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AWS – AWS Security Hub Automated Response & Remediation Solution is generally available
We’re excited to announce the launch of AWS Security Hub Automated Response & Remediation, a reference implementation that includes a library of automated security response and remediation actions to common security findings. The AWS Security Hub Automated Response & Remediation solution makes it easier for customers to resolve common security findings and improve their security […]
Azure – Improvements to Azure VM backups are now available
Azure Backup now supports restoring unmanaged VMs/Disks as Managed Disks, backup for Virtual Machine Scale Sets, and allows replacing existing disks for VMs with Managed Service Identity Read More for the details.
AWS – Now manage a popular third party agent from AWS Systems Manager Distributor
Distributor, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, now allows you to install and manage a popular third party agent. With this launch, you can select a pre-built agent directly from Distributor without having to create or maintain any software packages. The Trend Micro Cloud One agent is the first agent offered. AWS will continue to […]
AWS – AWS Storage Gateway expands availability and streamlines ordering of the hardware appliance
AWS Storage Gateway expands international availability of the AWS Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance to several AWS Regions in Asia Pacific, South America, and Canada, and streamlines ordering through the AWS Console. The hardware appliance is now available for shipping to more international destinations in addition to the US and Europe. The ordering process is now […]
Azure – Encryption of backup data using customer managed keys is in public preview
Use self-managed RSA keys stored in the Azure Key Vault to encrypt your backups and maintain full control of your data. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Neptune announces graph visualization in Neptune Workbench
Amazon Neptune now allows you to visualize your graph using the Neptune Workbench. Graphs store relationships, and customers find it easy to visualize the nodes, edges, and properties to navigate their graphs or see patterns. Developers writing Gremlin or SPARQL queries can now view their query results and visually select nodes or properties in the […]
GCP – 21 new ways we’re improving observability with Cloud Ops
We’ve heard from customers about how important it is to be able to reliably operate your applications and infrastructure running on Google Cloud. In particular, observability is critical to reliable operations. To help you quickly gain insight into your Google Cloud environment, we’ve added 21 new features to Cloud Operations, the observability suite we launched […]
AWS – Amazon Neptune introduces an alternative query engine (DFE) in lab mode
Amazon Neptune announced a new engine release that introduces an alternative query engine (DFE) in lab mode that can significantly speed up query execution by improving the resource utilization of database instances. DFE runs both SPARQL and Gremlin queries, and supports a wide variety of plan types, including left-deep, bushy, and hybrid plans. Read More […]
GCP – How Revionics brings advanced analytics to retailers with help from Google Cloud
Editor’s note: Today we’re hearing from Revionics, a lifecycle pricing platform that gives retailers the confidence to ask the “what ifs” and “why nots” that result in profitable pricing strategies. In this blog, the Revionics team shares their cloud data warehouse migration journey and the lessons learned along the way. At Revionics, we’ve been in […]
GCP – From operations to planning, G Suite customers scale data insights with Connected Sheets
We recently announced the general availability of Connected Sheets, which brings you the power and scale of a BigQuery data warehouse in the familiar context of Google Sheets. With Connected Sheets, you can analyze billions of rows and petabytes of data in Sheets without specialized knowledge of computer languages like SQL. This makes it easy […]