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GCP – How to set up observability for a multi-tenant GKE solution
Many of you have embraced the idea of ‘multi-tenancy’ in your Kubernetes clusters as a way to simplify operations and save money. Multi-tenancy offers a sophisticated solution for hosting applications from multiple teams on a shared cluster, thereby, enabling optimal resource utilization, simplified security and less operational overhead. While this approach presents a lot of […]

GCP – Self-Service API consumer onboarding for Cloud Run with sidecar containers and Apigee
Most enterprise companies enforce strict requirements for how APIs should be exposed to the public internet that require centralized handling of the authentication credentials, the collection of metrics metrics and other classic API management capabilities. Before the introduction of sidecars in Cloud Run, developers either had to implement these requirements within the service itself or […]

GCP – Expanding the Google Cloud network observability partner ecosystem
At Google Cloud, we are committed to enabling cloud network observability for you wherever you are in your cloud migration and observability journey. As part of that commitment, we continue to provide tools for monitoring Google Cloud network infrastructure and services, such as Network Intelligence Center and Cloud Operations suite, while also ensuring that you […]

AWS – Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle now supports R6i, M6i, and T3 instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for Oracle now supports R6i, M6i, and T3 instances. R6i instances are designed for memory-intensive workloads with 8:1 ratio of memory to vCPU. M6i are general purpose compute instances designed to provide a balance of compute, memory, storage, and network resources with 4:1 ratio of memory to vCPU. […]

AWS – AWS HealthOmics now supports versioning of annotation stores
Today, AWS HealthOmics launched the ability for customers to version genomic annotation data. Previously, customers would create a new annotation store for each version of the data source they needed to support. Now, as customers add or update data, they can create new versions within existing annotation stores to simplify how they organize and govern […]

AWS – AWS HealthOmics supports cross-account sharing of omics analytics stores
Today, AWS HealthOmics launches the ability to share variant and annotations stores across accounts. Customers can now share their genomic variant and annotation data with both internal and external collaborators while retaining ownership of the data. Read More for the details.

AWS – Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) is now available in the Europe (Zurich) Region
Starting today, you can enable Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) from the AWS Console and launch ROSA clusters in the Europe (Zurich) Region. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Mainframe Modernization Data Replication with Precisely is now available
We are excited to announce public availability of AWS Mainframe Modernization Data Replication with Precisely. The capability leverages data replication offered by Precisely to enable near real-time replication of mainframe data to the AWS Cloud with support for heterogeneous source and target databases. It builds resilient high-performance data pipelines that dynamically replicate data changes via […]

AWS – Amazon Kinesis Video Streams improves image sampling frequency to 5 frames per second
Today, AWS announces improvements to the image extraction functionality within Amazon Kinesis Video Streams. Now customers can extract images at a rate of 5 frames per second, improved from one image every 3 seconds. Customers can now use high frequency sampling for ML inferencing and a rich playback experience. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Serverless expands support for larger workloads and collections
We are excited to announce that Amazon OpenSearch Serverless can now scan and search up to 6TB of time series data which includes one or more indexes within a collection. OpenSearch Serverless is a serverless deployment option for Amazon OpenSearch Service that makes it simple for you to run search and analytics workloads without having […]