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GCP – Adopting SRE: Standardizing your SLO design process
Poll three Site Reliability Engineers with the question “What is SRE?” and you’re likely to get five different answers: an implementation of DevOps, a role, a set of practices, a cultural shift, a snazzy title. While these definitions may not necessarily align with those in the SRE books, there is one throughline differentiating SRE from […]
AWS – Amazon MQ now supports RabbitMQ version 3.10.17
Amazon MQ now provides support for RabbitMQ version 3.10.17, which includes several important fixes and performance optimizations to the previously supported version, RabbitMQ 3.10.10. Amazon MQ is a managed message broker service for Apache ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ that makes it easier to set up and operate message brokers on AWS. You can reduce your operational […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight enhances the developer experience with SDK 2.0
QuickSight Embedding SDK is a Javascript library that allows developers to integrate analytics functionality into their products and applications. The SDK version 2.0 supports TypeScript, ES6 (async/await) syntax, and utility features that enable developers to quickly build analytics experiences within their applications. Read More for the details.
GCP – Google is a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms
We’re excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms, authored by Bern Elliot and Gabriele Rigon. We believe this recognition is a testament to Google Cloud’s robust investments and commitment to innovation in AI, coupled with a deep understanding of enterprise […]
Azure – GA: Spot Priority Mix
Deploy a Virtual Machine Scale Set with both Spot and standard virtual machines using flexible orchestration mode. Read More for the details.
Azure – Private Preview: Azure Backup enables vaulted backups for Azure Files for comprehensive data protection.
You can now transfer the backups of Azure Files to the vault to get complete protection against various data loss scenarios. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing lower data warehouse base capacity configuration for Amazon Redshift Serverless
Amazon Redshift now allows you to get started with Amazon Redshift Serverless with a lower data warehouse base capacity configuration of 8 Redshift Processing Units (RPU). Amazon Redshift Serverless measures data warehouse capacity in RPU and you pay only for the duration of workloads you run in RPU-hours on a per-second basis. Previously the minimum […]
Azure – General availability: Yocto Kirkstone recipes for IoT Edge 1.4 LTS
Announcing the addition of Kirkstone compatible recipes to build the latest IoT Edge 1.4.x LTS release. Read More for the details.
GCP – “I wouldn’t have believed you” How Brazilian Googler José Neto built his own path to tech with relentless learning and hustle
Editor’s Note: José Neto works in Google Cloud’s São Paulo office, assisting customers in both hybrid/on-prem cloud computing systems, and modernizing computer applications for the cloud. It’s appropriate work; a native of Salvador, Brazil, he’s spent decades harmonizing the past and the future, dealing with radical change, and staying comfortable amid uncertainty as he moves […]
GCP – How one ecommerce leader supports 3x growth with Google Cloud
Giglio traces its roots back to the 1960s, when its founder Michele Giglio took the family fabric business in a new direction with a fashion retail boutique. Since 2008, the company has grown consistently and in 2014, it launched its own ecommerce platform on Giglio.com. The goal: bring the vitality of Mediterranean style to shoppers […]