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GCP – Protecting the Core: Securing Protection Relays in Modern Substations
Written by: Seemant Bisht, Chris Sistrunk, Shishir Gupta, Anthony Candarini, Glen Chason, Camille Felx Leduc Introduction — Why Securing Protection Relays Matters More Than Ever Substations are critical nexus points in the power grid, transforming high-voltage electricity to ensure its safe and efficient delivery from power plants to millions of end-users. At the core of […]
GCP – Google Cloud Networking 101: Quick Reference Guide
In the world of Google, networking is the invisible backbone supporting everything from traditional applications to cutting-edge AI-driven workloads. If you’re a developer navigating this complex landscape, understanding the underlying network infrastructure is no longer optional—it’s essential. This guide cuts through the complexity, offering short, easy-to-digest explanations of core networking terms you need to know. […]
AWS – Amazon Q Developer Java upgrade transformation CLI is now generally available
We would like to announce the general availability of Amazon Q Developer Java upgrade transformation CLI (command line interface). Using the CLI, customers can invoke Q Developer’s transformation capabilities from the command line and perform Java upgrades at scale. The following capabilities are available: Java application upgrades from source versions 8, 11, 17, or 21 […]
AWS – Research and Engineering Studio on AWS Version 2025.06 now available
Today we announce Research and Engineering Studio (RES) on AWS Version 2025.06, which introduces significant improvements to instance bootstrapping, security configurations, and logging capabilities. This release streamlines the RES deployment process, enhances security controls for infrastructure hosts, adds Amazon CloudWatch logging for virtual desktop instances (VDI), and provides new customization options. RES 2025.06 features a […]
AWS – AWS HealthOmics announces automatic input parameter interpolation for Nextflow workflows
Today, AWS HealthOmics introduces automatic interpolation of input parameters for Nextflow private workflows, eliminating the need for manual parameter template creation. This enhancement intelligently identifies and extracts both required and optional input parameters directly from workflow definitions, along with their descriptions. AWS HealthOmics is a HIPAA-eligible service that helps healthcare and life sciences customers accelerate […]
AWS – Amazon Route 53 launches capacity utilization metric for Resolver endpoints
Starting today, you can enable Amazon CloudWatch metric (ResolverEndpointCapacityStatus) to monitor the status of the query capacity for Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs) associated with your Route 53 Resolver endpoint in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). The new metric enables you to quickly view whether the Resolver endpoint is at the risk of meeting the service […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C7i instances are now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7i instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) are available in the Middle East (UAE) Region. C7i instances are supported by custom Intel processors, available only on AWS, and offer up to 15% better performance over comparable x86-based Intel processors utilized […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 I7ie instances are now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the availability of Amazon EC2 I7ie instances in the AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Malaysia) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) Regions. Designed for large storage I/O intensive workloads, these new instances are powered by 5th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.2 GHz, offering up to […]
AWS – AWS Firewall Manager provides support for AWS WAF L7 DDOS managed rules
AWS Firewall Manager announces security policy support for enhanced application layer (L7) DDoS protection within AWS WAF. The application layer (L7) DDoS protection is an AWS Managed Rule group that automatically detects and mitigates DDoS events of any applications on Amazon CloudFront, Application Load Balancer (ALB) and other AWS services supported by WAF. AWS Firewall […]
GCP – Cloud WAN under the hood: A closer look at its differentiated networking capabilities
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses are choosing to build their networks alongside various networking and network security vendors on Google Cloud – and it’s not hard to see why. Google cloud has not only partnered with the best of breed service vendors – it has built an ecosystem that allows its customers to plug […]