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AWS – AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator now supports Microsoft SQL Server transaction logs
AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator now supports Microsoft SQL Server transaction logs to help you minimize the cutover downtime during SQL Server database migration to AWS. With this capability, you can now select the transaction log as one of the backup types, create a migration workflow based on the predefined template, and run the workflow step […]
AWS – Amazon Chime adds Waiting Room capability to further secure your meetings
Amazon Chime’s new Waiting Room adds another layer of privacy to all your meetings. Starting today, anonymous users that attempt to join your meeting are sent to the Waiting Room until you or another attendee from your company admits them in. Registered and signed in attendees who are invited still receive auto-calls and join your […]
AWS – AWS IoT Core’s Rules Engine announces capability to retrieve source IP of an IoT client
Today, AWS IoT Core a fully managed cloud service that lets you connect billions of devices and process trillions of messages, announces a new inline Rule function that enables you to extract the source IP address of the publisher of an IoT message. Once you extract the source IP address, you can send it to other AWS […]
AWS – Amazon Textract launches Layout feature to extract paragraphs, titles, and more from documents
Amazon Textract is a machine learning service that automatically extracts printed text, handwriting, and data from any document or image. Today, we are pleased to announce Layout, a new Amazon Textract feature that enables customers to extract layout elements such as paragraphs, titles, lists, headers, footers, and more from documents. Layout will be a new […]
GCP – Introducing Advanced Vulnerability Insights for GKE
Detecting vulnerabilities in open-source software requires a holistic approach, and security best practices recommend scanning early and often throughout your development lifecycle to help maintain an effective security posture. However, only scanning in the CI/CD pipeline or registry can miss artifacts and containers that are deployed to production through other mechanisms. Likewise, only scanning runtimes […]
Azure – Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in China North 3, India Central, Switzerland North, South Africa North and Sweden Central regions.. Read More for the details.
GCP – Troubleshoot and optimize your BigQuery analytics queries with query execution graph
We all want queries to run faster, better, and cheaper. BigQuery certainly does! But queries can get complicated quickly; this sometimes makes manual optimization necessary and unavoidable. BigQuery is a complex distributed system, and numerous internal and external factors can influence query speed. Understanding what is going on might be a bit of a puzzle. […]
GCP – Deploy to Cloud Run with GitHub Actions
Google Cloud customers rely on a mixture of Google Cloud services and third party software. In this blog, we discuss how to deploy Google Cloud Run from GitHub Actions using code from example workflows built by Google. We focus on deploying Cloud Run with a declarative service YAML to multiple environments. Guidance on how to […]
GCP – Navigating Google Cloud: a decision tree for storage workloads
Google Cloud has a vast array of storage options to meet your workload needs, including block storage for high-performance applications, object storage for workloads including content distribution and AI/ML, file storage for workloads including those that require multi-writer capabilities, and specialized storage for data lakes and warehouses. As the second installment in our decision-tree series […]
GCP – Five quick ways to optimize your cloud spend with Google Cloud FinOps
The economic climate is unpredictable, with factors such as rising inflation, supply chain disruptions, and increasing costs compelling businesses to optimize expenses and implement financial resilience strategies. While it is widely acknowledged that leveraging the cloud can lead to reduced IT capital expenses, it is worth noting that a well-executed cloud strategy can also facilitate […]