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AWS – AWS CloudFormation StackSets gives quick access to list of Regions for stack instances of a stack set
Today, AWS CloudFormation StackSets adds a new parameter in DescribeStackSet API to improve visibility to the list of Regions where a given stack set is deployed. You can now access the list of Regions directly through your management or delegated administrator AWS account. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports new minor versions 14.6, 13.9, 12.13, 11.18, and 10.23
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL minor versions 14.6, 13.9, 12.13, 11.18, and 10.23. We recommend you upgrade to the latest minor version to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions of PostgreSQL, and to benefit from the bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality added by the PostgreSQL community. […]

GCP – How Arvind Fashions Ltd leads the fashion industry with powerful data analytics on BigQuery
Arvind Ltd has been in the apparel industry for more than 90 years, with its retail powerhouse Arvind Fashions Ltd being the backbone of well-known names in the retail fashion industry in India. Arvind Fashions Ltd (Arvind) has seen significant growth in its portfolio with new franchises being added every year. The six high conviction […]

GCP – Mandiant now supports Attack Surface Management for Google Cloud
When we closed the Mandiant acquisition in September 2022, we set the expectation that we’d be investing heavily in cybersecurity offerings that can help customers mitigate risk. In the short time since our two companies came together, we’ve aimed to do just that. Today, we are announcing Mandiant Attack Surface Management for Google Cloud, which […]

GCP – How Meesho migrated a petabyte of data into Cloud CDN with zero downtime
Meesho is an Indian online marketplace that serves millions of customers every day. Recently, the company decided to adopt a multi-cloud strategy, leveraging Google Cloud’s scalable and reliable infrastructure to drive operational efficiency, modernize and scale for growth. To do so, they needed to migrate billions of static files and images to Google Cloud, to […]

GCP – Monitor gce instances with prometheus and ops agent
If you’ve worked in the operations space for the last 5+ years, you’ve likely heard of or have started using Prometheus. The proliferation of Prometheus for time series metrics formatting, querying and storage across the open source world and enterprise IT has been shockingly fast, especially with teams using Kubernetes platforms like Google Kubernetes Engine […]

GCP – What Data Pipeline Architecture should I use?
Data is essential to any application and is used in the design of an efficient pipeline for delivery and management of information throughout an organization. Generally, define a data pipeline when you need to process data during its life cycle. The pipeline can start where data is generated and stored in any format. The pipeline […]

AWS – SageMaker Automatic Model Tuning now adds three new completion criteria for tuning jobs
Amazon SageMaker Automatic Model Tuning now supports three new completion criteria to help you customize your tuning jobs based on your desired trade-off between accuracy, cost, and runtime. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service simplifies remote reindex for VPC domains
Amazon OpenSearch Service adds a new connection mode for cross-cluster connection, simplifying the setup required to remote reindex between a local domain and remote VPC domains. Remote reindex enables you to migrate data from a source domain to a target domain. Remote reindex is also useful when you have to upgrade your clusters across multiple […]
AWS – EC2 Hibernate now supports Amazon EC2 C6i, C6id, M6i, M6id, and I3en instances
You can now hibernate Elastic Block Storage-backed Amazon EC2 I3en, M6i, M6id, C6i, and C6id instances. Hibernation provides you with the convenience of pausing your instances and resuming them later from a saved state. Hibernation is just like closing and opening your laptop lid — your application will start right from where it left off. […]