonly contain multiple user-defined roles […]
GCP – Enabling SAP enterprises and mission critical workloads on Google Cloud
For the vast majority of businesses, the future they see today is very different than the one they saw before the global pandemic: different priorities, different resources, and different approaches to risks and rewards. Thinking about the future can be especially challenging for our enterprise customers running SAP applications. Many kicked off 2020 with their […]
Azure – Azure Blob versioning public preview region expansion
We have expanded the preview regions to include East US 2, Central US, West Europe, and North Europe. You can start previewing this feature on any existing or new General-purpose (GPv2) storage accounts in those regions. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing 4 new and updated courses for APN Partners
Today we’re excited to announce two new courses and two refreshed courses created specifically for our Amazon Partner Network (APN) Partner community. First, AWS Solutions Training for Partners: Amazon Connect (Business) is a new digital course designed to help partners understand how to discuss the business advantages of creating a cloud-based contact center with Amazon […]
AWS – AWS Systems Manager now supports adding offsets to maintenance window schedules
AWS Systems Manager now supports scheduling of maintenance tasks, such as applying patches, offset from a specific day in a specific week of the month. This enables IT operators to specify the number of days to wait before executing a maintenance window. Read More for the details.