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GCP – Empowered development: GitLab on Google Cloud for streamlined delivery and enhanced security
In today’s dynamic business environment, product, development and platform teams are under constant pressure to deliver innovative software quickly and at scale, while minimizing business risk. However, fragmented software development lifecycle (SDLC) toolchains hinder progress. Here are just a few of the challenges of modern development that organizations face: Disparate tools: Disconnected toolchains lead to […]
GCP – Enhance business continuity for your on-premises SQL Server instance with Cloud SQL for SQL Server
Database professionals managing SQL Server need to design their systems to be resilient against data loss in disaster scenarios. This often involves using a mix of full, differential and transaction log backups. The frequency of the transaction log backups can be tuned to fit your recovery point objective (RPO) definition, with some professionals recommending taking […]
GCP – Ransomware Rebounds: Extortion Threat Surges in 2023, Attackers Rely on Publicly Available and Legitimate Tools
Written by: Bavi Sadayappan, Zach Riddle, Jordan Nuce, Joshua Shilko, Jeremy Kennelly A version of this blog post was published to the Mandiant Advantage portal on April 18, 2024. Executive Summary In 2023, Mandiant observed an increase in ransomware activity as compared to 2022, based on a significant rise in posts on data leak […]
Azure – We’re retiring Azure Time Series Insights on 7 July 2024 – transition to Azure Data Explorer
We’ll retire Azure Time Series Insights on 7 July 2024. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing preview of the AWS SDK for SAP ABAP – BTP edition
The AWS SDK for SAP ABAP – BTP edition is now available in preview, making it easier for SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) users to connect to AWS services, including the latest generative AI capabilities. With this new edition, SAP customers can develop and run powerful SAP extensions and standalone applications in SAP BTP that […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now supports Apple Messages for Business
Amazon Connect Chat now supports Apple Messages for Business, enabling you to deliver personalized customer experiences on Apple Messages, the default messaging application on all iOS devices, increasing customer satisfaction and reducing costs. Rich messaging features such as link previews, quick replies, forms, attachments, customer authentication, iMessage apps, and Apple Pay allow customers to browse […]
AWS – AWS Supply Chain Lead Time Insights enhances the support for data variability
Vendor Lead Time (VLT) Insights increases lead time deviation awareness, focusing on critical factors such as the vendor’s transportation mode and source locations. Users can identify lead time deviations at a more granular level and view them through the ASC Insights UI. Additionally, users can easily export all lead time deviations to combine with external […]
AWS – Amazon Connect provides Zero-ETL analytics data lake to access contact center data
Amazon Connect announces the general availability of analytics data lake, a single source for contact center data including contact records, agent performance, Contact Lens insights, and more — eliminating the need to build and maintain complex data pipelines. Organizations can create their own custom reports using Amazon Connect data or combine data queried from third-party […]
AWS – Announcing AWS DMS Serverless improved Oracle to Redshift Full Load throughput
AWS Database Migration Service Serverless (AWS DMSS) now supports improved Oracle to Amazon Redshift Full Load throughput. Using AWS DMSS, you can now migrate data from Oracle databases to Amazon Redshift at much higher throughput rates, ranging from two to ten times faster than previously possible with AWS DMSS. AWS DMSS Oracle to Amazon Redshift […]
AWS – AWS Marketplace announces amendments for AMI annual agreements
AWS Marketplace announces the general availability of amendments for annual agreements on Amazon Machine Image (AMI) products purchased on AWS Marketplace. This allows customers with annual agreements to switch the Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instance types for the AMI solution they purchased from AWS Marketplace. AWS customers who run AMI software from AWS Marketplace for […]