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GCP – Health checking your gRPC servers on GKE
gRPC is a high-performance open source RPC framework under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. gRPC is a frequently preferred method for creating microservices among GKE customers since it lets you build services that talk to each other efficiently, regardless of the implementation language of the client and the server. However, Kubernetes does not support gRPC […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift announces support for TIME and TIMETZ data types
Amazon Redshift, a fully-managed cloud data warehouse, now adds native support for TIME and TIMETZ data types. TIME data type stores the time of day without timezone information, and TIMETZ stores the time of day including timezone information. This new data type builds on the existing support in Amazon Redshift for DATE, TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMPTZ […]
Azure – New version of SSMS and ADS tools for serverless SQL pools in Azure Synapse Analytics
Serverless SQL pool released a new version of SSMS and ADS which improves scripting in object explorer and increases stability. Read More for the details.
AWS – FreeRTOS now includes IoT and AWS libraries optimized for memory usage and modularity
FreeRTOS version 202011.00 is now available with refactored IoT and AWS libraries: coreMQTT, coreJSON, corePKCS11, and AWS IoT Device Shadow, in addition to the FreeRTOS kernel and FreeRTOS+TCP library. These refactored libraries have been optimized for modularity and memory usage for constrained microcontrollers, and have undergone code quality checks (e.g. MISRA-C compliance, Coverity static analysis), […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora increases maximum storage size to 128TB in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
You can now create Amazon Aurora database clusters with up to 128TB of storage in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The new storage limit is available for both the MySQL- and PostgreSQL-compatible editions of Amazon Aurora. Previously, Aurora database instances supported 64TB of storage. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure achieves Service Organization Controls compliance for 14 additional services
Azure gives you some of the industry’s broadest certifications for the critical SOC 1, 2, and 3 compliance offering, which is widely used around the world. Read More for the details.
Azure – New recommendations from Azure Advisor are now available
Four new best practice recommendations will help you improve the reliability and performance of your Azure resources Read More for the details.
Azure – Serverless offer for Azure Cosmos DB in preview on all APIs
A new consumption-based offer that complements the existing range of provisioned throughput options is now in preview for all Azure Cosmos DB APIs. Read More for the details.
Azure – New constrained vCPUs capable VMs now available
The latest memory optimized Azure VM series Esv4, Edsv4, and Easv4 now offer new constrained vCPU VM sizes. Read More for the details.
Azure – SQL Server Reporting Services Virtual Machine images now available
Migrate SQL Server Reporting Services workloads into Azure using pre-configured VM images to enable easier workload management, more efficient onboarding to the cloud, and leverage benefits by selecting preconfigured images. Read More for the details.