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GCP – Scaling Microservices Applications: From Open Source to Redis Enterprise on Google Cloud
Redis excels as a fast caching solution or in-memory database, and is commonly utilized by startups as a self-managed open source technology. But what happens when you eventually outgrow open source limitations and the in-house expertise required to manage OSS deployments? How do you scale without business disruption or data loss? Read on to discover […]

Azure – Azure Web PubSub Premium tier reaches General Availability
New plan offers greater resiliency, scalability, and flexibility – helping you add real-time two-way communication to your web and mobile apps. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Connect outbound campaign capabilities are now generally available in the Canada (Central) AWS Region
Amazon Connect now supports outbound campaigns in the Canada (Central) AWS region, making it easy to proactively communicate across voice, SMS, and email for use cases such as delivery notifications, marketing promotions, appointment reminders, or debt collection. Communication capabilities include features to support compliance of local regulations such as CRTC through point-of-dial checks and calling […]

AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports enabling SAML during domain creation
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports enabling Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication for OpenSearch Dashboards during domain creation. SAML authentication for OpenSearch Dashboards enables users to integrate directly with identity providers (IDPs) such as Okta, Ping Identity, OneLogin, Auth0, Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) and Azure Active Directory. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Trusted launch for Azure VMs in Azure for US Government regions
Allows you to enable secure boot, vTPM, virtualization-based security, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud integration, providing additional layers of defense against sophisticated threats. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Inspector is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Inspector is now available in both AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions. You can now continuously monitor your AWS workloads including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances, container images in Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), and AWS Lambda functions for software vulnerabilities in these additional regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Use your own training image in a private Docker registry with Amazon SageMaker
Amazon SageMaker Training reduces the time and cost to train and tune machine learning (ML) models at scale without the need to manage infrastructure. In addition to providing built-in libraries and tools, SageMaker works with popular open-source foundation models such as GPT, BERT, and DALL·E and ML frameworks, such as PyTorch and TensorFlow. We are […]

AWS – Amazon increases NAT Gateway’s capacity to support concurrent connections to a unique destination
Starting today, you can configure your NAT Gateway to support up to 440,000 concurrent connections to a unique destination by adding multiple IP addresses to same NAT Gateway. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Red Hat OpenShift on Azure Government is now Generally Available
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now generally available for Azure Government customers (federal, state, local governments, and their partners). Read More for the details.
Azure – General Availability: Microsoft Azure Load Testing is now Generally Available
Azure Load Testing is now Generally Available. Get started with Azure Load Testing today. Read More for the details.