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AWS – Announcing lower data warehouse base capacity configuration for Amazon Redshift Serverless
Amazon Redshift now allows you to get started with Amazon Redshift Serverless with a lower data warehouse base capacity configuration of 8 Redshift Processing Units (RPU). Amazon Redshift Serverless measures data warehouse capacity in RPU and you pay only for the duration of workloads you run in RPU-hours on a per-second basis. Previously the minimum […]

Azure – General availability: Yocto Kirkstone recipes for IoT Edge 1.4 LTS
Announcing the addition of Kirkstone compatible recipes to build the latest IoT Edge 1.4.x LTS release. Read More for the details.

GCP – “I wouldn’t have believed you” How Brazilian Googler José Neto built his own path to tech with relentless learning and hustle
Editor’s Note: José Neto works in Google Cloud’s São Paulo office, assisting customers in both hybrid/on-prem cloud computing systems, and modernizing computer applications for the cloud. It’s appropriate work; a native of Salvador, Brazil, he’s spent decades harmonizing the past and the future, dealing with radical change, and staying comfortable amid uncertainty as he moves […]

GCP – How one ecommerce leader supports 3x growth with Google Cloud
Giglio traces its roots back to the 1960s, when its founder Michele Giglio took the family fabric business in a new direction with a fashion retail boutique. Since 2008, the company has grown consistently and in 2014, it launched its own ecommerce platform on Giglio.com. The goal: bring the vitality of Mediterranean style to shoppers […]

GCP – What Google Cloud VMware Engine can do for you: Three customers talk TCO
The first step in many digital transformation initiatives is migrating workloads to the cloud to improve business resiliency and speed, modernize applications, and gain flexible, on-demand scale. That first step can seem daunting. But for many of our customers running VMware on premises — including ADT, LIQ, and Viant — it can actually be quite […]

GCP – Reimagining computer science education with CourseMatix
As the world increasingly relies on software, businesses have struggled to find enough developer talent to build and maintain their applications. IDC estimates the global shortage of software developers reached 1.4 million in 2021 and expects that number toballoon to 4 million by 2025. Higher education is a great starting point to solve the software […]

Azure – Public Preview: Azure Backup enables vaulted backups for Azure Blob for comprehensive data protection.
Enable scheduled backups for Azure Blob using Azure Backup to ensure business continuity and recovery from inadvertent or malicious deletion or ransomware attacks. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS Proxy is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Proxy is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. RDS Proxy is a fully managed and a highly available database proxy for RDS and Amazon Aurora databases. RDS Proxy helps improve application scalability, resiliency, and security. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon DynamoDB now supports table deletion protection
Deletion protection is now available for Amazon DynamoDB tables in all AWS Regions. DynamoDB now makes it possible for you to protect your tables from accidental deletion when performing regular table management operations. When creating new tables or managing existing tables, authorized administrators can set the deletion protection property for each table, which will govern […]
AWS – AWS Security Hub launches support for NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5
AWS Security Hub now supports automated security checks aligned to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5 (NIST SP 800-53 r5). Security Hub’s NIST SP 800-53 r5 standard includes up to 224 automated controls that conduct continual checks against 121 NIST SP 800-53 r5 requirements across 36 AWS services. […]