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GCP – Six essential tips for automating API delivery with CI/CD pipelines
In modern software development, automating delivery using Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines draws parallels to automotive assembly lines that doubled the production while cutting down costs by 65%. According to a recent report from Postman, over 51% of respondents indicated that their organizations devote more than half of their development efforts to APIs. […]

GCP – DevOps Awards winner Uber on building engineering sustainability
Since it was established in San Francisco in 2009, Uber has been dedicated to connecting the physical and digital worlds. Uber’s app-based offerings connect around 130 million monthly active platform consumers with over 5.6 million monthly active drivers and couriers on Uber and Uber Eats. In this blog post, we’re highlighting Uber for the DevOps […]

AWS – Amazon Redshift ML announces integration with Amazon Forecast
Amazon Redshift ML enables you to create, train, and deploy machine learning (ML) models using familiar SQL commands. With Amazon Redshift ML, you can now leverage Amazon Forecast, a ML-based time-series forecasting service, without having to learn any new tools or having to create pipelines to move your data. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS IoT Device Defender now supports monitoring of device disconnect durations
AWS IoT Device Defender Rules Detect now supports a new disconnect duration metric to monitor the duration of disconnect of each device. With this additional metric, you can track how long a device has been disconnected to learn whether it is operating as expected. You can also configure alarms at predefined threshold levels and be […]

AWS – AWS WAF now supports URI path aggregation key for rate-based rules
AWS WAF now supports URI path as an aggregation key for rate-based rules, providing customers with enhanced control and simplicity in managing request rates for URI paths. With this feature, customers can track request rates for any URI path and apply rule actions based on the number of requests received. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Connect Cases now provides case assignment
Amazon Connect Cases now enables agents to easily associate a case with a queue or an individual agent for resolution. Agents can view and filter cases assigned to their queue and managers can directly assign cases to individual agents. Case assignment helps companies’ service and support teams work more efficiently and reduce time to resolve […]

AWS – Amazon SNS can now deliver mobile push notifications in twelve new regions
Customers who use Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) for sending mobile push notifications can now host their applications in twelve additional AWS regions, including Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Canada (Central), Europe (London), Europe (Milan), Europe (Paris), Europe (Stockholm), Middle East (Bahrain), Middle East (UAE), and US […]

Azure – Windows Server end-of-support (EOS): Upgrade seamlessly with Azure Migrate (Public preview)
With Azure Migrate, seamlessly upgrade legacy Windows servers while migrating to Azure, minimizing effort, downtime, and risk. By creating a copy of the server in Azure and performing the upgrade there, the impact on the original server is minimized, ensuring a secure and efficient transition. Read More for the details.

GCP – Democratizing geospatial data to drive sustainable practices across industries
Geospatial data is transforming how municipalities, farmers, energy companies, and many other organizations operate. This data contains information about the earth over a certain period of time, which means organizations can better understand change. This increasingly fuels efficiency and effectiveness programs across a variety of industries. This data is extremely valuable, but organizations have long […]
GCP – Firestore extends triggering support to include Datastore Mode
Starting today, Firestore is adding database triggering support for Firestore in Datastore Mode. This functionality builds upon the recently launched Firestore and Eventarc trigger integration, which was previously available only to Firestore in Native Mode customers. Firestore’s Eventarc trigger integration enables the set up of a change data capture system, which is commonly utilized to […]