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Azure – General availability: 99th percentile latency metric in Azure Cache for Redis
Debug server-side latency with a new Azure Cache for Redis metric. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Simplified flush operation for caches using active geo-replication
Flush all data from active geo-replicated caches using the portal, PowerShell, or CLI. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: Azure Active Directory integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Now you can use Azure Active Directory (AAD) authentication on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters. Read More for the details.

GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: Early August 2023
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for August 2023. Today I’ll be discussing why I consider myself a short-term pessimist, long-term optimist when it comes to cybersecurity — which may come as a surprise to many. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. […]

GCP – Modular GKE Ingress with the Gateway API
Objective Gateway API for Kubernetes Ingress can handle a wider set of functionalities than that of original Kubernetes Ingress. In this blog we will have a look at the implementation of Gateway on Google Kubernetes Engine(GKE). We will see how to initially set it up, and monitor it in GKE. We will also look […]

GCP – Cl/CD for Gitlab repositories with Cloud Build repositories Gen2
The trailhead for any path to production starts at source control. The integration of Cloud Build, as the automation tool, with the source repository is therefore crucial to increasing the delivery speed and ultimately becoming a high-performing organization. In this article we look at two exciting new capabilities of the recently launched second generation of […]

GCP – How to set up observability for a multi-tenant GKE solution
Many of you have embraced the idea of ‘multi-tenancy’ in your Kubernetes clusters as a way to simplify operations and save money. Multi-tenancy offers a sophisticated solution for hosting applications from multiple teams on a shared cluster, thereby, enabling optimal resource utilization, simplified security and less operational overhead. While this approach presents a lot of […]

GCP – Self-Service API consumer onboarding for Cloud Run with sidecar containers and Apigee
Most enterprise companies enforce strict requirements for how APIs should be exposed to the public internet that require centralized handling of the authentication credentials, the collection of metrics metrics and other classic API management capabilities. Before the introduction of sidecars in Cloud Run, developers either had to implement these requirements within the service itself or […]

GCP – Expanding the Google Cloud network observability partner ecosystem
At Google Cloud, we are committed to enabling cloud network observability for you wherever you are in your cloud migration and observability journey. As part of that commitment, we continue to provide tools for monitoring Google Cloud network infrastructure and services, such as Network Intelligence Center and Cloud Operations suite, while also ensuring that you […]
AWS – Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle now supports R6i, M6i, and T3 instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for Oracle now supports R6i, M6i, and T3 instances. R6i instances are designed for memory-intensive workloads with 8:1 ratio of memory to vCPU. M6i are general purpose compute instances designed to provide a balance of compute, memory, storage, and network resources with 4:1 ratio of memory to vCPU. […]