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Azure – Now Available: Resource-centric log queries in the Azure Monitor Query libraries
Resource-centric log query support is available in the latest stable release of the Azure Monitor Query client libraries. Query logs by Azure resource ID using .NET, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EventBridge announces open-source connector for Kafka Connect
Today, AWS announces the Amazon EventBridge open-source connector for Apache Kafka Connect. This connector allows you to integrate EventBridge into Kafka Connect environments to deliver events from Kafka topics to EventBridge Event Buses. It also includes useful features, such as schema registry support for Avro, Protobuf, and JSON, consuming from multiple Kafka topics, and IAM […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: Late May 2023
Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2023. I hope you all enjoyed our previous newsletter from my Office of the CISO colleague MK Palmore, on Google’s new cybersecurity certification and how it can help prepare aspiring cybersecurity experts for their next career steps. Before I jump into my column today, I’d like […]
GCP – Config Connector: An easy way to manage your infrastructure in Google Cloud
Today many companies manage their infrastructure and configure environments using multiple tools that are either stand-alone or a part of a larger CI/CD pipeline solution. Tools such as Cloud Build in Google Cloud, HashiCorp’s Terraform, or AWS CloudFormation, allow developers to use purpose-built languages such as HashiCorp’s HCL or Cloud Build Configuration language to define […]
GCP – The economic advantages of Google Cloud Networking
Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) recently published a 15-page report on the Economic Advantages of Google Cloud’s Advanced Networking Services, detailing how these advantages can help customers realize up to a 28% total cost savings for their cloud networking. In this blog, we explore the six key areas customers should consider when evaluating public cloud providers, […]
GCP – Announcing Cross-Cloud Interconnect: seamless connectivity to all your clouds
Enterprises continue to adopt hybrid and multicloud as they migrate and leverage the cloud to build and run their applications. According to IDC studies conducted in 2022, 64% of customers were using multiple cloud providers for public cloud IaaS services1 and 79% indicated a need to simplify and unify how they manage and secure dedicated […]
AWS – AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location in Inzai, Japan
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the NEC Inzai data center in Inzai, Japan. By connecting your network to AWS at the new Inzai location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. Read More […]
AWS – Amazon Personalize now offers more flexibility in model training
We are excited to announce that Amazon Personalize now offers more flexibility in model training by allowing customers to select which columns in their datasets are used for training. Amazon Personalize enables developers to improve customer engagement through personalized product and content recommendations – no ML expertise required. Amazon Personalize uses data provided by customers […]
AWS – Amazon Security Lake is now generally available
Today, AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Security Lake. This service automatically centralizes security data from AWS environments, SaaS providers, on-premises environments, and cloud sources into a purpose-built data lake stored in your account. Security Lake makes it easier to analyze security data, gain a more comprehensive understanding of security across your entire organization, and […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL supports Optimized Reads on Multi-AZ deployment option with two readable standby database instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL now supports Amazon RDS Optimized Reads for up to 50% faster query processing compared to previous generation instances on Multi-AZ deployment option with two readable standby database instances. Optimized Read-enabled instances achieve faster query processing by placing temporary tables generated by MySQL on the local NVMe-based SSD […]