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AWS – AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN announces support for public LoRaWAN networks (GA)
Today, AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN announces the general availability of public network support for LoRaWAN-based Internet of Things (IoT) devices. With this update, you can now connect your LoRaWAN devices to the cloud using publicly available LoRaWAN networks provided by Everynet, a LoRaWAN network operator, without deploying and operating a private LoRaWAN network. The […]

GCP – TCS SAP Cloudify enables single touch automation for SAP deployments on Google Cloud
Enterprises are embarking on cloud transformations for scalable and secure infrastructure, better resource availability, greater return on investment, and improved user experiences. Based on their requirements, they embrace different cloud adoption strategies such as multi or hybrid cloud environments. For those enterprises that are looking to adopt SAP on Cloud, they are exploring opportunities that […]

GCP – What’s new with Google Cloud VMware Engine: New node type, networking, automation and more
Over the past few weeks, we had the unique opportunity to connect with many of you at VMware Explore in Las Vegas, and Google Cloud Next in San Francisco. One common theme that emerged from these conversations is the continued need to have a cost-effective, secure, and non-disruptive path to the cloud, especially for VMware-based […]

GCP – Announcing Cloud SQL Node.js connector general availability
The Cloud SQL Node.js connector is the easiest way to securely connect your Node.js application to your Cloud SQL database. With today’s General Availability announcement, we now recommend using the Cloud SQL Node.js connector. When to use the Cloud SQL Node.js connector Cloud SQL has two types of connectors: Language-specific connectors – Available for Java, […]

GCP – FLUIDEFI nets 3X gains in processing speed with AlloyDB to address DeFi industry challenges
Editor’s Note: FLUIDEFI® is a SaaS platform for institutional investors in the decentralized finance space — a complex industry to navigate because of its volatility, fragmented nature, and lack of clear governance. By providing risk qualification, portfolio modeling, and other services, FLUIDEFI fulfills an important market need. Migrating to AlloyDB has netted FLUIDEFI 3X gains […]

GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: Late September 2023
Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for September 2023. This month, I’m turning the mic over to my colleague Eric Brewer, Google Cloud’s vice president of infrastructure and Google Fellow, to explain the importance of this year’s Securing Open Source Software Summit and why securing open source code is one of the most crucial […]

AWS – Announcing the Amazon GameLift Plugin for Unreal Engine
We are excited to announce that Unreal Engine (UE) game developers can now more quickly access and integrate with Amazon GameLift with a new standalone plugin for UE. Amazon GameLift is a fully managed service that allows developers to quickly manage and scale dedicated game servers for multiplayer games. With this release, Amazon GameLift Plugin […]

AWS – Amazon SNS now supports AWS CloudTrail data event logging for the Publish and PublishBatch API actions
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) now supports AWS CloudTrail logging for the Publish and PublishBatch API actions. By logging these data events, you can get details on when and who made API calls to Amazon SNS, thereby enhancing data visibility for security and operations teams, enabling governance, compliance, and operational auditing. Read More for […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 C7g, M7g and R7g instances are now available in AWS Region Europe (Spain)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7g, M7g and R7g instances are now available in AWS Region Europe (Spain). These instances are powered by AWS Graviton3 processors and built on the AWS Nitro System. AWS Graviton3 processors provide up to 25% better compute performance compared to AWS Graviton2 processors. The AWS Nitro System […]
AWS – AWS Compute Optimizer now supports 153 new EC2 instance types as well as multi-attached EBS volumes
AWS Compute Optimizer now supports 153 additional Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance types. The newly supported instance types include the latest generation general-purpose instances (M7g, M7i, M7i-flex, M7a, M6a), compute optimized instances (C7gn, C7g), memory optimized instances (R7g, R7iz, R6id, R6a, X2iezn), storage optimized instances (I4g, I4i), and high-performance-computing (HPC) optimized instances (Hpc7g, […]