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GCP – Archive Data: Old or historic?
To be “historic,” an event or place must be associated with a degree of importance that makes it worthy of notice, study, or preservation. To be “old” merely means something has been around a long time or occurred long ago. Regulations and compliance enforce companies notably Insurance, finance, healthcare to preserve their customer, applications and transaction […]
GCP – Workflows patterns and best practices – Part 2
This is part 2 of a three-part series of posts, in which we summarize Workflows and service orchestration patterns. You can apply these patterns to better take advantage of Workflows and service orchestration on Google Cloud. In the first post, we introduced some general tips and tricks, as well as patterns for event-driven orchestrations, parallel […]
AWS – Amazon RDS Optimized Reads is now available for up to 50% faster queries on Amazon RDS for MySQL
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL nowsupports Amazon RDS Optimized Reads for up to 50% faster query processing compared to previous generation instances. Optimized Read-enabled instances achieve faster query processing by placing temporary tables generated by MySQL on the local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage that’s physically connected to the host server. Complex queries […]
AWS – AWS Backup launches delegation of organization-wide backup administration
AWS Backup now supports organization-wide delegation of backup administration to member accounts within AWS Organizations. This enables delegated backup administrators to create and manage backup policies and monitor backup activity across accounts within the organization. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments for safer, simpler, and faster updates
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) now supports Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments to help you with safer, simpler, and faster updates to your Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS databases. Blue/Green Deployments create a fully managed staging environment that allows you to deploy and test production changes, keeping your current production database safe. With a single click, […]
AWS – Amazon Elastic File System introduces 1-Day Lifecycle Management Policy to help customers reduce costs for cold data sets
Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) now supports a 1-day Lifecycle Management Policy that allows you to automatically move files that haven’t been accessed in 1 day to the Amazon EFS Infrequent Access (EFS IA) storage class. You can configure this new policy option for your file system, or you can use one of the […]
AWS – AWS Backup launches application-aware data protection for applications defined using AWS CloudFormation
Today, AWS Backup is announcing application-aware data protection that enables you to add AWS CloudFormation stacks to backup policies, making it easier for you to back up and restore your entire applications. AWS Backup automates the data protection of applications that are defined using AWS CloudFormation stacks to create immutable application-level backups using AWS Backup […]
AWS – Announcing Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor Preview
Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor is a new preview feature of Amazon CloudWatch that helps you, as application developers and network engineers, continually monitor internet availability and performance metrics between your AWS-hosted applications and application end users. InternetMonitor monitors your application through Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), Amazon CloudFront distributions, and Amazon WorkSpaces directories. Read More […]
AWS – AWS IoT Device Management Jobs now supports scheduling configuration
Today, we are pleased to announce AWS IoT Device Management Jobs has added a new configuration option for scheduling, which gives customers the flexibility to deploy remote operations during pre-defined time windows so regular usage of their IoT devices is not disrupted. Using the scheduling feature, customers can define the start and end time of […]
AWS – Announcing real-time capabilities in Amazon Transcribe Call Analytics API to improve customer experience
We are excited to announce the general availability of real-time capabilities in Amazon Transcribe Call Analytics, a machine learning (ML) powered conversation insights API that enables developers to transcribe and analyze contact center audio calls for improving customer experience. Transcribe Call Analytics provides real-time insights into conversations to identify critical scenarios like a customer expressing dissatisfaction. Using […]