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AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL supports minor version 8.0.19
Amazon RDS for MySQL has been updated to support release 8.0.19 of the MySQL database. This release includes a number of bug fixes as well as functionality improvements. Read More for the details.

AWS – Infineon’s OPTIGA Trust M now qualified for use with FreeRTOS and available for use with AWS IoT Core Multi-Account Registration
Semiconductor manufacturers like Infineon can now use AWS IoT Core Multi-Account Registration to pre-configure silicon components like secure elements with X.509 certificates and private keys, ensuring devices built using these components are pre-qualified to connect to AWS IoT by default. AWS IoT customers can then use these qualified devices together with AWS IoT Multi-Account Registration […]

GCP – How to find—and use—your GKE logs with Cloud Logging
Logs are an important part of troubleshooting and it’s critical to have them when you need them. When it comes to logging, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is integrated with Google Cloud’s Logging service. But perhaps you’ve never investigated your GKE logs, or Cloud Logging? Here’s an overview of how logging works in GKE, and how […]

GCP – Introducing cross-region replica for Cloud SQL
Being responsible for business continuity isn’t easy. You must consider a wide variety of failure scenarios, including the outage of a Google region. In the event of a regional outage, you want your application and database to quickly start serving your customers in another available region if a Google Cloud region fails. We’ve worked closely […]

GCP – How Migrate for Anthos streamlines legacy Java app modernization
Recently, we’ve been highlighting all the ways that Anthos, our hybrid and multi-cloud application platform, can help you modernize your Java applications and development and delivery processes. This week we’ll focus on how Migrate for Anthos, which takes your existing VM-based applications and intelligently converts them to run in containers on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), […]

GCP – Introducing skill badges, certification preparation learning paths, and online proctored certification testing
Finding the right cloud talent and expertise is important for virtually all businesses today. Almost 70 percent of IT leaders report that hiring was somewhat or extremely difficult in 2019 and that finding qualified cloud computing talent was a top challenge. Our Google Cloud training allows you to build cloud skills while our certifications help […]

GCP – How Google Maps Platform partners are responding to COVID-19
Editor’s Note:This is the third post of a series highlighting the inspiring response to COVID-19 from the Google Maps Platform community. This week we’re focusing on how a variety of our partners and solution providers are offering services to help their end customers and communities worldwide. For a look back at projects that help individuals […]

GCP – Performance tuning best practices for Memorystore for Redis
Redis is one of the most popular open source in-memory data stores, used as a database, cache and message broker. There are several deployment scenarios for running Redis on Google Cloud, with Memorystore for Redis our integrated option. Memorystore for Redis offers the benefits of Redis without the cost of managing it. It’s important to […]

Microsoft supports our professional development
You know me, I always learn something new and/or exciting. I assume most of you have similar habit. It has tons of advantages, like you can do cool things almost every day and you can provide several options when you are facing a challenge. 🙂 Unfortunately sometimes you are struggling to find the best training […]
GCP – Google Cloud adds smart analytics frameworks for AI Platform Notebooks
Google Cloud is announcing the beta release of smart analytics frameworks for AI Platform Notebooks. Smart Analytics Frameworks brings closer the model training and deployment offered by AI Platform with the ingestion, preprocessing, and exploration capabilities of our smart analytics platform. With smart analytics frameworks for AI Platform Notebooks, you can run petabyte-scale SQL queries […]