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AWS – Amazon EC2 M6in and M6idn instances are now available in Europe (Frankfurt)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M6in and M6idn instances are available in AWS Region Europe (Frankfurt). These sixth-generation network optimized instances, powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and built on the AWS Nitro System, deliver up to 200Gbps network bandwidth, 2x more network bandwidth and up to 2x higher packet-processing […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 R6in and R6idn instances are now available in Europe (Frankfurt)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R6in and R6idn instances are available in AWS Region Europe (Frankfurt). These sixth-generation network optimized instances, powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and built on the AWS Nitro System, deliver up to 200Gbps network bandwidth, 2x more network bandwidth and up to 2x higher packet-processing […]

Azure – Preview Updates: Azure Elastic SAN Public Preview improvements
Introducing the latest update to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), which now offers expanded range of regions, increased support for diverse workloads, and an array of new features. Read More for the details.

GCP – Cybrary: Closing the cybersecurity skills gap with affordable tools and training
We face a concerning shortage of cybersecurity professionals. Worldwide, an estimated 3.4 million more cybersecurity experts are needed, with more than 700,000 required in the U.S. alone. The skills gap is even more alarming given the more than 41% increase in the number of cybercrime victims between 2021 and 2022. Cybrary is working to address […]

GCP – Built with BigQuery: How to supercharge your product data with Google Cloud and Harmonya
“CPG manufacturers and retailers are dependent on product data to understand their markets, inspire innovation, and serve customers, but this is a challenge with the common data sources across the industry,” says Cem Kent, CEO of Harmonya. “Data sets are siloed, products are categorized differently across sources, and the descriptive attributes and characteristics about products […]

GCP – How PLAID put the ‘real’ in real-time user analytics with Bigtable
Editor’s note: Today we hear from PLAID, the company behind KARTE, a customer experience platform (CxP) that helps businesses provide real-time personalized and seamless experiences to their users. PLAID recently re-architected its real-time user analytics engine using Cloud Bigtable, achieving latencies within 10 milliseconds. Read on to learn how they did it. Here at PLAID, […]

GCP – AlloyDB for PostgreSQL with Database Migration Service is now Generally Available
In December 2022 we announced the general availability of AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, a fully-managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service that provides a powerful option for modernizing from legacy, proprietary databases and for scaling existing PostgreSQL workloads. Earlier in 2022, we launched the preview of AlloyDB for PostgreSQL migrations using Database Migration Service (DMS). Today we’re thrilled to […]

GCP – Networking 101 Google Cloud reference sheet 2023 v2: Networking basics
In 2022 I published the networking 101 Google Cloud sheet v1. The purpose of the sheet is to help you get a quick lightweight understanding of common networking terms and also services that exist on Google Cloud. In 2023, I have updated the sheet with more topics to include data center terms. Networking 101 Google […]

AWS – Amazon RDS Optimized Writes for MySQL and MariaDB supports m5d, r5d, and m6gd database instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Optimized Writes now supports m5d, r5d, and m6gd database (DB) instances. With Amazon RDS Optimized Writes, you can improve the write throughput for Amazon RDS for MySQL and MariaDB workloads by up to 2x at no additional cost. This is especially useful for write-intensive database workloads, commonly found in applications, […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now allows you to search for tags within an instance
Amazon Connect now provides the ability to search for existing tags within an instance, both programmatically via API and within the UI. When tagging resources, you can now search from pre-existing key:value pairs before creating new ones. For example, administrators can create a tag such as “Division:ConsumerCredit”, and users with permissions to tag resources within […]