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AWS – Amazon S3 introduces a new way to verify the content of stored datasets
Amazon S3 provides a new way to verify the content of stored datasets. You can efficiently verify billions of objects and automatically generate integrity reports to prove that your datasets remain intact over time using S3 Batch Operations. This capability works with any object stored in S3, regardless of storage class or object size, without […]
AWS – New streamlined fulfillment experience for AMI-based products in AWS Marketplace
AWS Marketplace now offers a streamlined fulfillment experience for Amazon Machine Image (AMI) and AMI with CloudFormation products across both the AWS Marketplace website and console. Additionally, users can now also access the new launch experience for container products directly within AWS Marketplace console. The new fulfillment experience in AWS Marketplace simplifies product deployment for […]
AWS – AWS Batch now supports default instance type options
As of today, AWS Batch has introduced two new instance type options for allowed instance types in Compute Environment default-x86_64 (default) and default-arm64. These new options will automatically select the most cost-effective instance type across different generations, based on your job queue requirements, where AWS Batch previously supported only optimal instance type. This makes it […]
AWS – Amazon S3 Express One Zone now supports resilience testing with AWS Fault Injection Service
Amazon S3 Express One Zone, a high-performance S3 storage class for latency-sensitive applications, now supports resilience testing with AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS). With this launch, you can use the FIS network disruption action to test the failover response and recovery of your latency-sensitive applications in the unlikely event of a disruption to an Availability […]
GCP – The AI-powered shift to “living games:” Meet the customers and partners leveling up the ways we play
The games industry is on a powerful ride, surging forward with innovation and a sharp focus on the player experience. For years, the industry’s evolution was defined by familiar IPs getting better graphics and gameplay. At Google Cloud, we believe we’re on the cusp of something far more radical — a shift on the scale […]
AWS – Amazon Athena now supports CREATE TABLE AS SELECT with Amazon S3 Tables
Amazon Athena now supports CREATE TABLE AS SELECT (CTAS) statements with Amazon S3 Tables. Using CTAS statements makes it simple to create a new table and populate it with data using the results of a SELECT query. You can now use CTAS statements in Athena to query existing datasets and create a new table in […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB now supports more granular throttle error exceptions
DynamoDB now supports more granular throttling exceptions along with their corresponding Amazon CloudWatch metrics. The additional fields in the new throttling exceptions identify the specific resources and reasons for throttling events, making it easier to understand and diagnose throttling-related issues. You can see the new Amazon CloudWatch metrics immediately, and upon upgrading your SDK to […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB now supports a CloudWatch Contributor Insights mode exclusively for throttled keys
DynamoDB now supports the ability to selectively emit events for throttled keys to CloudWatch Contributor Insights, enabling you to monitor throttled keys without emitting events for all accessed keys. By emitting events for throttled keys exclusively, you no longer need to pay for all of your successful request events. Cloudwatch Contributor Insights for DynamoDB can […]
GCP – Monitor your databases on Compute Engine with Database Center
Database Center is an AI-powered unified fleet management solution that can help you identify and address security risks, performance bottlenecks, and reliability issues for Google Cloud databases including Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Spanner, Bigtable, Memorystore, and Firestore. Today, we are excited to announce that Database Center can now monitor your self-managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server […]
GCP – Beyond guardrails: A taxonomy of platform engineering control mechanisms
The promise of platform engineering is to accelerate software delivery by empowering developers with self-service capabilities. However, this must be balanced with security, compliance, and operational stability, and for this, you need robust controls. But all too frequently, people talk about “guardrails” — a term whose meaning is often ambiguous, leading to confusion, or worse, […]