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AWS – Amazon MSK Serverless is now HIPAA eligible
Amazon MSK Serverless is now a HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) eligible service. This enables you to use Apache Kafka managed by Amazon MSK Serverless to store, process, and access protected health information (PHI) and power secure healthcare and life sciences applications. MSK Serverless is a cluster type for Amazon MSK that makes […]
AWS – AWS App Runner now supports Node.js 16 managed runtime
AWS App Runner adds Node.js v16 managed runtime for building and running node.js based web applications and APIs. App Runner allows you to deploy your application from source code or a container image directly in the AWS cloud. Regardless of the source type, App Runner takes care of starting, running, scaling, and load balancing your […]
Azure – Deployment Center setting of Azure Kubernetes service (AKS) will be retired on 31 March 2023 – Use Automated Deployments to create pipelines
Retirement notice: Deployment center setting of Azure Kubernetes Service will be retired 31 March 2023. Read More for the details.
Azure – Continuous delivery setting of Azure VM will be retired on 31 March 2023 – Use Azure DevOps to create pipelines
Start using Azure Pipelines by 31 March 2023 instead of Azure Portal to create Continuous delivery pipelines for Azure Virtual Machines. Read More for the details.
Azure – Support for PostgreSQL version 11 in Azure Database PostgreSQL Flexible Server ends on 9 November 2024
Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server will extend the support for PostgreSQL version 11 and will retire on 9 November 2024. Read More for the details.
Azure – Support for PostgreSQL version 11 in Azure Database PostgreSQL Single Server ends on 9 November 2024
Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server will extend the support for PostgreSQL version 11 and will now retire on 9 November 2024. Migrate to Flexible Server PostgreSQL version 13 or higher. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure unmanaged disks will be retired on 30 September 2025
Migrate your data from Azure unmanaged disk storage to managed disks before September 30, 2025. Read More for the details.
GCP – Best Kept Security Secrets: Tap into the power of Organization Policy Service
The canvas of cloud resources is vast, ready for an ambitious organization to craft their digital masterpiece (or perhaps just their business.) Yet before the first brush of paint is applied, a painter in the cloud needs to think about their frame: What shape should it take, what material is it made of, how will […]
GCP – Divercity uses Google Cloud to build more inclusive and sustainable workforces
Despite a growing number of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, Black and Latinx people remain highly underrepresented in tech. Although comprising 12.6% and 18% of the U.S. labor force respectively, Black professionals hold only 5% of tech positions, while Latinx professionals fill just 6% of tech roles. Long-standing biases in hiring practices and non-inclusive […]
GCP – New startup CPU boost improves cold starts in Cloud Run, Cloud Functions
We are announcing startup CPU boost for Cloud Run and Cloud Functions 2nd gen, a new feature allowing you to drastically reduce the cold start time of Cloud Run and Cloud Functions. With startup CPU boost, more CPU is dynamically allocated to your container during startup, allowing it to start serving requests faster. For some […]