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AWS – AWS CloudFormation now supports Amazon RDS Multi-AZ deployments with two readable standbys
AWS CloudFormation now supports Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Multi-AZ deployments with two readable standbys. AWS CloudFormation speeds up cloud provisioning with infrastructure as code. You can use AWS CloudFormation templates to deploy and modify Amazon RDS Multi-AZ deployments with two readable standbys, along with the rest of your AWS infrastructure, in a secure, […]
AWS – Amazon Connect launches updated UI for quick connects with AWS CloudTrail support
Amazon Connect now has an updated UI for quick connects that records all changes made as events in AWS CloudTrail. This enables you to look in AWS CloudTrail to identify who took which action on a quick connect, when the event occurred, and other details to help you analyze and respond. Read More for the […]
GCP – Flexible committed use discounts — a simple new way to discount Compute Engine instances
Saving money never goes out of style. Today, many of our customers use Compute Engine resource-based committed use discounts (CUDs) to help them save on steady-state compute usage within a specific machine family and region. As part of our commitment to offer more flexible and easy ways for you to manage your spend, we now […]
GCP – Discover why leaders need to upskill teams in ML, AI and data
Tech companies are ramping up the search for highly skilled data analytics, AI and ML professionals, with the race to AI accelerating the crunch.1 They are looking for cloud experts who can successfully build, test, run, and manage complex tools and infrastructure, in roles such as data analysts, data engineers, data scientists, and ML engineers. […]
GCP – Zippedi keeps store shelves stocked with the help of Google Cloud
These days, many stores can’t keep their shelves stocked with the basic items people need at an affordable price. Although the retail industry has always struggled to manage inventory efficiently, the COVID-19 pandemic has created supply chain disruptions and staffing shortages that make it even more difficult for stores to meet customer expectations. That’s why […]
GCP – How Ulta Beauty manages holiday surges and supports year-round innovation
As we enter the holiday season, retailers are working behind the scenes to ensure they can provide the best experiences for customers, in store and online. Challenges in retail do not begin or end during the holiday season as sudden shifts in customer preferences, supply chain nuances, and overall demand ebbs and flows take place […]
AWS – AWS Managed Services (AMS) now supports SQL Server on EC2 Operations
Today, we are excited to announce operations support for SQL Server on Amazon EC2 through AWS Managed Services (AMS) Operations on Demand (OOD). This new offering reduces the undifferentiated heavy lifting by offloading database operations such as patching and backup to highly skilled AMS resources. With this launch, customers can now bring their existing SQL […]
Azure – General availability: IoT Hub Service Upgrade
All IoT Hubs will be going through a service upgrade between November 2022 and April 2023 with potential impact to your IoT Hub. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing data tiering for Amazon MemoryDB for Redis
You can now use data tiering for Amazon MemoryDB for Redis as a lower cost way to scale your clusters to up to hundreds of terabytes of capacity. Data tiering provides a new price-performance option for MemoryDB by utilizing lower-cost solid state drives (SSDs) in each cluster node, in addition to storing data in memory. […]
AWS – AWS Lambda now supports up to 10 GB of ephemeral storage for Lambda functions in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Effective immediately, AWS Lambda customers in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions can configure up to 10,240 MB of ephemeral storage for their Lambda functions, a 20x increase compared to the previous limit of 512 MB. Read More for the details.