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GCP – A new Google Cloud region is coming to Kuwait
To meet growing demand for cloud services in the Middle East, we are excited to announce plans to bring a new Google Cloud region to Kuwait to support our growing customer base. When it opens, the Kuwait region will deliver high-performance services that make it easier for organizations to serve their own users faster, more […]

GCP – Accessing Cloud SQL using Private Service Connect
Private Service Connect (PSC) allows private consumption of services across VPC networks that belong to different groups, teams, projects, or organizations. In some cases it can be a much better alternative than VPC Peering, Shared VPC or other approaches of private connectivity. In this blog post we are sharing a workaround to use PSC to […]

GCP – Apply policy bundles and monitor policy compliance at scale for Kubernetes clusters
As more enterprise customers are adopting a hybrid and multi cloud strategy, centralized security and governance become increasingly important as workloads are distributed across the environments. Anthos is our cloud-centric container platform to run modern applications anywhere consistently and at scale. Anthos Config Management (ACM) automates policy and security for Kubernetes clusters and is comprised […]

GCP – Vertex AI Foundations for secure and compliant ML/AI deployment
An increasing number of Enterprise customers are adopting ML/AI as their core transformational pillars, in order to differentiate, increase revenue, reduce costs and maximize efficiency. For many customers ML/AI adoption can be a challenging endeavor not only because of the broad spectrum of applications ML/AI can support, deciding on which one to prioritize can be […]

AWS – Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is now available in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region
Customers can now create Amazon FSx for Windows File Server file systems in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon FSx for Lustre is now available in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region
Customers can now create Amazon FSx for Lustre file systems in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Shield Advanced is now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region
Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the availability of AWS Shield Advanced in the Middle East (UAE) region. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EC2 X2idn and X2iedn instances now available in US West (N California)
Starting today, memory optimized Amazon EC2 X2idn and X2iedn instances are available in US West (Northern California). X2idn and X2iedn instances, powered by 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors and built using AWS Nitro System, are designed for memory-intensive workloads and deliver improvements in performance, price performance, and cost per GiB of memory compared to […]

AWS – Amazon Connect now enables long lasting, persistent chat experiences
Amazon Connect now makes it easier to deliver long lasting, persistent chat experiences for your customers. Persistent chats enable customers to resume previous conversations with the context, metadata, and transcripts carried over, eliminating the need for customers to repeat themselves and allowing agents to provide personalized service with access to the entire conversation history. To […]
AWS – Announcing the new private offers page in the AWS Marketplace Console
Today, AWS announces the new private offers page in the AWS Marketplace Console, giving customers a consolidated view of available AWS Marketplace private offers. This launch makes it easier for customers to view their private offer information and make more informed purchasing decisions by accessing them directly in the console. Read More for the details.