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GCP – Betting on Cloud SQL pays off for oddschecker
oddschecker is the UK’s largest sports odds comparison website. We collect bookmaker pricing of various sports teams, games, and best prices, in multiple territories, and present them to our customers in a collated view. This unique view benefits our customers because of the pricing difference between one bookmaker and another. In the UK, we work […]
GCP – Cloud Tasks: Now available in 23 GCP Regions
Over the last 3 years, Cloud Tasks, our fully-managed asynchronous execution control service, has been an essential part of production infrastructure for Google Cloud customers everywhere. Today we are thrilled to announce that you can now create Cloud Tasks queues in multiple GCP Regions around the world. At Google Cloud, we believe that if we […]
GCP – Google Cloud IDS signature updates to help detect CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j vulnerability
NIST has announced a recent vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) in the Apache Log4jlibrary. To help with detection, Google Cloud IDS customers can now monitor and detect attempted exploits of CVE-2021-44228. Background The Apache Log4j utility is a commonly used component for logging requests. On December 9, 2021, a vulnerability was reported that could allow a system running […]
GCP – Google Cloud Armor WAF rule to help mitigate CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j vulnerability
NIST has announced a recent vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) in the Apache Log4jlibrary. To help mitigate the effects of this vulnerability, Google Cloud Armor customers can now deploy a new preconfigured WAF rule that will help detect and, optionally, block attempted exploits of CVE-2021-44228. Background The Apache Log4j utility is a commonly used component for logging requests. […]
AWS – Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP now supports AWS CloudFormation
You can now use AWS CloudFormation templates to quickly deploy solutions that use Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file systems. Read More for the details.
GCP – Scale your Ruby applications with Active Record support for Cloud Spanner
We’re very excited to announce the general availability of the Ruby Active Record Adapter for Google Cloud Spanner. Ruby Active Record is a powerful Object-Relational Mapping(ORM) library bundled with Ruby on Rails. Active Record provides an abstraction over the underlying database, and includes capabilities such as automatically generating schema changes and managing schema version history. […]
AWS – Amazon FinSpace is now in scope for SOC 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3 compliance
You can now use Amazon FinSpace in applications that are subject to System and Organization Controls (SOC) compliance. AWS SOC reports are independent third-party examination reports that demonstrate how AWS achieves key compliance controls and objectives. You can download the AWS SOC reports in AWS Artifact. To learn more, visit AWS Compliance Programs, or you […]
GCP – Supporting digital ownership and decentralization with Dapper Labs and Google Cloud
Businesses, developers and end-users are increasingly embracing blockchain applications. The benefits and opportunities that decentralized technologies offer are becoming evident: true digital ownership and emerging markets of digital goods powered by transparent, reliable, and verifiable transactions. At the very heart of this ongoing mass adoption are networks like Flow – a consumer-friendly, high-throughput blockchain that […]
GCP – Google Cloud Spanner Dialect for SQLAlchemy
We’re very excited to announce the general availability of the Google Cloud Spanner dialect that enables SQLAlchemy applications to take advantage of Cloud Spanner‘s scale, strong consistency, and up to 99.999% availability. SQLAlchemy is a Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper, giving application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL. Its object-relational mapper […]
GCP – Leading with Google Cloud & Partners to modernize infrastructure in manufacturing
In the manufacturing sector, flexibility and stability are crucial to delivering business outcomes. In a dynamic and unpredictable world, however, manufacturers must constantly contend with forces that can disrupt supply chains and cause instability. Mitigating against challenges like these are part of life for manufacturers. This is why many of them implement highly sophisticated management […]