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AWS – AWS Database Migration Service now supports C6i and R6i instances
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) now supports Amazon EC2 C6i and R6i instance types. These instances are powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz, offering up to 15% better compute price performance over comparable Generation5 instances for a wide variety of workloads, and always-on memory encryption […]

AWS – Amazon Detective helps reduce time to investigate Amazon GuardDuty findings by grouping related findings
Starting today, Amazon Detective automatically groups related GuardDuty findings to help security analysts reduce triage time and create a more comprehensive security investigation. Detective uses machine learning (ML) to group related GuardDuty findings that in isolation may have been ignored but together show the lifecycle of an attack, which can help security analysts identify advanced […]

GCP – Rethinking your VM strategy with Spot VMs
Organizations globally choose Google Cloud as their transformation partner to accelerate their business and digital transformation because of our leadership in sustainability, AI/ML, data analytics, and more. We are also committed to making cost optimization simple, so we offer a suite of services and tools for customers to effortlessly optimize their environments. “Media.net chose Spot […]

GCP – Explore new map customization demos
We’re excited to bring you two new demos that showcase how Google Maps Platform products and features can come together to help you build unique, interactive geospatial experiences. The demos incorporate some of our newest capabilities like Advanced Markers, Data-driven styling, and the Routes API, plus other capabilities like Cloud-based maps styling, Street View and […]

Azure – Public preview: Exactly once delivery for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
Stream Analytics now supports end-to-end exactly once semantics when writing to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing increased AWS IAM Identity Center default quota values
AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On) now supports higher default quotas to help you scale your environment. With the increased quota you can create and assign up to 2,000 permission sets in an Identity Center instance. You can also assign up to 100,000 users and 100,000 groups to as many as 3,000 […]

AWS – New FreeRTOS Long Term Support version released
Today, we are excited to announce the second release of FreeRTOS Long Term Support (LTS) – FreeRTOS 202210.00 LTS. This release includes new libraries such as AWS IoT Fleet Provisioning and Cellular LTE-M Interface for easier device provisioning and cellular connectivity. It also includes coreMQTT and FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP libraries with improved modularity and robustness. All libraries […]

Azure – Generally available: Azure Stream Analytics in one new region
Azure Stream Analytics is a fully managed, real-time analytics service designed to help you analyze and process fast moving streams of data. Read More for the details.

GCP – Become a Certified ChromeOS Administrator
We know you are hard at work as ChromeOS administrators. Across the globe, you are managing over 50 million ChromeOS devices. Many of you are managing huge fleets of devices, while others are just starting out on your ChromeOS journey. No matter the size or type of your organization, we’ve got your back. A brand […]
GCP – EVO2CLOUD – Vodafone’s SAP migration from on-prem to Google Cloud
Editor’s note: Vodafone is migrating its SAP system, the backbone for its financial, procurement and HR services, to Google Cloud. Vodafone’s SAP system has been running on-prem for 15 years, during which time it has significantly grown in size, making this one of the largest and one of the most complex SAP migrations in EMEA. […]