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AWS – Amazon EC2 M6a instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris)
Starting today, the general-purpose Amazon EC2 M6a instances are now available in AWS Europe (Paris) region. M6a instances are powered by third-generation AMD EPYC processors, and deliver up to 35% better price performance than comparable M5a instances. These instances offer 10% lower cost than comparable x86-based EC2 instances. With this additional region, M6a instances are […]
AWS – Amazon RDS Data API for Aurora is now available in 10 additional AWS regions
RDS Data API for Aurora Serverless v2 and Aurora provisioned PostgreSQL-Compatible and MySQL-Compatible database clusters is now available in Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Europe (Milan), Europe (Stockholm), Middle East (Bahrain), Middle East (UAE), and South America (São Paulo) regions. RDS Data API allows […]
AWS – AWS CodeBuild adds support for managed webhooks in GitHub Enterprise
AWS CodeBuild’s support for managed webhooks now extends to include GitHub Enterprise. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment. Customers using GitHub Enterprise as their source provider previously had to manually create webhooks for CodeBuild to receive events. CodeBuild now […]
AWS – Amazon Data Firehose is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) regions
Amazon Data Firehose is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) regions. Amazon Data Firehose is the easiest way to load streaming data into data stores and analytics tools. You can capture, transform, and deliver streaming data into Amazon S3, Apache Iceberg Tables, Amazon S3 Tables, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon Redshift, and […]
AWS – Amazon ECS adds support for additional IAM condition keys
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) today launched 8 new service-specific condition keys for Identity and Access Management (IAM). These new condition keys let you create IAM policies as well as Service Control Policies (SCPs) to better enforce your organizational policies in containerized environments. IAM condition keys allow you to author policies that enforce access […]
AWS – AWS CodeBuild adds support for managed runners for GitLab Self-Managed
AWS CodeBuild now supports managed runners for GitLab Self-Managed. Customers can configure their CodeBuild projects to receive GitLab Self-Managed CI/CD job events and run them on CodeBuild ephemeral hosts. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment. This feature allows GitLab […]
GCP – Inter-VPC connectivity architecture patterns in Cross-Cloud Network
Connecting hybrid environments to the cloud is a very important aspect of cloud architecture. In addition to connecting from on-premises environments, you also have multicloud environments that all need to communicate. In this blog we will look at some reference architectures for hub-and-spoke communication using Cross-Cloud Network. The power of Cross-Cloud Network As your cloud […]
GCP – Transforming data: How Vodafone Italy modernized its data architecture in the cloud
Vodafone Italy is reshaping its operations by building a modernized, AI-ready data architecture on Google Cloud, designed to enhance process efficiency, scalability, and real-time data processing. This transformation, powered by Vodafone Italy’s cloud-based platform called Nucleus, aims to unlock new AI-driven capabilities and streamline data management. Nucleus, developed by Vodafone Italy’s engineering team, leverages Google’s […]
GCP – Partnering with leading mobile operators for API-based phone number verification
For communication service providers (CSPs), a major hurdle in monetizing their networks is engaging the developer community effectively. Historically, complex, non-standardized APIs and a lack of developer-friendly resources have limited access to valuable network capabilities, preventing CSPs from fully capitalizing on the potential of their infrastructure. However, by using platforms like Firebase, Google’s web and […]
AWS – AWS CodePipeline introduces new console experience for viewing pipeline releases
AWS CodePipeline now offers a redesigned console experience that helps you monitor and troubleshoot your pipeline releases more effectively. The new horizontal pipeline view displays stages and actions from left to right, results in a stronger visual hierarchy, which helps you to better locate and understand stage and action execution status. This visual update also […]