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AWS – AWS introduces s2n-quic, a new open-source implementation of the QUIC protocol
We are pleased to announce the availability of s2n-quic, an open-source Rust implementation of the QUIC protocol, in our AWS encryption open-source libraries. We are also renaming s2n, AWS’s open-source C implementation of the TLS protocol, to s2n-tls. s2n-quic has an API that is designed to be fast and small, with simplicity as a priority. It […]
AWS – Introducing auto-adjusting budgets
Starting today, you can use AWS Budgets to create auto-adjusting budgets. An auto-adjusting budget dynamically sets your budget amount based on historical cost or usage over a time range that you specify. This reduces the guesswork in setting a budget limit and keeps you updated as your spend patterns change. Auto-adjusting budgets are generally available […]
GCP – Strengthen protection for your GCE VMs with new FIDO security key support
With the release of OpenSSH 8.2 almost two years ago, native support for FIDO authentication became an option in SSH. This meant that you could have your SSH private key protected in a purpose-built security key, rather than storing the key locally on a disk where it may be more susceptible to compromise. Building on […]
GCP – Cloud Spanner myths busted
Intro to Cloud Spanner Cloud Spanner is an enterprise-grade, globally distributed, externally consistent database that offers unlimited scalability and industry-leading 99.999% availability. It requires no maintenance windows and offers a familiar PostgreSQL interface. It combines the benefits of relational databases with the unmatched scalability and availability of non-relational databases. As organizations modernize and simplify their […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights adds support for Amazon EKS Fargate using AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry
Today, Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights adds metric collection support for your applications running on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) with AWS Fargate using AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT). ADOT is a secure, AWS-supported distribution of the OpenTelemetry project. Customers can now easily collect EKS Fargate metrics, such as CPU, memory, disk, and network, and analyze them along with other […]
GCP – Introducing Timeseries Insights API: real-time forecasting and anomaly detection over trillions of events
Businesses are awash in event-driven data, from customers visiting stores or submitting online queries to making purchases or triggering sensors. Leveraging this data for real-time forecasting and anomaly detection is critical to serving customers across changing needs and environments—but doing this kind of time-series analysis in real-time has often required bespoke solutions, saddling businesses with […]
Azure – Public preview: Cross region virtual machine restore points
Create restore points in any region and copy restore points from one region to another. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon MQ is now available in Africa (Cape Town) Region
Amazon MQ is now available in a total of 25 regions, with the addition of the Africa (Cape Town) region. Read More for the details.
GCP – From your device to Google Cloud API: Networking basics
In this post we’ll look at some networking touchpoints that occur when you decide to access a Google Cloud API and build in the cloud environment. When you’re exploring Google Cloud, whether it’s via (Cloud SDK, Cloud Console, or Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool), one of the first things you’ll do is try to connect […]
Azure – In development: Price sheet download as a zip file
Price sheet download experience update for using Azure in a small business environment. Read More for the details.