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GCP – Simplifying creation of Go applications on Google Cloud
Go is the world’s leading programming language for cloud-based development, used by millions of developers to build and scale their cloud applications and business-critical cloud infrastructure. Whether it’s building CLIs, web applications, or cloud and network services, developers find Go easy to learn, easy to maintain, and packed with useful features such as built in […]
GCP – 5 reasons why DevOps, IT Ops, Platform Engineers, and SREs should attend Google Cloud Next
In the rapidly changing world of technology, it is essential for professionals in the DevOps, IT Ops, Platform Engineering, and SRE domains to stay up-to-date on the latest innovations and best practices. Google Cloud Next, is the ideal place to do just that! Think of it as a golden opportunity to gain insights, expand your […]
GCP – Working with Incoming Data in Cloud Workflows
In this post I will be looking at how we can use Google Workflows to orchestrate tasks and processes. I specifically want to detail how to process data within a Workflow. This is useful when looking to parse incoming data for information relevant to one or more next stages within the Workflow. Google Workflows allows […]
GCP – Predicting and mitigating weather risk to your business with BigQuery and Weather Source
Editor’s note: The post is part of a series showcasing our partner solutions that are Built with BigQuery. In a world where data-driven decision-making is the key to success, have you ever considered the impact that weather can have on your organization? Weather-related economic and insured loss on an annual basis has been measured to […]
Azure – Enhanced Security and Compliance add-on for Azure Databricks now Generally Available
Enhanced Security and Compliance (ESC) add-on helps simplify the complexity of meeting security and regulatory requirements for Azure Databricks customers. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Aurora supports Local Write Forwarding for Amazon Aurora MySQL
Starting today, Local Write Forwarding is generally available for Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition 3 (with MySQL 8.0 compatibility). This new capability makes it simple to scale read workloads which require read after write consistency. Customers can now issue transactions containing both reads and writes on Aurora read replicas and the writes will be automatically forwarded […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora MySQL 3.04 (compatible with MySQL 8.0.28) is generally available
Starting today, Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition 3 (with MySQL 8.0 compatibility) will support MySQL 8.0.28. In addition to several security enhancements and bug fixes, MySQL 8.0.28 includes several improvements, such as Instant DDL support for Rename column operations, support for multi-threaded DDL operations, support for TLS v1.3 protocol, and performance schema monitoring enhancements.. For more […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now supports custom flow block titles
Amazon Connect now supports custom flow block titles that make it easy to identify and distinguish blocks within your flow. Custom flow block titles can be set within the flow designer UI or via API. For example, you could rename a “Play Prompt” flow block to “Welcome message” or a “Get customer input” flow block […]
AWS – AWS IoT Core announces new certificate signing & key generation algorithms
Today, AWS IoT Core announced the support for new algorithms for certificate signing and key generation, expanding the list of already supported asymmetric X.509 client certificate signature schemes. AWS IoT Core is a managed service that allows customers to connect billions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to AWS and uses X.509 certificates as one […]
GCP – DevOps Awards winner Decathlon Digital on “aligning to accelerate”
In this blog post, we’re highlighting Decathlon Digital for the DevOps achievements that earned them the ‘Aligning to accelerate’ award in the2022 DevOps Awards. If you want to learn more about the winners and how they used DORA metrics and practices to grow their businesses, start here. Founded in Lille, France in 1976, Decathlon is […]