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GCP – Cloud Deploy adds deploy hooks for easier rollouts
Cloud Deploy is a fully managed continuous delivery platform that automates the delivery of your application. Recently, we’ve heard from users that they want Cloud Deploy to also perform self-defined pre- and post-deployment operations to reduce the amount of additional toil required for each rollout. Examples of such operations include database schema updates, application infrastructure […]

GCP – Building the next generation of zero trust with Sentima
Cybersecurity remains one of the biggest challenges facing businesses today. The latestIBM Data Breach Report revealed that 83% of organizations experienced more than one data breach during 2022. Over the years, the methods used by hackers and other malicious actors have evolved rapidly. At the same time, organizations are tasked with protecting increasingly complex architectures […]

GCP – Expanding our data processing commitments for Google Cloud and Google Workspace
At Google Cloud, we are committed to meeting our customers’ evolving data processing and security requirements. To this end, we are pleased to announce the next version of the Cloud Data Processing Addendum (CDPA), which updates our data processing and security terms for Google Cloud, Google Workspace (including Workspace for Education), Cloud Identity (when purchased […]

Azure – Public preview: Azure Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines
Get improved performance and higher reliability for your memory-optimized workloads with the public preview of the new generation Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS IAM Identity Center integration is now generally available for Amazon QuickSight
Amazon QuickSight is now an AWS IAM Identity Center enabled application. This capability allows administrators that subscribe to QuickSight to use IAM Identity Center to enable their users to login using their existing credentials. Read More for the details.

Azure – General Availability : Help API provides access to self-help diagnostics
Help API is now Generally Available! Help API provides you relevant and high-quality, self-help solutions to resolve issues with your Azure resource quickly and conveniently. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS CodePipeline now supports GitLab
You can now use your GitLab.com source repository to build, test, and deploy code changes using AWS CodePipeline. Connect your GitLab.com account using AWS CodeStar Connections, and use the connection in your pipeline to automatically start a pipeline execution on changes in your repository. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: Azure Backup now supports Cross Region Restore for PostgreSQL backups
Cross Region Restore for PostgreSQL backups fore Azure Backup customers is now supported and is available in multiple public regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EC2 C7g, M7g and R7g instances are now available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7g, M7g and R7g instances are now available in AWS Regions Asia Pacific (Mumbai). 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 […]
AWS – Kubernetes Metadata Enrichment now available in AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry
Today, we are announcing the general availability of the Kubernetes attributes processor in the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) collector. ADOT is a secure, production-ready, AWS supported distribution of the OpenTelemetry project. With this release, customers can use the ADOT collector to enable filtering and correlation use cases with Kubernetes-specific metadata such as a namespace […]