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AWS – Amazon EC2 R6id instances are now available in additional regions
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R6id instances are available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore), and Europe (London) regions. These instances are powered by 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake processors with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz and up to 7.6 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level […]
Azure – General availability: Azure Front Door upgrade from standard to premium
Upgrade from standard to premium for enhanced Web Application Firewall rules and private connectivity to your origins using Private Link. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Azure Front Door Migration from classic to standard/premium
Azure Front Door Standard/Premium is the new Azure native, modern cloud content delivery network (CDN) catering to both dynamic and static content delivery acceleration with enhanced security and a simple and predictable pricing model. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Azure Sphere version 23.05 is delayed to 20 June, and the updated OS has been issued to Retail Eval
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides seven days for backward compatibility testing. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS announces AWS Payment Cryptography
Today, AWS is announcing a new service, AWS Payment Cryptography. This service simplifies your implementation of cryptography operations used to secure data in payment processing applications for debit, credit, and stored-value cards in accordance with various payment card industry (PCI), network, and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards and rules. Financial service providers and processors […]
GCP – The Web at Work: Figma’s web-first design approach powers new forms of collaboration
Working in the browser has become the norm for many companies. There is a whole ecosystem of applications and technologies that support people being productive in Chrome every day. In our “Web at Work” series, we take a closer look at the browser-based apps that have changed the modern work experience. Today we’re featuring Figma, […]
GCP – IAM: There and back again using resource hierarchies
Learning to use the public cloud for your first project can feel like hunting for treasure in deep, hidden dungeons, or battling fire-breathing dragons. There’s jargon to learn, cryptic formulas to unravel, and countless ways to get yourself into trouble. Despite charting a course across an unfamiliar landscape, at some level it’s also an exciting […]
GCP – Forbes uses Firestore to publish high-performing content
Editor’s note: Forbes migrated its statistical processing database to Firestore for a more agile, cloud-based system that reduced technical debt and enabled real-time site metrics for Forbes authors. Forbes is a global media company, focusing on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle. We rely on roughly 2,500 authors to publish original content on our […]
GCP – Discover the benefits of cross-cloud geospatial analytics with BigQuery Omni
As we become increasingly reliant on technology to make decisions, geospatial data is becoming more critical than ever. It is a powerful resource that can be used to solve a variety of problems, from tracking the movement of goods, identifying interest areas and potential areas of disaster. Geospatial data incorporates data with a geographic component, […]
GCP – Pride Month: Castro Labs builds fun, safe, and inclusive platform for the queer community
Editor’s note: June is Pride Month — a time for us to come together to celebrate and support the diverse set of experiences, perspectives and identities of the LGBTQ+ community. This month Chris Curtis, Startup Marketing Manager, Google Cloud, is showcasing startups led by LGBTQ+ founders and how they use Google Cloud to grow their […]