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GCP – Google Cloud is officially a FinOps Certified Service Provider
In our commitment to help customers maximize their business value with Google Cloud, we are excited to announce that Google Cloud has been officially certified as a FinOps Certified Service Provider by the FinOps Foundation. This certification recognizes Google Cloud’s commitment to helping organizations manage their cloud costs effectively. We have done this successfully for […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family announces structured JSON log format
AWS Transfer Family now delivers logs in a structured JSON format across all resources – including servers, connectors, and workflows – and all protocols – including SFTP, FTPS, FTP, and AS2. The new format allows you to easily parse and query your logs using CloudWatch Log Insights, which automatically discovers JSON formatted fields. You’ll also […]
AWS – AWS Step Functions launches Versions and Aliases
AWS Step Functions announces the availability of Versions and Aliases, improving resiliency for deployments of serverless workflows. AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service capable of orchestrating over 11,000+ API actions from over 250 AWS services to automate business processes and data processing workloads. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EC2 R6i instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R6i instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad). Amazon EC2 R6i instances are powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code named Ice Lake) with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz. They offer up to 50 Gbps of network bandwidth and up to 40 […]
AWS – Amazon Managed Grafana now supports OpenSearch Trace Analytics
Amazon Managed Grafana now supports Trace Analytics with the OpenSearch Grafana data source plugin, in addition to the existing support for Log Analytics. Amazon Managed Grafana is a fully managed service for Grafana, a popular open-source analytics platform that enables you to query, visualize, and alert on your metrics, logs, and traces. OpenSearch is an […]
AWS – AWS Lambda adds support for Ruby 3.2 in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Lambda now supports Ruby 3.2 as a managed runtime and a container base image in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Developers creating serverless applications in Lambda with Ruby 3.2 can take advantage of new features such as endless methods, a new Data class, improved pattern matching, and performance improvements. For more information on Lambda’s […]
AWS – AWS Lambda adds support for Java 17 in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Lambda now supports Java 17 as a managed runtime and a container base image in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Developers creating serverless applications in Lambda with Java 17 can take advantage of new language features including Java records, sealed classes and multi-line strings. The Lambda Java 17 runtime also has numerous performance improvements. […]
AWS – AWS Lambda adds support for Python 3.10 in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Lambda now supports Python 3.10 as a managed runtime and a container base image in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Developers creating serverless applications in Lambda with Python 3.10 can take advantage of numerous Python language enhancements to make code more readable and maintainable. These include pattern matching for data structures, parenthesized context managers […]
Azure – Public Preview: Network Observability add-on on AKS
Enable network observability add-on on AKS clusters to gain insights into how your cluster operate and to identify potential problems before they cause outages or performance degradation. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS launches AWS AppSync abstraction
Serverless application developers can now build AppSync powered applications in AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) with the new AWS::Serverless::GraphQLApi resource abstraction. AWS AppSync is a managed service that makes it easier to build scalable APIs that connect applications to data with a GraphQL endpoint. Before today, SAM customers had to work through a learning […]