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GCP – GKE best practices: Exposing GKE applications through Ingress and Services
One critical part of designing enterprise applications running on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is considering how your application will be consumed by its clients. This could be as simple as exposing your application outside the cluster, to be consumed by other internal clients, or might involve routing traffic to your application from public clients across […]

Azure – Azure API Management update—July 2020
A regular Azure API Management service update was started on July 8, 2020. It includes new features, bug fixes, and improvements. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure SQL Managed Instance management pack is now generally available
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) management pack for Azure SQL Managed Instance is now generally available. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Sphere OS update 20.07 is available for compatibility testing
The Azure Sphere OS update 20.07 is now available for evaluation via the retail evaluation feed. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Monitor for Containers now supports recommended alerts
Azure Monitor for Containers now includes recommended alerts. Use this feature to enable alerts in one click on your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters. These preconfigured metrics alerts enable you to monitor your system resource when it’s running on peak capacity or hitting failure rates. This feature is in currently preview. Read More for the […]

Azure – Azure IoT Central UI new and updated features—June 2020
June 2020 feature updates for Azure IoT Central are now available. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon SageMaker Debugger is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Amazon SageMaker Debugger is a new capability of Amazon SageMaker that provides complete insights into the training process of machine learning (ML) models by automating the capture and analysis of data from training runs at real time, with no code changes. Read More for the details.

AWS – Introducing Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS)
Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) is a managed live streaming solution that is quick and easy to set up, and ideal for creating interactive video experiences. Send your live streams to Amazon IVS using standard streaming software like Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) and the service does everything you need to make low-latency live video […]

Azure – Choose to allow or disallow blob public access on Azure Storage accounts
Azure Storage now supports anonymous public read access for containers and blobs. Learn more about how to evaluate anonymous access to your data. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure IoT Central UI and documentation updates—June 2020
June 2020 UI and documentation updates for Azure IoT Central are now available. Read More for the details.