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AWS – Amazon Linux announces support for secure boot with AL2023.1
Today we are announcing the support for UEFI Secure Boot on Amazon Linux instances. Starting with AL2023.1, customers can now use Secure Boot on Amazon Linux instances to verify the digital signature of all boot components. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 is now available in Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2, the next version of Aurora Serverless, is now available in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne). Read More for the details.

AWS – New commitment pricing is now generally available for AWS Private 5G
AWS announces two new pricing options for AWS Private 5G for longer-term network deployments. Now, in addition to the 60-day pricing option, you can deploy your private mobile network with a 1-year or 3-year pricing option, at a lower per-hourly rate. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Timestream now offers a free trial
You can now try Amazon Timestream with a 1-month free trial. First time users now have the opportunity to experiment with and adopt Timestream at zero cost for a duration of one month, while adhering to specific usage quotas. This free trial enables you to evaluate the feature set of Timestream and without any financial […]

GCP – Google is named a Leader in Forrester Functions-As-A-Service Wave
We introduced Cloud Functions in 2016 with the mission of making it easy for developers to build highly scalable, event-driven applications without having to worry about managing infrastructure. We are committed to providing flexible and fast application development while serving our customer needs for portability in our commitment to our open cloud. Our functions-as-a-service (FaaS) […]

GCP – Protect data from disasters using new Asynchronous Replication
In today’s business landscape, data availability and integrity are paramount. Disasters, whether natural or man-made, can disrupt operations and pose a significant risk to critical information. To address this, today we are introducing Persistent Disk Asynchronous Replication, which enables disaster recovery for Compute Engine workloads by replicating data between Google Cloud regions, providing a sub-1 […]

GCP – Cloud Next 2023 session catalog is live, covering all of your key cloud topics
Data analytics? We’ve got you.The latest on large language models? Covered.Scaling your hot new idea? We’re here for you.Need to secure the latest deployment? We can show you how. Google Cloud Next 2023 has it all: we’re ready to educate, share and innovate with you in the cloud. And today you can see the full […]

GCP – Sharing the inaugural State of Kubernetes Cost Optimization report
The past couple of years have been tough for IT organizations. Between headwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic and other macroeconomic factors, teams have been tasked with optimizing their cloud infrastructure footprint while keeping the services that are core and crucial to the business up and running. Today, we’re excited to publish the inaugural State of […]

GCP – Launching Address Descriptors to make it easier to find addresses using landmarks in Indian cities
Google Maps Platform has enabled a growing number of businesses in India to build informative and engaging geospatial experiences. Today at I/O Connect Bengaluru, we announced Address Descriptors, available in 25 Indian metro areas.With Address Descriptors, you can make it easier for your users to find an address by sharing the most relevant landmarks and […]
AWS – Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) is now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region
Today, we are announcing the availability of Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) in the Middle East (UAE) Region. Read More for the details.