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AWS – Amazon Corretto 23 is now generally available
Corretto 23 is now available for download. Amazon Corretto is a no-cost, multi-platform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK. Corretto 23 is an OpenJDK 23 Feature Release, which will be supported through April, 2025. OpenJDK 23 introduces enhanced performance with updates to the Z Garbage Collector and Vector API, along with improved JIT compilation for faster code […]

AWS – Amazon MSK now extends support for Graviton3 based M7G instances in Europe (London) region
You can now create Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) provisioned clusters running on AWS Graviton3-based M7g instances or upgrade your existing x-86 based based M5 or T3 instances and replace them with AWS Graviton3-based M7G instances with a single click of a button in the Europe (London) AWS Region. AWS Graviton3 processor […]

GCP – Find key insights with contribution analysis in BigQuery ML
With growing volumes of data, it becomes increasingly difficult for organizations to understand why their data changes. Organizations struggle to identify the root cause of critical trends and fluctuations, hindering their ability to make informed decisions. For example, a company might be left wondering, “What factors drove revenue growth between Q1 and Q2?” or “Why […]

GCP – Apache Airflow ETL in Google Cloud
Are you thinking about running Apache Airflow on Google Cloud? That’s a popular choice for running a complex set of tasks, such as Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) or data analytics pipelines. Apache Airflow uses a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) to order and relate multiple tasks for your workflows, including setting a schedule to run […]

GCP – From Terabytes to Insights: NEON’s Journey to Earth Engine with Google Cloud
Google Earth Engine is a cloud-based platform providing access to satellite imagery and geospatial data, used across the scientific community to address environmental and societal challenges. Users can analyze, visualize, and share data within the platform, furthering collaboration and ground breaking research. The National Science Foundation’s National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), operated by Battelle, is […]

GCP – Activating your defender’s advantage at mWISE ‘24
To stay ahead of evolving threats, security leaders and practitioners must tap into a vital but underutilized tool to strengthen their defenses: collaboration. The power of communication and knowledge-sharing among peers can help defenders seize the advantage when fighting threat actors who repeat the same tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to target multiple industries across […]

GCP – Chrome Enterprise Improves Management and Productivity Capabilities for Google Workspace users
In today’s hybrid work environments, the browser has evolved into the primary endpoint for accessing corporate applications and data. This presents both opportunities and challenges for IT administrators who need to secure and manage this critical access point. For organizations leveraging Google Workspace to foster real-time communication and collaboration, this is even more applicable since […]

GCP – Build and scale faster with new Blockchain RPC Service built on Google infrastructure
Building on our commitment to support Web3 developers, Google Cloud today announced the launch of our new Blockchain RPC (Remote Procedure Call) service. This new service provides developers with a streamlined way to interact with blockchain data, offering a cost-effective, scalable, and reliable solution that minimizes the complexities of managing node infrastructure. RPC reliability is […]

AWS – AWS CodeBuild now supports managed GitLab runners
AWS CodeBuild now supports managed GitLab self-hosted runners. Customers can configure their CodeBuild projects to receive GitLab 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 jobs to […]
AWS – Amazon S3 Express One Zone now supports AWS-KMS with customer managed keys
Amazon S3 Express One Zone now supports server-side encryption with AWS Key Management Service (SSE-KMS) using customer managed keys. By default, S3 Express One Zone encrypts all objects with server-side encryption using S3 managed keys (SSE-S3). With S3 Express One Zone support for customer managed keys, you have more options to encrypt and manage the […]