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Azure – Public preview: Azure Firewall Basic
Azure Firewall Basic provides cost-effective, enterprise-grade network security for small and medium businesses (SMBs). Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon S3 Object Lambda now supports using your own code to modify the results of S3 HEAD and LIST API requests
Amazon S3 Object Lambda now supports adding your own code to S3 HEAD and LIST API requests, in addition to S3 GET requests. With S3 Object Lambda, you can modify the data returned by S3 GET requests to filter rows, dynamically resize images, redact confidential data, and much more. Now, you can also use S3 Object […]
AWS – Amazon Nimble Studio announces availability of Windows Server 2022 base image
Amazon Nimble Studio now provides a Amazon Machine Image (AMI) running Windows Server 2022 in the AWS Marketplace that contains the same pre-installed software as our existing AMIs. Nimble Studio users can further customize this baseline AMI for studio specific workflows. Microsoft Windows Server 2022 helps studios take advantage of the latest Windows features and support […]
AWS – Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) now supports two new CloudWatch metrics to measure and track network address usage
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) has introduced two new networking metrics; 1) Network Address Usage and 2) Peered Network Address Usage. These new metrics will help network administrators plan for expansion of their VPC architecture while proactively managing service quotas. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS IoT SiteWise increasing quota limit for Assets and Asset Models
AWS IoT SiteWise has increased quota limits for Assets and Asset Models to support larger and more complex equipment representations, and allow customers to perform bulk operations on resources. Read More for the details.
AWS – IAM Access Analyzer makes it easier to author and validate role trust policies
IAM Access Analyzer policy validation helps you author secure and functional policies. Now, we are extending policy validation to role trust policy to make it easier to author and validate the policy that determines who can assume a role. The new IAM console experience for role trust policy guides you to add each element of the […]
GCP – Use Artifact Registry and Container Scanning to shift left on security and streamline your deployments
3 ways Artifact Registry & Container Analysis can help optimize and protect container workloads Cybercrime costs companies 6 trillion dollars annually, with ransomware damage accounting for $20B alone1. A major source of attack vectors is vulnerabilities present in your open source software and vulnerabilities are more common in popular projects. In 2021, the top 10% […]
GCP – EyecareLive transforms healthcare ecosystem with Enhanced Support
EyecareLive transforms the healthcare ecosystem with Enhanced Support, a support service from the Google Cloud Customer Care portfolio. Telemedicine is now mainstream. It exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic. A 2022 survey by Jones Lang Lasalle (registration required) found that 38% of U.S. patients were using some form of telemedicine. This number is expected to grow […]
GCP – How to simplify and fast-track your data warehouse migrations using BigQuery Migration Service
Migrating data to the cloud can be a daunting task. Especially moving data from warehouses and legacy environments requires a systematic approach. These migrations usually need manual effort and can be error-prone. They are complex and involve several steps such as planning, system setup, query translation, schema analysis, data movement, validation, and performance optimization. To […]
GCP – Analyzing satellite images in Google Earth Engine with BigQuery SQL
Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a groundbreaking product that has been available for research and government use for more than a decade. Google Cloud recently launched GEE to General Availability for commercial use. This blog post describes a method to utilize GEE from within BigQuery’s SQL allowing SQL speakers to get access to and value […]