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AWS – AWS Cloud9 releases enhanced VPC support
AWS Cloud9 is a cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) that lets you write, run, and debug your code with just a browser. Cloud9 is excited to offer enhanced VPC support for customers using the Cloud9 IDE. This release adds support for creating Cloud9 environments in a private subnet with no ingress and optionally no egress. Read […]
AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Streams announces two new API features to simplify consuming data from Kinesis streams
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams announces two new API features that simplify applications that consume data from Kinesis Data streams. The first feature is an optional filtering field in the ListShards API that enables you to set filtering criteria for the shards that you want to list from a data stream. For example, you can now […]
GCP – Bring your map to life with enhanced natural features
Today we announced an evolution of the map. Using a new satellite color mapping technique, Google Maps now has one of the most comprehensive views of natural features on any major map app–with availability in all 220 countries and territories that it supports. You can use our recently launched cloud-based map styling tools to preview this […]
AWS – AWS RoboMaker WorldForge simplifies creating simulation worlds for robotics
AWS RoboMaker is introducing WorldForge, a capability that streamlines testing and training robots in simulation by making it faster, simpler, and less expensive to create a multitude of virtual 3D worlds. Building virtual worlds is required to test and train robotics applications in simulation, and before RoboMaker WorldForge, the process could require months of time […]
GCP – How McKesson used Google Cloud to rethink their database architecture
Editor’s note: We’re hearing today from pharmaceutical and pharmacy technology giant McKesson about how their teams modernized siloed infrastructure to use data better. Here’s how they did it. McKesson Corporation is a global leader in healthcare supply chain management solutions, retail pharmacy, community oncology and specialty care, and healthcare information solutions. Every day, McKesson delivers […]
GCP – The world’s unpredictable, your databases shouldn’t add to it
The ability for your business to tackle the unpredictable has only become more critical for success—whether it’s contending with quick shifts in supply chains, running entirely through online channels, or handling unexpected surges in customer demand. At the core of being able to support this are the databases backing your business and powering applications. And […]
Azure – General Availability: Azure Kubernetes Service node image upgrade
Users can now initiate a targeted upgrade to agent nodes for a given node pool to pull the latest available node updates and patches without requiring a full cluster upgrade Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Ephemeral OS disk support in AKS
AKS now supports ephemeral OS disk for AKS agent nodes in public preview. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure Resource Health support in AKS
You can now easily see when your AKS resources were unavailable due to any problems encountered as well as under any maintenance operation. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: CSI storage driver support in Azure Kubernetes Service
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports Container Storage Interface (CSI), a standard for exposing arbitrary block and file storage systems to containerized workloads on Kubernetes. This offers more flexibility in exposing storage systems in Kubernetes. Read More for the details.