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GCP – 5 Google Cloud Next ’22 sessions on Cloud FinOps Cost Optimization
Google Cloud Next ‘22 kicks off on October 11 and is one of our favorite times of the year because it brings together a global community of builders, innovators, developers, learners, and leaders shaping the future of cloud computing. Packed with 24 hours of in-person and global digital broadcasts, you’ll find content and experiences to […]
GCP – Google Cloud Next ‘22 for enterprise cloud architects: 5 breakout sessions you can’t miss
Whether you’re building greenfield applications in the cloud, or looking to bring legacy apps into the 21st century, there’s a lot that goes into architecting a workload for the cloud. Google Cloud Next starts on Tuesday, October 11, and includes dozens of keynotes and breakout sessions designed for enterprise cloud architects. Here are a few […]
GCP – Google Cloud Next for executives and IT business leaders: 5 key breakout sessions
IT business leaders have a lot on their plate: managing through financial uncertainty, competing for talent, tackling sustainability, all while continuing to innovate for the future. With Google Cloud Next starting Tuesday, here are a few breakout sessions for IT business leaders to add to your playlist: 1. GENKEY1 Opening Keynote We will kick off […]
GCP – Introducing gcloud storage: up to 94% faster data transfers for Cloud Storage
Cloud Storage customers often ask us about the fastest way to ingest and retrieve data from their buckets. Getting the best performance often requires the users to know the right flags and parameters to optimize transfer speeds. In many situations, customers are using Cloud Storage with other Google Cloud services and are looking for one […]
AWS – Achieve faster database failover with Amazon Web Services JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL
The AWS JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL is now generally available for use with your Amazon RDS or Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-compatible edition database clusters. This wrapper driver is designed to work with the PostgreSQL community driver and provide improved failover handling for clustered databases such as Aurora PostgreSQL. The AWS JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL is drop-in compatible […]
GCP – Building Large Scale Recommenders using Cloud TPUs
Introduction Personalized recommender systems are used widely for offering the right products or content to the right users. Some examples of such systems are video recommendations (“What to Watch Next”) on YouTube, Google Play Store app recommendations and similar services offered by other app stores and content services. In essence, recommendation systems filter products or […]
AWS – AWS Storage Gateway increases cloud upload and download performance by up to 2x for Tape Gateway
AWS Storage Gateway increases Tape Gateway throughput performance by up to 2x for backing up data to and restoring data from the cloud, helping you to meet application backup and recovery times of your business. With this launch, your on-premises Tape Gateway can backup data to the cloud up to 2x faster than before, up […]
AWS – Amazon DevOps Guru now allows customers control over the notifications they receive
Amazon DevOps Guru now provides you controls over the SNS notifications for issues impacting your applications allowing you to limit the notifications you receive. Along with this, DevOps Guru Console will show only ‘High’ and ‘Medium’ severity issues by default. These changes allow you to focus on higher severity issues. Read More for the details.
GCP – Sales Specialist, Mentor, and Woman in Web3: Anella Bokhari is building community and helping others tell their story along the way
Editor’s note: Anella Bokhari is a Google Cloud ISV Sales Specialist and the cofounder of Women in Web3, a Google Group dedicated to increasing female and non binary participation in blockchain technology. She’s also a mentor and career coach, with a rich history of helping others develop and tell their story. What was your path […]
AWS – Incident Manager from AWS Systems Manager now streamlines responses to Jira Service Management (JSM) Incidents
Customers using Atlassian Jira Service Management (JSM), Data Center version can respond, investigate and resolve incidents affecting their AWS-hosted applications via AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager and the AWS Service Management Connector. AWS Systems Manager is the operations hub for AWS applications and resources, that helps to automate reactive processes to quickly diagnose and remediate […]