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AWS – Amazon Kendra releases Web Crawler for dynamic content support
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Starting today, AWS customers can use the Amazon Kendra Web Crawler to index and search pages, including dynamic pages from web sites they have authorization to crawl from. Read More for […]
AWS – AWS Security Hub now supports findings consolidation in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS announces the availability of control and finding consolidation capabilities in AWS Security Hub in the AWS GovCloud (US-West and US-East) Regions. The consolidated controls view shows all security controls in one place. You can use it to help identify misconfigurations based on severity and number of failed resources, improve your overall security score, and […]
Azure – Move Azure Load Testing resources across resource groups and subscriptions
Azure Load Testing resources can now move across resource groups and subscriptions without losing tests /test runs. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Load Testing now supports uploading large files as ZIP
Azure Load Testing now supports uploading files greater than 50 MB by compressing them into a ZIP file. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS now supports custom data types in Trusted Language Extensions for PostgreSQL
Trusted Language Extensions for PostgreSQL now supports building your own custom data types and is available on Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for PostgreSQL. You can now use Trusted Language Extensions for PostgreSQL to create a new base (or scalar) data type, specify how it is stored, and define functions that support SQL and index […]
AWS – New Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP capabilities simplify managing file systems using ONTAP CLI
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is announcing two additional capabilities that make it even easier for you to secure and audit access to your file systems: you can now create additional ONTAP file system administrator users for your file system and you can use Active Directory credentials to access the ONTAP CLI. Read More for […]
GCP – Freestar harnesses Memorystore for ultra-low latency in global service delivery
Today we hear from Freestar, whose ad monetization platform helps digital media publishers and app developers maximize ad revenue with scalable, efficient targeting opportunities. Founded in 2015 and reaching over 70% of U.S. internet users monthly, the company is now among the top 15 in U.S. internet reach. Vijaymohanan Pudukkudi, Vice President of Engineering – […]
GCP – Building a high throughput ETL for Google Cloud’s public datasets platform
Editor’s note: This is the third of a three part series from the BCW Group, a Web3 venture studio and enterprise consulting firm serving enterprise clients who want to integrate existing products or otherwise branch into the Web3 space. Today’s blog discusses the frameworks used for creating one-click, end-to-end blockchain deployments into Google Cloud. You […]
GCP – Google Cloud Next 2023 FinOps product announcements recap
If it isn’t already clear, Google Cloud is invested in being FinOps-first. At Google Cloud Next 2023, we made some pretty exciting FinOps product announcements for Google Cloud Billing. Here are the top five:: 1. Google Cloud continues to pioneer the FinOps movement: Through our strong roots in the FinOps Foundation, we announced our contributions […]
GCP – Develop and Test Spring Boot Applications Consistently
You do not have to burden yourself anymore with a long list of manual steps required to setup an application locally, test with an in-memory database, sift through discrepancies between environments and SQL dialects or not being able to test network failures typical for a distributed system. When building Twelve-factor Google Cloud applications, developers are […]