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AWS – AWS Resilience Hub Expands Amazon EC2 Support
AWS Resilience Hub expands support for applications using Amazon EC2 . Resilience Hub provides a single place to define, validate, and track the resilience of your applications so that you can avoid unnecessary downtime caused by software, infrastructure, or operational disruptions. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service now lets you update cluster manager nodes without blue/green
Amazon OpenSearch Service now lets you update cluster manager (master node) instance type or instance count without requiring a blue/green deployment, helping you complete the updates faster with the least potential disruption to your cluster operations and without involving any data movement. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS announces general availability of AWS Wavelength in Manchester with British Telecom
Today, we are announcing the general availability of AWS Wavelength on the British Telecom (BT) 4G/5G network in Manchester. Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), enterprises, and developers can now use the AWS Wavelength Zone in Manchester to build ultra-low latency applications for mobile devices and users in the United Kingdom. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EC2 M6in and M6idn instances are now available in Europe (Frankfurt)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M6in and M6idn instances are available in AWS Region Europe (Frankfurt). These sixth-generation network optimized instances, powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and built on the AWS Nitro System, deliver up to 200Gbps network bandwidth, 2x more network bandwidth and up to 2x higher packet-processing […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 R6in and R6idn instances are now available in Europe (Frankfurt)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R6in and R6idn instances are available in AWS Region Europe (Frankfurt). These sixth-generation network optimized instances, powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and built on the AWS Nitro System, deliver up to 200Gbps network bandwidth, 2x more network bandwidth and up to 2x higher packet-processing […]
Azure – Preview Updates: Azure Elastic SAN Public Preview improvements
Introducing the latest update to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), which now offers expanded range of regions, increased support for diverse workloads, and an array of new features. Read More for the details.
GCP – Cybrary: Closing the cybersecurity skills gap with affordable tools and training
We face a concerning shortage of cybersecurity professionals. Worldwide, an estimated 3.4 million more cybersecurity experts are needed, with more than 700,000 required in the U.S. alone. The skills gap is even more alarming given the more than 41% increase in the number of cybercrime victims between 2021 and 2022. Cybrary is working to address […]
GCP – Built with BigQuery: How to supercharge your product data with Google Cloud and Harmonya
“CPG manufacturers and retailers are dependent on product data to understand their markets, inspire innovation, and serve customers, but this is a challenge with the common data sources across the industry,” says Cem Kent, CEO of Harmonya. “Data sets are siloed, products are categorized differently across sources, and the descriptive attributes and characteristics about products […]
GCP – How PLAID put the ‘real’ in real-time user analytics with Bigtable
Editor’s note: Today we hear from PLAID, the company behind KARTE, a customer experience platform (CxP) that helps businesses provide real-time personalized and seamless experiences to their users. PLAID recently re-architected its real-time user analytics engine using Cloud Bigtable, achieving latencies within 10 milliseconds. Read on to learn how they did it. Here at PLAID, […]
GCP – AlloyDB for PostgreSQL with Database Migration Service is now Generally Available
In December 2022 we announced the general availability of AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, a fully-managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service that provides a powerful option for modernizing from legacy, proprietary databases and for scaling existing PostgreSQL workloads. Earlier in 2022, we launched the preview of AlloyDB for PostgreSQL migrations using Database Migration Service (DMS). Today we’re thrilled to […]