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GCP – Get ready to flex this summer: ChromeOS Flex is now ready to scale broadly to PCs and Macs
Summer’s here, and it’s time to sit back, relax, and soak up some sun. While others might be bulking up on the beach or showing off their swimming skills, we’ve got the best way you can flex, no matter where you are. Today, we’re excited to announce that ChromeOS Flex, the cloud-first, easy-to-manage, and fast […]

AWS – AWS announces AWS AppConfig Extensions
AWS announces AWS AppConfig Extensions, a new capability that allows customers to enhance and extend the capabilities of feature flags and dynamic runtime configuration data. AWS AppConfig, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, allows customers to configure, validate, and deploy configuration data to more safely and quickly update application behavior. The AppConfig Extensions framework exposes […]

GCP – A Guide to Databases on Google Cloud part 3 – Cloud Spanner! & CRUD it with Spring Boot on Cloud Run
In this blog We are going to experiment with CRUD on a Java Spring Boot application using Cloud Spanner’s DML API deployed on Cloud Run, without using a Dockerfile (yes, too good to be true, but it is!). For this experiment, I have taken the use case of the Badminton Court Reservation for a residential […]

GCP – Moving off CentOS? Introducing Rocky Linux Optimized for Google Cloud
As CentOS 7 reaches end of life, many enterprises are considering their options for an enterprise-grade, downstream Linux distribution on which to run their production applications. Rocky Linux has emerged as a strong alternative that, like CentOS, is 100% compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In April 2022, we announced a customer support partnership with […]

GCP – Run your Arm workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine with Tau T2A VMs
At Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), we obsess over customer success. One major way we continue to meet the evolving demands of our customers is by driving innovations on the underlying compute infrastructure. We are excited to now give our customers the ability to run their containerized workloads using the Arm® architecture! Earlier today, we announced […]

GCP – Expanding the Tau VM family with Arm-based processors
Organizations that are developing ever larger, scale-out applications will leave no stone unturned in their search for a compute platform that meets their needs. For some, that means looking to the Arm® architecture. Known for delivering excellent performance per watt efficiency, Arm-based chips are already ubiquitous in mobile devices, and have proven themselves for supercomputing workloads. […]

GCP – Google Cloud’s innovation-first infrastructure
Organizations are driving the complete transformation of their business by inventing new ways to accomplish their objectives using the cloud; from making core processes more efficient, to improving how they reach and better serve their customers, to achieving insights through data that fuel innovation. Cloud infrastructure belongs at the center of every organization’s transformation strategy. […]

GCP – Drive Hockey Analytics uses Google Cloud to deliver pro-level sports tracking performance to youth
In ice hockey’s earlier days, National Hockey League (NHL) coaches made their most important decisions based on gut instincts. Today, experience and instincts are still vital, but NHL coaches now have another essential tool at their disposal: powerful data analytics. Before and after every game, coaches and even players meticulously pore over game data and […]

GCP – Introducing Batch, a new managed service for scheduling batch jobs at any scale
Today, we’re excited to announce the Preview release of our fully managed service, Batch, which provides easy access to Google Cloud’s computing power and scale. Batch processing is as old as computing itself, with the term ‘batch’ dating back to the punchcards used by early mainframes. Batch uses resources very efficiently and remains the preferred […]
GCP – Security Monitoring in Google Cloud
Moving to the cloud comes with the fundamental question of how to effectively manage security and risk posture. From a Security Operations (SecOps) perspective, there are few core requirements that you may need for effective security and risk management in the cloud. Here are four big ones that are essential for SecOps: Need a single, […]