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Azure – Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files now support large volumes up to 500TiB in size
You can now create Azure NetApp Files large volumes between 100TiB to 500TiB in size. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL adds new disaster recovery (DR) capabilities with Cross-Region Automated Backups
Starting today Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL supports Cross-Region Automated Backups. This feature extends the existing Amazon RDS backup functionality, giving you the ability to setup automatic replication of system snapshots and transaction logs from a primary AWS Region to a secondary AWS Region. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EC2 C6in, M6in, M6idn, R6in, and R6idn instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo, Singapore) and AWS GovCloud (US-West)
Starting today, Amazon Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C6in, M6in, M6idn, R6in, and R6idn instances are available in Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and AWS GovCloud (US-West) regions. These instances are powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with an all-core turbo frequency of up to 3.5 GHz. They are the first x86-based Amazon […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch RUM now supports customer defined metrics for troubleshooting and monitoring
Amazon CloudWatch Real User Monitoring (RUM) adds the ability for customers to define custom metrics that will be sent to CloudWatch Metrics. Customers can define metrics based on data in customer-defined events (Custom Events), pre-defined RUM events and customer- defined metadata attributes (Custom Attributes). The customer-defined metrics gives customers flexibility to monitor specific parts of […]
AWS – Amazon Forecast now supports built-in holiday data for 251 countries to improve your forecasting accuracy
Amazon Forecast now supports holidays from 251 countries as a built-in featurization, improving the accuracy of your Forecast. Amazon Forecast uses machine learning (ML) to generate more accurate demand forecasts with just a few clicks, without requiring any prior ML experience. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Resilience Hub adds application change capabilities and simplified APIs
AWS Resilience Hub has added application change capabilities and new APIs to streamline and simplify use of the service and improve the precision of its recommendations. 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 […]
GCP – Career tips and no-cost training for the next generation of cloud technology
Cloud continues to change the landscape of IT. Today we see an array of new job types, functions and roles that have only recently come into existence with the emergence of cloud technology. Have you heard of titles like Cloud Cost Optimization Engineer, Hybrid Network Engineer, or Multi-Cloud Specialist? They are out there, along with […]
GCP – Getting started with Terraform and Datastream: Replicating Postgres data to BigQuery
Consider the case of an organization that has accumulated a lot of data, stored in various databases and applications. Producing analytics reports takes a long time because of the complexity of the data storage. The team decides to replicate all the data to BigQuery in order to increase reporting efficiency. Traditionally this would be a […]
GCP – Three new Specializations help partners digitally transform customers
Two of our most enduring commitments to partners include our mission to provide you with the support, tools, and resources you need to grow and drive customer delivery excellence, and to ensure Google Cloud partners stand apart as deeply skilled technology pace setters. This includes working with partners to stay ahead of important new trends […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family announces support for sending AS2 messages over HTTPS
AWS Transfer Family now allows you to send Applicability Statement 2 (AS2) messages using HTTPS. AS2 offers security features like encryption and non-repudiation by default. With the ability to send AS2 messages over HTTPS, you can now benefit from an additional layer of in-transit encryption for your most sensitive EDI payloads and further compatibility with […]