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GCP – Accelerate integrated Salesforce insights with Google Cloud Cortex Framework
Enterprises across the globe rely on a number of strategic independent software vendors like Salesforce, SAP and others to help them run their operations and business processes. Now more than ever, the need to sense and respond to new and changing business demands has increased and the availability of data from these platforms is integral […]
GCP – Collaborating effectively in government with Google Workspace
Organizations that cultivate meaningful collaboration can critically impact employee retention and morale. Google Workspace was designed to connect people so they can create, build, and grow together. Workspace allows employees to shift their time and attention to the things that matter most, boosting their productivity by 14%. Just ask Lynn Martin, who recently emphasized that […]
GCP – Hierarchical Firewall Policy Automation with Terraform
Firewall rules are an essential component of network security in Google Cloud. Firewalls in Google Cloud can broadly be categorized into two types; Network Firewall Policies and Hierarchical Firewall Policies. While Network Firewalls are directly associated with a VPC to allow/deny the traffic, Hierarchical Firewalls can be thought of as the policy engine to use […]
GCP – Two networking patterns for secure intra-cloud access – Networking Architecture
In a previous article 6 building blocks for cloud networking, we discussed an easy to remember breakdown of cloud networking. This model is made up of network connectivity, network security, service networking, service security, content delivery and observability. In this article we would be looking at 2 simple networking methods for secure intra-cloud access. The […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now forecasts frequently for more accurate predictive scaling
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now produces predictive scaling policy forecasts 4x per day, up from 1x per day prior to now. Reducing our forecast interval from 24 hours to 6 hours produces more accurate predictive scaling policies that quickly adapt to changing demand trends. All customers will benefit from this new default for predictive scaling. […]
AWS – Introducing Amazon EMR Serverless Custom images: Bring your own libraries and application dependencies
Amazon EMR Serverless is a serverless option in Amazon EMR that makes it simple for data engineers and data scientists to run open-source big data analytics frameworks without configuring, managing, and scaling clusters or servers. Today, we are excited to announce that EMR Serverless now allows you to customize images for Apache Spark and Hive. This […]
AWS – AWS App Runner now supports retrieving secrets and configuration from AWS Secrets Manager and AWS Systems Manager
AWS App Runner now supports retrieving secrets and configuration data stored in AWS Secrets Manager and AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Parameter Store in an App Runner service as runtime environment variables. App Runner makes it easier for developers to quickly deploy containerized web applications and APIs to the cloud, at scale, and without managing infrastructure. […]
GCP – Two networking patterns for secure intra-cloud access
In a previous article 6 building blocks for cloud networking, we discussed an easy to remember breakdown of cloud networking. This model is made up of network connectivity, network security, service networking, service security, content delivery and observability. In this article we would be looking at 2 simple networking methods for secure intra-cloud access. The […]
GCP – Announcing launch of Event-driven transfer for Cloud Storage
Customers have told us they need to move data in real-time with all the benefits Storage Transfer Service (STS) offers – scheduling, retries, checksumming, details logs etc. Why? To smoothly replicate data between Cloud Storage buckets. Customers need asynchronous, scalable service to aggregate data in a single bucket for data processing and analysis, keep buckets […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 M6in and M6idn instances are now available in US West (Oregon)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M6in and M6idn instances are available in AWS Region US West (Oregon). These sixth-generation network optimized instances, powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, deliver up to 200Gbps network bandwidth, 2x more network bandwidth and up to 2x higher packet-processing performance over comparable fifth-generation instances. They are […]