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GCP – How to improve your Kubernetes security posture with GKE Dataplane V2 network policies
As more organizations adopt Kubernetes, they also embrace new paradigms for connecting and protecting their workloads. Relying on perimeter defense alone is no longer an effective strategy. With microservice architecture patterns continuing to evolve rapidly, it is imperative that organizations adopt a defense-in-depth strategy to keep their applications and data protected. To effectively manage a […]
GCP – A developer’s guide to understanding carbon
I’m guessing you aren’t thinking about carbon when you’re writing code, scheduling jobs, or building applications. (I wasn’t either) You’re probably thinking about security, scaling, cost, latency…But it’s important to include carbon in that list. In this post, I’ll break down the basics of how to be a carbon aware developer. We’ll look at: Where […]
GCP – Dearborn transforms its digital services, becoming a model for American cities
On February 22, 2023, I ventured to Dearborn, Michigan to meet with the city’s mayor Abdullah Hammoud and local citizens. The purpose of the visit was to announce a collaborationwith the city to modernize its IT and data infrastructure and provide digital services. I left inspired and with the belief that what’s happening here could […]
AWS – Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad and Melbourne) Regions
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) now supports Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad and Melbourne) regions. Blue/Green Deployments help you with safer, simpler, and faster updates to your Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS databases. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 3.3.2
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 3.3.2 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 3.3.2 includes several bug fixes and new features that improve performance. Some of the key features include enhancements to fetch from the closest replica and metrics. Amazon MSK will continue to use and manage […]
AWS – AWS Step Functions Distributed Map is now available in more Regions
AWS Step Functions Distributed Map is now available in Middle East (UAE), Europe (Spain and Zurich), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) and Australia (Melbourne) Regions. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Network Firewall is now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region
Starting today, AWS Network Firewall is available in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region, enabling customers to deploy essential network protections for all their Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally Available: Azure Monitor Logs now supports Availability Zones in Canada Central, France Central and Japan East
Azure Monitor Logs continues to extend its Availability Zone support by adding three regions – Canada Central, France Central and Japan East – to the East US 2 and West US 2 regions, which are already supported. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Timestream now supports batch loading data
Today Amazon Timestream launched Batch Load, a new feature for ingesting batched time series data into Timestream. Batch Load provides customers with a robust, serverless, and scalable solution to migrate data from CSV files stored in S3 directly into Timestream. With Batch Load, customers specify one or more source files, the target Timestream database and […]
AWS – AWS Control Tower announces a progress tracker for landing zone setup and upgrades
AWS Control Tower announces a new progress tracker that depicts milestones and related statuses of the landing zone setup and upgrade process. A landing zone is a well-architected, multi-account AWS environment that is a starting point from which you can deploy workloads and applications. AWS Control Tower automates the setup of a new landing zone […]