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AWS – New open-source Advanced MYSQL ODBC Driver now available for Amazon Aurora and RDS
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) ODBC Driver for MYSQL is now generally available for use with Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora 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 Amazon Web Services (AWS) ODBC […]

GCP – Modern SecOps Masterclass: Now Available on Coursera
Security practitioners constantly need to rethink and refine their approaches to defending their organization. Staying ahead requires innovation, continuous improvement, and a mindset shift away from siloed operations into building end-to-end solutions against threats. Today, Google Cloud is excited to announce the launch of the Modern SecOps (MSO) course, a six-week, platform-agnostic education program designed […]

GCP – VMware Cloud Foundation on Google Cloud VMware Engine: 20% lower price and up to 40% in migration incentives
VMware Cloud Foundation on Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) is now generally available, and there has never been a better time to move your VMware workloads to Google Cloud, so you can bring down your costs and benefit from a modern cloud experience. Today, in partnership with Broadcom, we’re pleased to announce: Support for VMware […]

GCP – SEEBURGER BIS on AlloyDB: A secure, scalable business-critical integration platform
With the technology advances of cloud-first databases, Google Cloud has become the go-to platform for companies that build software to tackle complex, business-critical challenges. This is due to its unmatched scalability, ability to handle unpredictable demand, high reliability, and its continuous innovation in modern technologies like artificial intelligence (AI). SEEBURGER BIS Platform is a prime […]

GCP – Endear seamlessly integrates vast data sources with AlloyDB
Editor’s note: Endear is an omnichannel customer relationship management (CRM) platform that fuels hyper-personalization and customer insights. When its existing database struggled to meet increasing demand, the company recognized the need to migrate to a robust, scalable solution. Today, Endear uses AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, a fully managed Google Cloud database service that provides the superior […]

GCP – One database to rule them all with Bigtable hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP)
Generally speaking, databases handle two kinds of workloads: online transaction processing (OLTP) and online analytical processing (OLAP). For example, you might have an AI system that needs to be able to serve models and vectors in real time at scale with low latency — that’s an OLTP workload. At the same time, you might need […]

GCP – APT41 Has Arisen From the DUST
Written by: Mike Stokkel, Pierre Gerlings, Renato Fontana, Luis Rocha, Jared Wilson, Stephen Eckels, Jonathan Lepore Executive Summary In collaboration with Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), Mandiant has observed a sustained campaign by the advanced persistent threat group APT41 targeting and successfully compromising multiple organizations operating within the global shipping and logistics, media and […]

AWS – AWS IAM Identity Center adds independent 90-days session duration for Amazon CodeWhisperer
AWS IAM Identity Center administrators now have an option to extend the session duration for Amazon CodeWhisperer separately from the session durations of other IAM Identity Center integrated applications and the AWS access portal. Users of Amazon CodeWhisperer can work in the integrated development environment (IDE) for 90 days without being asked to re-authenticate by […]

GCP – Discover a brand new catalog experience in Dataplex, now generally available
Faced with ever-expanding volumes and types of data, organizations increasingly need a central catalog for their data assets. Dataplex Catalog, Google Cloud’s next-generation data asset inventory platform, provides a unified inventory for all your metadata, whether your resources are in Google Cloud or on-premises, and today, it’s generally available. What can Dataplex Catalog help you […]
AWS – Amazon Corretto July, 2024 Quarterly Updates
On July 16, 2024 Amazon announced quarterly security and critical updates for Amazon Corretto Long-Term Supported (LTS) and Feature (FR) versions of OpenJDK. Corretto 22.0.2, 21.0.4, 17.0.12, 11.0.24, 8u422 are now available for download. Amazon Corretto is a no-cost, multi-platform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK. Click on the Corretto home page to download Corretto 8, Corretto […]