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Azure – No downtime indexing updates in Azure Cosmos DB
You can now confidently make indexing changes without fear of impacting existing reads and writes. Before this change, write performance was unaffected during index updates but query results were not consistent while the index transformation was ongoing. Read More for the details.
Azure – Configurable backup storage redundancy option for Azure SQL Managed Instance
More flexibility and choice for backup storage redundancy with the addition of LRS and ZRS storage options. Read More for the details.
Azure – SQL Server FCI on Shared Disks for SQL Server on virtual machines
Azure Shared Disks for SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (SQL FCI) on Azure IaaS is now in general availability. Read More for the details.
Azure – Backup storage cost savings for Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance
Greater recovery period granularity and automated backup compression now available, helping to optimize your backup storage costs. Read More for the details.
Azure – App Service: .NET Framework 4.8 Support now available
Support for .NET Framework 4.8 is now generally available in Azure App Service Read More for the details.
AWS – Introducing Genomics Tertiary Analysis and Machine Learning using Amazon SageMaker
Genomics Tertiary Analysis and Machine Learning Using Amazon SageMaker is a new AWS Solutions Implementation that creates a scalable environment in AWS to develop machine learning models using genomics data, generate predictions, and evaluate model performance. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS IoT Device Management increases the limit for concurrent Active Jobs to 1,000 per AWS account per region
We’re excited to announce that customers will be able to create up to 1,000 Active Jobs per AWS account per connected region. The prior limit was 100 active continuous jobs and 100 active snapshot jobs per AWS account. This new limit will apply to the total number of Jobs created – including both, continuous and […]
GCP – Compute Engine explained: Picking the right licensing model for your VMs
We recently posted a guide to choosing the right Compute Engine machine family and type for your workloads. Once you’ve decided on the right technical specs, you need to decide how to license it appropriately, what kind of image to use—and evaluate tradeoffs between your options. This is an important process as licensing decisions can […]
GCP – Google Cloud named a Leader in the 2020 Forrester Wave for API Management Solutions
APIs are a critical component of any enterprise’s digital transformation strategy. They can drive customer engagement, accelerate time to market of new services, power innovation and unlock new business opportunities. Therefore, choosing the right API management platform is critical to running a successful API program, and research from industry analyst firms like Forrester Research can […]
GCP – The best of Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir’s Security Week for technical practitioners
Hello security aficionados! This is your week for Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir. There is a ton of content related to security coming out this week across a wide range of topics and audiences. With that in mind, here are some sessions that I think are particularly useful for security professionals and technical practitioners: Take […]