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GCP – Okta and Chrome Enterprise Deliver Context-Aware Access Control to Establish Device Trust
At Google, we are firm believers of the Zero Trust security model, and we make it a core part of our strategy for the products that we use internally as well as the products we offer our customers. Whether you’re building in the cloud, being productive at the office, or on the go, Chrome Enterprise’s […]
GCP – Volkswagen races toward next-gen automotive manufacturing leadership with Google Cloud and T-Systems
More clouds do not need to mean more challenges, as long as you’re working with a strong, centralized IT foundation. Volkswagen Group, a well-known global automotive brand, is proving that multi-cloud strategies can be easily managed and effective as part of its continued IT modernization. The company is driving innovation, service delivery, and infrastructure management […]
AWS – Announcing API Gateway console refresh
Today, Amazon API Gateway announces a console experience refresh with usability improvements to REST and WebSocket API workflows, accessibility enhancements, and dark mode support. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Marketplace introduces new self-service listing feature for SaaS products
AWS Marketplace now features a new self-service listing experience in the AWS Marketplace Management Portal for SaaS products. The new feature enables AWS Marketplace sellers to publish and update SaaS listings more quickly and easily. This feature enables you to directly interact with AWS Marketplace catalog to create, preview, test, and update your product listing […]
GCP – Recap of what’s new with Cloud Spanner (at Google Cloud Next ’23)
The last few weeks were very exciting for users of Cloud Spanner, Google’s fully managed, horizontally scalable database that offers up to 99.999% availability. We had several big announcements leading up to and at Google Cloud Next ‘23: breaking data silos between transactional and analytical data using Data Boost, integration with Google’s always-on, generative AI […]
AWS – Amazon Connect outbound campaigns is now generally available in the Europe (Frankfurt) Region
Amazon Connect now supports outbound campaigns in the Europe (Frankfurt) AWS region making it easier to proactively communicate across voice, SMS, and email for use cases such as delivery notifications, marketing promotions, appointment reminders, or debt collection. Communication capabilities include features such as point-of-dial checks, calling controls for time of day, time zone, number of […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 now supports Block Public Access for Amazon Machine Images
Amazon EC2 now supports AMI Block Public Access (BPA), an account-wide setting that allows customers to block public sharing of Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) in a region. Customers managing AMIs at-scale now have a simple and proactive way of safeguarding their AMIs from inadvertent access by unauthorized users. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Serverless extends auto-scaling to handle high query rates
We are excited to announce that Amazon OpenSearch Serverless has expanded its auto-scaling capabilities to efficiently handle tens of thousands of query transactions per minute. With this new feature, you can rely on OpenSearch Serverless to help handle unpredictable surges in your search and query traffic. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EMR on EKS now supports Amazon Linux 2023
We are excited to announce support for Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) on Amazon EMR on EKS. Customers can now use AL2023 as the operating system together with Java 17 as Java runtime to run Spark workloads on Amazon EMR on EKS. This provides customers a secure, stable, high-performance environment to develop and run their applications as […]
AWS – Knowledge base for Amazon Bedrock connects foundation models to your data sources
Today, we are announcing knowledge base for Amazon Bedrock in preview that lets you connect your organization’s private data sources to foundation models (FMs) to enable retrieval augmented generation in your generative AI applications to deliver more relevant and contextual FM responses. Read More for the details.