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Azure – Ingestion data isolation in Log Analytics
To provide you with additional service stability, we have added the ingestion volume rate limit to additional Log Analytics data sources including Diagnostic Settings, agents, and data collector API. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon SNS launches client library supporting message payloads of up to 2 GB
Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) now has launched an open-source Extended Client Library for Java that enables you to publish and deliver messages with payloads up to 2GB. Previously, message payloads were supported up to 256KB. Using the Extended Client Library, you can store the message payloads larger than 256KB in an S3 bucket and […]

GCP – 6 spectacular serverless sessions at Next OnAir this week
You made it to the Week 7 of Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir! This week, our track is full of technical talks around containers, Anthos, serverless and app development. As someone who is super passionate about the intersection of app development and Linux cloud-native technologies, there are enough talks to pin me to my couch […]

GCP – Building business resilience with API management
Over the last several years, as digital services and interfaces have become the primary way businesses interact with their customers, maintaining ‘business as usual’ has demanded digital transformation. In difficult times such as these, however, it may be tempting to put digital transformation projects on pause until budget surpluses return. This is a mistake. In […]

GCP – Jumpstarting your digital acceleration with ecommerce migration
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on retailers’ digital capabilities as customers shift from in-store to online purchases. We’ve been working with retailers to support their business operations during this time, and have highlighted the importance of investing in digital channels, particularly by modernizing ecommerce platforms in Google Cloud. Ecommerce modernization is a complex […]

GCP – High-resolution user-defined metrics in Cloud Monitoring
Higher resolution metrics are critical for monitoring dynamically changing environments and rapidly changing application metrics. Examples where high resolution metrics are critical include high volume e-commerce, live streaming, autoscaling bursty workloads on Kubernetes clusters, and more. Higher resolutioncustom, Prometheus, and agent metrics are now generally available, and can be written at a granularity of 10 […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Logs features now available in the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
With CloudWatch Logs integration in the AWS Toolkit for VS Code, developers working in VS Code can now interact with CloudWatch log groups in an AWS Region that are available to the active credentials profile. After listing and filtering the CloudWatch log streams for a selected log group, they can view a stream’s most recent […]

AWS – AWS OpsWorks for Configuration Management now supports Resources in CloudFormation Registry with Open Implementation
AWS OpsWorks for Configuration Management (CM), a configuration management service that provides managed instances of Chef Automate and Puppet Enterprise, now has updated their AWS CloudFormation support for OpsWorks resources, including supporting all AWS CLI and SDK operations, as well as opening up the implementation to allow for community feedback and contributions. Read More for […]

Azure – Support to assess physical, AWS, GCP servers now generally available
The assessments offer Azure suitability analysis, migration cost planning and performance-based rightsizing. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS App Mesh controller for Kubernetes Version 1.1.1 now available with support for new mesh configuration controls
The AWS App Mesh controller for Kubernetes provides a way to configure and manage AWS App Mesh directly using Kubernetes. AWS App Mesh is a service mesh that provides application-level networking to standardize how your services communicate, giving you end-to-end visibility and ensuring high-availability for your applications. Read More for the details.