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GCP – Try the new Managed Service for Apache Kafka and take cluster management off your todo list
You can learn a lot from running a distributed storage system like Apache Kafka™. You start by designing and setting up security and networking for your cluster and then develop processes and tools for reliable operation and upgrades. All the while, you negotiate scaling up for new traffic and down to save money. This is […]
GCP – Meet the nine new web delivery partner integrations coming via Service Extensions
We announced the general availability of Service Extensions callouts for Google Cloud Application Load Balancers during Google Cloud Next ‘24. Service Extensions callouts allow organizations to customize and extend their Application Load Balancers using gRPC calls to user or partner managed services during data processing. Today, we are excited to share some more exciting news: […]
GCP – Advanced networking demos – Cloud NAT and NGFW edition
Are you curious about the new enhancements in Cloud NAT? Have you explored Cloud NGFW Enterprise? In this blog we dive into both of these topics with informative video demos on both that you can watch at any time. # 1- Cloud NAT and NGFWs Cloud NAT and Cloud NGFW are Google Cloud’s distributed cloud-managed […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: Why we need to get ready for PQC
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for August 2024. Today I’m adapting our upcoming Perspectives on Security for the Board report. It examines three key cybersecurity topics from the vantage of the board of directors: multifactor authentication, digital sovereignty, and — the one I’ll be focusing on here — post-quantum cryptography. As with all […]
GCP – Yahoo compares Dataflow vs. self-managed Apache Flink for two streaming use-cases
Yahoo is constantly seeking ways to optimize the efficiency of streaming large-scale data processing pipelines. In a recent project, Google Cloud and Yahoo focused on benchmarking the cost and performance for two specific use cases on two stack choices: Apache Flink in a self-managed environment, and Google Cloud Dataflow. In this post, we details our […]
GCP – Hacking Beyond.com — Enumerating Private TLDs
Written by: Idan Ron Background My story started a few months ago, when I performed a red team assessment for a major retail company. During the Open Source Reconnaissance (OSINT) phase, I reviewed the SSL certificates that included the client name. In these certificates I identified that the client owned its own top-level domain […]
AWS – Amazon EKS introduces EKS Pod Identity in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Today, Amazon EKS introduces EKS Pod Identity, a new feature that simplifies how cluster administrators can configure Kubernetes applications to obtain AWS IAM permissions in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. These permissions can now be easily configured with fewer steps directly through EKS console, APIs, and CLI. EKS Pod Identity makes it easy to use […]
AWS – Announcing Karpenter 1.0
Today, with the release of Karpenter version 1.0.0, Karpenter’s APIs graduate out of beta. Karpenter is a flexible, efficient, and high-performance Kubernetes compute management solution that helps improve application availability, reduce operational overhead, and increase cluster compute utilization. This release also includes three new features which provide customers greater control over how and when Karpenter […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift Query Editor V2 now supports query import
Amazon Redshift announces support for the query import feature in Query Editor V2, enabling you to bring your existing SQL queries into the editor. This functionality streamlines workflows for data analysts, engineers, and developers working with Amazon Redshift by allowing them to upload one or more SQL files on their desktop to the query editor. […]
AWS – Amazon Q in QuickSight is now available in 5 additional regions
Amazon Q in QuickSight is now generally available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Europe (Ireland), South America (São Paulo), Europe (London), Canada (Central), in addition to the existing Europe (Frankfurt), US East (N. Virginia), and US West (Oregon) regions. This expansion brings the power of Generative Business Intelligence to more customers, enabling them to leverage natural […]