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GCP – Anthos Service Mesh: Working with external services – Metrics and Traces
Recently I had to advise a customer on how to use Anthos Service Mesh (ASM) to manage communication and integration between services inside and outside a mesh. The goals they had were: Getting traces and metrics for the traffic from the mesh to external services Redeploying the legacy services in the cloud GKE cluster Progressively […]

GCP – Why (and how) Google Cloud is adding attack path simulation to Security Command Center
As cloud environments scale and evolve based on changing business priorities, security teams may struggle to understand where their biggest risks are and where to focus their security controls. Some cloud security products have begun to incorporate attack path analysis to address this prioritization problem. Attack path analysis is a technique of discovering possible pathways […]

GCP – How to Connect your Go Application to Cloud SQL
The Cloud SQL Go connector is the easiest way to securely connect your Go application to your Cloud SQL database. If you are writing a Go application, we recommend using the Cloud SQL Go connector. When to use the Cloud SQL Go connector Cloud SQL has two types of connectors: Language-specific connectors – Available for […]

GCP – How to transition your career into an in-demand cloud role with suggested job paths
I often get questions from people who are interested in pursuing a career in cloud computing. As the cloud continuously evolves, opportunities open across the major categories of infrastructure, networking, application development, security, operations, automation, data analysis and AI/ML. There is a lot to choose from! So how do you begin building a career in […]

GCP – Appathon shows students and soldiers ease of no-code app development
It’s no secret that hackathons can be a great way to quickly generate creative solutions to complex problems. With a well-crafted brief and a set of operating constraints, hackathon participants can innovate quickly and collaborate openly—often generating the beginnings of notable software advancements. This spirit of rapid innovation came to life recently when the Department […]

AWS – Announcing the latest release of AWS Thinkbox Deadline 10.2
Deadline 10.2.1 is now generally available and adds new functionality with support for launching and managing Spot Fleets in multiple AWS regions from the same Spot Event Plugin and a new worker version tag for instances running on Amazon EC2. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon IVS now supports multiple hosts in live streams
Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) now lets developers combine video from multiple hosts into the source for a live stream. With this feature, Amazon IVS adds a new resource called a stage. A stage is a virtual space where participants can exchange audio and video in real time. You then broadcast a stage to […]

Azure – Public Preview: Workspaces in Azure API Management
Workspaces for Azure API Management is now in public preview. This new capability enables granular access control in multi-team Azure API Management deployments. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Private Link support in Azure API Management
With Azure Private Link support in Azure API Management, you can now integrate clients in a virtual network privately. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon SNS announces support for setting content-type request headers for HTTP/S notifications
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) now supports setting content-type request headers for HTTP/S notifications. This enables your topic subscribers to create a DeliveryPolicy that specifies the content-type value that Amazon SNS assigns to their HTTP/S notifications, such as application/json, application/xml, or text/plain. With this launch, applications can receive their notifications in a more predictable format. […]