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Azure – Public preview: Azure DNS Private Resolver – Hybrid name resolution and conditional forwarding
Seamlessly perform conditional forwarding from on-prem to Azure Private DNS Zones and from Azure Virtual Networks to any target DNS server. Read More for the details.
GCP – Standardization, security, and governance across environments with Anthos Multi-Cloud
Kubernetes is being used for an ever growing percentage of production applications that power the world. Day 2 operations are now in focus as organizations scale from just a few clusters and applications to many clusters across multiple environments, in one cloud, multiple, and even on premise. How do you establish “sameness” across all of […]
GCP – Google Cloud at KubeCon EU: New projects, updated services, and how to connect
It’s that time of the year again, when we get excited about all things cloud-native and gear up to connect, share and learn from fellow developers and technologists at KubeCon EU 2022. Here is a quick round up of the latest news from the Google open source and Kubernetes teams, and how to connect with […]
GCP – Join us in evolving the usability of GitOps
Kubernetes configuration automation remains challenging Companies of all sizes are leveraging Kubernetes to modernize how they build, deploy, and operate applications on their infrastructure. As these companies expand the numbers of development and production clusters they use, creating and enforcing consistent configurations and security policies across a growing environment becomes difficult. To address this challenge, […]
GCP – Maintenance made flexible: Cloud SQL launches self-service maintenance
Routine maintenance is critical in the upkeep of any healthy database system. Maintenance involves updating your operating system and upgrading your database software so that you can rest assured that your system is secure, performant, and up-to-date. When you run your database on Cloud SQL, we schedule maintenance for you once every few months during […]
GCP – Alerting on error log messages in Cloud SQL for SQL Server
With Cloud SQL for SQL Server, you can bring your existing SQL Server on-premises workloads to Google Cloud. Cloud SQL takes care of infrastructure, maintenance, and patching so you can focus on your application and users. A great way to take better care of your application is by monitoring the SQL Server error log for […]
GCP – BrabantZorg transforms patient care in months with Google Workspace and Adapta
BrabantZorg, in southeastern Netherlands, provides healthcare services to seniors and patients recovering from surgery, with about 6,000 employees, 3,500 volunteers, and around 10,000 clients and patients across senior living homes and short-term care facilities. When it came time to reassess their infrastructure and collaboration tools to fuel their mission at the end of 2020, they […]
GCP – Introducing a high-usage tier for Managed Service for Prometheus
Prometheus is considered the de facto standard for Kubernetes application metrics, but running it yourself can strain engineering time and infrastructure resources when your usage grows. In March, we announced the general availability of Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus to help you offload that burden, and today, we’re excited to announce a new low-cost, […]
GCP – Maisons du Monde’s journey to a managed service for Prometheus
Editor’s note: Today we hear from Maisons du Monde, a furniture and home decor company that was founded in France over 25 years ago. They have 357 stores across France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Portugal, and are a Google Cloud customer. They worked with their Customer Engineer, Adrien Aflalo, to […]
AWS – Amazon Lex launches support for phrase hints
Amazon Lex provides automatic speech recognition (ASR) and natural language understanding (NLU) capabilities so you can build applications and interactive voice response (IVR) solutions with engaging user experiences. Starting today, you can programmatically provide phrases as hints during a live interaction to influence the transcription of spoken input. For example, when interacting with a banking IVR, […]