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AWS – Amazon CloudWatch adds Amazon EKS control plane logs as Vended Logs
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) control plane logs are now classified as Vended Logs in Amazon CloudWatch Logs. Vended Logs are specific AWS service logs natively published by AWS services on behalf of the customer and available at volume discount pricing. Read More for the details.

GCP – Reimagining the developer experience with Google Cloud
Could enhancing the developer experience be the key to setting your business apart? Mckinsey research found that nearly 70% of the top economic performers are leveraging software for a competitive edge. Given that your software is a crucial differentiator, it’s essential to concentrate on the critical resources producing this software — your developers, their happiness […]

GCP – Built with Google Cloud AI: How AI can improve data quality and observability for startups and enterprises
Being a data-driven organization is vital in today’s business landscape. Data-driven insights drive innovation, identify growth opportunities, and ensure competitive advantage. But to realize these advantages, organizations must make sure they’re using high-quality data — data that’s timely and reliable, free of errors, omissions, and duplicates. Business intelligence and decision-making that runs on low-quality data […]

GCP – How Resistant AI uses Document AI for fraud-resilient automated document processing
Moving from manual to automated document processing has been one of the great success stories of AI, removing countless hours of repetitive, error-prone manual labor, and freeing people up to focus on delivering real value. Google Cloud’s Document AI has been a key part of this success. But new ways of taking in documents can […]

Azure – Public Preview: Test Single GraphQL Resolver in Azure API Management Portal
Customers using Azure API Management can seamlessly evaluate their GraphQL resolvers directly within the portal during the configuration phase in Azure portal. Read More for the details.

GCP – BlackRock scales its data operations with a unified platform on Google Cloud
The investment management business is more data-driven than ever. The Portfolio Management Group (PMG) at BlackRock — the world’s largest financial asset management company — is responsible for a wide range of investment strategies, using data at all stages in the process to make investment decisions, manage multi-asset portfolio risk, and keep track of portfolio […]

GCP – Increasing robustness of serving public DNS names using multi-provider setups
DNS is a foundational component of Internet-delivered applications. When DNS outages occur they cause service outages and can even cause issues with monitoring and remediation of problems. This is exacerbated with multi-tenant setups in Cloud where services from many providers are impacted since they all share the underlying DNS infrastructure. While a single-provider deployment is […]

GCP – Gruppo Maggioli reimagines public administration with Google Cloud
If you want to get the latest news on city-sponsored events, apply for a building permit, or pay for a parking ticket in Italy, you will likely interact withGruppo Maggioli. The 100-year-old, family-managed company provides software solutions to more than 5,000 Italian municipalities, as well as other organizations. In recent years, the company expanded operations […]

AWS – AWS Transfer Family is now available in the AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
Customers in AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region can now use AWS Transfer Family. Read More for the details.
GCP – All 161 things we announced at Google Cloud Next ‘23 – a recap
This week we hosted Google Cloud Next in San Francisco! It was great to be back together in-person with the Google Cloud community and ecosystem. Highlights included the opening keynote, packed with breakthrough product announcements and customer stories, which you can also watch in just 13 minutes. Also check out the fun and inspirational developer […]