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Azure – Public Preview: Set Java log levels in Azure Container Apps
Java application log levels can now be set dynamically in Azure Container Apps. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Dynamic sessions in Azure Container Apps
You can now now have easy access to fast, ephemeral, sandboxed compute on Azure without managing infrastructure. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview of the App Configuration Extension for AKS
Azure App Configuration extension for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) allows you to install and manage Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider on your AKS cluster via Azure Resource Manager (ARM). Read More for the details.
AWS – New open-source AWS Advanced Python Wrapper driver now available for Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Python Wrapper driver is now generally available for use with Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and MySQL-compatible edition database clusters. This database driver provides support for faster switchover and failover times, and authentication with AWS Secrets Manager or AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). The AWS Advanced Python […]
AWS – AWS CloudFormation accelerates dev-test cycle with a new parameter for DeleteStack API
AWS CloudFormation launches a new parameter called DeletionMode for the DeleteStack API. This new parameter allows customers to safely delete their CloudFormation stacks that are in DELETE_FAILED state. Today, customers create, update, delete, and re-create CloudFormation stacks when iterating on their cloud infrastructure in their dev-test environments. Customers can use the DeleteStack CloudFormation API to […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 M7i-flex, M7i, C7i, and R7i instances are now available in additional regions
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M7i-flex, M7i, C7i are available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region. In addition, Amazon EC2 M7i-flex, M7i and R7i instances are available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. These instances are powered by powered by custom 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids)custom processors, available […]
AWS – AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location in Chicago, Illinois
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Coresite CH1 data center in Chicago, Illinois. By connecting your network to AWS at the new Illinois location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. This is […]
AWS – AWS re:Post Private is now available in five new regions
AWS re:Post Private is now available in five new regions: US East (N. Virginia), Europe (Ireland), Canada (Central), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Asia Pacific (Singapore). re:Post Private is a secure, private version of the AWS re:Post, designed to help organizations increase speed to get started with the cloud, remove technical roadblocks, accelerate innovation, and improve […]
GCP – Our clean energy progress in Japan
Today, we’re announcing two new solar power purchase agreements in Japan that bring us closer to our goal to run on 24/7 carbon-free energy on every grid where we operate by 2030. These Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Itochu’s partner Clean Energy Connect and Shizen Energy are our first in the country, and together they […]
GCP – Achieve higher performance and lower query cost for BigQuery integer or timestamp lookups
The first incarnation of search indexes in BigQuery focused on fast and efficient lookups on STRING data elements, either in standalone STRING scalar columns, or within an ARRAY, STRUCT, or JSON column. Our previous blog posts showcased the orders-of-magnitude performance gains achievable when utilizing indexes with the SEARCH function and other functions and operators. Today, […]