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GCP – From Cassandra to Bigtable: Database migration tips from Palo Alto Networks
In today’s data-driven world, businesses need database solutions that can handle massive data volumes, deliver lightning-fast performance, and maintain near-perfect uptime. This is especially true for companies with critical workloads operating at global scale, where downtime translates directly into lost revenue and frustrated customers. In this blog post, we examine how Palo Alto Networks, a […]
GCP – How The Home Depot is innovating with Google Cloud using the ABAP SDK
The Home Depot, the world’s largest home-improvement retailer, has been on a transformation journey on Google Cloud since 2017. We’ve harnessed the power of Google Cloud to enhance our customer experience, optimize critical SAP applications, and build an efficient and integrated supply chain. Our supply chain, fueled by a data platform on Google Cloud, is […]
GCP – Introducing Google Cloud’s new Vulnerability Reward Program
Vulnerability reward programs play a vital role in driving security forward. By incentivizing security research, vulnerabilities can be found and fixed by vendors before they are potentially exploited by malicious actors, protecting users and strengthening security posture. Also known as bug bounties, Google has long been a leader in supporting them, and they are now […]
AWS – Amazon DataZone launches support for AWS IAM Identity Center account instance
Today, Amazon DataZone announced support for account instances of AWS IAM Identity Center. Amazon DataZone administrators can now setup single sign-on (SSO) users through AWS IAM Identity Center without needing to have an organization configured through AWS Organizations. As an Amazon DataZone administrator, you can now enable AWS IAM Identity Center for a single AWS […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB announces user experience enhancements to organize your tables
Amazon DynamoDB is excited to announce enhancements to the DynamoDB console that enable customers to easily find frequently used tables. Now, customers can favorite their tables in the console’s tables page for quicker table access. Customers can click the favorites icon to view their favorited tables in the console’s tables page. With this update, customers […]
AWS – Amazon RDS Multi-AZ deployment with two readable standbys now supports AWS IAM database authentication
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Multi-AZ deployments with two readable standbys now supports using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for database authentication. With IAM support, you can now centrally manage access to your RDS Multi-AZ deployments with two readable standbys along with other RDS deployments, instead of managing access individually. In addition, AWS […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now supports local write forwarding
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now lets you forward write requests from Aurora read replicas to the writer instance, simplifying scaling read workloads that require read-after-write consistency. With this launch, local write forwarding is now available for both Aurora MySQL and Aurora PostgreSQL. With write forwarding, your applications can simply send both read and write requests […]
AWS – QuickSight now supports subfolders in restricted folders to enable governed data sharing
Amazon QuickSight now supports subfolders in restricted folders for asset organization and permissions management. QuickSight assets created in restricted folders and subfolders cannot be removed from the folder tree, creating a data sharing boundary. Enterprise administrators can deploy restricted folders and subfolders to govern sharing of data in business intelligence assets across their organization. With […]
AWS – AWS Lambda console now surfaces key function insights via built-in Amazon CloudWatch Metrics Insights dashboard
The AWS Lambda console now surfaces key metrics about Lambda functions in your AWS account via a built-in Amazon CloudWatch Metrics Insights dashboard, enabling you to easily identify and troubleshoot the source of errors or performance issues. To efficiently operate distributed serverless applications built using Lambda, it is crucial to easily identify the source of […]
AWS – AWS Lambda console now supports real-time log analytics via Amazon CloudWatch Logs Live Tail
The AWS Lambda console now supports Amazon CloudWatch Logs Live Tail, an interactive log streaming and analytics capability which provides real-time visibility into logs, making it easier to develop and troubleshoot Lambda functions. Customers building serverless applications using Lambda want visibility into the behavior of their Lambda functions in real time. For example, developers want […]