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GCP – What’s new in Bigtable observability
Observability is the ability to understand the state of a database including performance, health, and security. Observability is critical to any database and especially when working at scale with a database service like Cloud Bigtable. Bigtable is a managed service, so users have access to the suite of monitoring tools and metrics we provide, and […]

GCP – Optimizing your sustainability efforts for resilience
In our previous blog post, we discussed the foundational need to measure the progress of your sustainability program with verifiable data, and we introduced you to a number of Google Cloud Ready – Sustainability partners that can help you make it happen. In this blog post, we’ll dive into the second pillar of sustainability: optimization. […]

Azure – General availability: JBoss EAP on App Service Clustering
JBoss EAP on App Service clustering is now generally available on Azure, enabling automatic, efficient clustering and auto-scaling for your high-availability applications. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Load Testing: Run tests with 100,000 virtual users
Azure Load Testing now supports running tests with 100,000 virtual users, using up to 400 engine instances. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Load Testing: Create and manage tests and test runs using Azure CLI
Azure Load Testing now supports managing tests and test runs from Azure CLI Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Load Testing: Run tests for up to 24 hours
Azure Load Testing now enables running tests for durations up to 24 hours. Read More for the details.

Azure – Private Preview – DR for Shared Disks – Azure Site Recovery
Now you can protect, monitor, and recover your WSFC-clusters as a single unit across its DR Lifecycle, while also generating cluster-consistent recovery points – which are consistent across all the disks (including the Shared Disk) of the cluster. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Amplify Introduces CloudWatch Logger feature for Swift and Android
We are excited to announce the launch of a new CloudWatch Logger feature with AWS Amplify, which is available now for Swift and Android developers. This feature empowers developers to log errors from the Amplify libraries to CloudWatch, enhancing the ability to detect production issues. It also enables developers to write custom logs to detect […]

AWS – Amazon VPC IP Address Manager now publishes IP Address utilization metrics for AWS resources
Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) now supports three new CloudWatch metrics — VpcIPUsage, SubnetIPUsage, and PublicIPv4PoolIPUsage, that allow you to identify underutilized or near full capacity IP address ranges, optimizing your IP address usage on AWS. These metrics proactively track IP address usage across resources such as Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs), subnets, […]
AWS – Introducing Amazon EC2 M7i-flex and M7i instances
AWS announces the general availability of Amazon EC2 M7i-flex and EC2 M7i instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids). These custom processors, available only on AWS, offer up to 15% better performance over comparable x86-based Intel processors utilized by other cloud providers. Read More for the details.