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AWS – Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) now supports two new CloudWatch metrics to measure and track network address usage
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) has introduced two new networking metrics; 1) Network Address Usage and 2) Peered Network Address Usage. These new metrics will help network administrators plan for expansion of their VPC architecture while proactively managing service quotas. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS IoT SiteWise increasing quota limit for Assets and Asset Models
AWS IoT SiteWise has increased quota limits for Assets and Asset Models to support larger and more complex equipment representations, and allow customers to perform bulk operations on resources. Read More for the details.
AWS – IAM Access Analyzer makes it easier to author and validate role trust policies
IAM Access Analyzer policy validation helps you author secure and functional policies. Now, we are extending policy validation to role trust policy to make it easier to author and validate the policy that determines who can assume a role. The new IAM console experience for role trust policy guides you to add each element of the […]
GCP – Use Artifact Registry and Container Scanning to shift left on security and streamline your deployments
3 ways Artifact Registry & Container Analysis can help optimize and protect container workloads Cybercrime costs companies 6 trillion dollars annually, with ransomware damage accounting for $20B alone1. A major source of attack vectors is vulnerabilities present in your open source software and vulnerabilities are more common in popular projects. In 2021, the top 10% […]
GCP – EyecareLive transforms healthcare ecosystem with Enhanced Support
EyecareLive transforms the healthcare ecosystem with Enhanced Support, a support service from the Google Cloud Customer Care portfolio. Telemedicine is now mainstream. It exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic. A 2022 survey by Jones Lang Lasalle (registration required) found that 38% of U.S. patients were using some form of telemedicine. This number is expected to grow […]
GCP – How to simplify and fast-track your data warehouse migrations using BigQuery Migration Service
Migrating data to the cloud can be a daunting task. Especially moving data from warehouses and legacy environments requires a systematic approach. These migrations usually need manual effort and can be error-prone. They are complex and involve several steps such as planning, system setup, query translation, schema analysis, data movement, validation, and performance optimization. To […]
GCP – Analyzing satellite images in Google Earth Engine with BigQuery SQL
Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a groundbreaking product that has been available for research and government use for more than a decade. Google Cloud recently launched GEE to General Availability for commercial use. This blog post describes a method to utilize GEE from within BigQuery’s SQL allowing SQL speakers to get access to and value […]
GCP – Building an automated data pipeline from BigQuery to EarthEngine with Cloud Functions
Over the years, vast amounts of satellite data have been collected and ever more granular data are being collected everyday. Until recently, those data have been an untapped asset in the commercial space. This is largely because the tools required for large scale analysis of this type of data were not readily available and neither […]
Azure – Generally available: Query Store hints Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance
Shape your query plans without changing the code. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Azure Ultra Disk Storage in China North 3
Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads, now available in China North 3. Read More for the details.