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AWS – Amazon DynamoDB Standard Infrequent Access table class is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon DynamoDB Standard Infrequent Access (DynamoDB Standard-IA) table class is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The DynamoDB Standard-IA table class is ideal for use cases that require long-term storage of data that is infrequently accessed, such as application logs, medical records, and financial transactions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing Bottlerocket ECS variant for NVIDIA GPUs
Today, we are announcing availability of a Bottlerocket variant that supports NVIDIA GPU-based Amazon EC2 instance types on Amazon Elastic Container Services (Amazon ECS). Bottlerocket is a Linux-based operating system that is purpose-built to run container workloads. Customers can now benefit from using the same container-focused host operating system for both their non-GPU and GPU workloads while […]

Azure – General availability: Azure WAF policy and DDoS management in Azure Firewall Manager
Azure Firewall Manager supports the ability to manage DDoS Protection plans and Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) policies for workloads and applications, within a centralized place, at scale. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Windows Admin Center in the Azure portal
Preview remote management capabilities through a single pane of glass in the Azure portal. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: ExpressRoute Direct and Circuit in different subscriptions
You can now redeem an ExpressRoute Direct authorization to create an ExpressRoute Circuit in a different subscription. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is now available in 12 additional Regions
Starting today, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) is available in 12 additional Regions: US West (N. California), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Canada (Central), Europe (Milan), Europe (Paris), Europe (Stockholm), Middle East (Bahrain), South America (São Paulo). Read More for the details.

GCP – Announcing the 2021 Google Cloud Customer Award Winners in Education and Research
We’re thrilled to celebrate this year’s seven Education and Research winners of the Google Cloud Customer Awards. The second annual Google Cloud Customer Awards program honors organizations that have succeeded in turning new ideas into realities. Google experts independently judged and scored an unprecedented number of submissions from around the world. Winners in education and research […]

GCP – Announcing the 2021 Google Cloud Customer Award Winners in Government
We’re thrilled to celebrate this year’s seven state, local and federal government winners of the Google Cloud Customer Awards. The second annual Google Cloud Customer Awards program recognizes organizations who have demonstrated inspirational and meaningful transformation with the use of Google Cloud products and solutions. Google experts from around the world judged and scored an unprecedented […]

GCP – GKE release channels: Balancing innovation and speed of change, now with more granular controls
If you run your business on Kubernetes, you know how important it is to perform regular patching and upgrades to maintain a healthy environment. At Google Cloud, we automatically upgrade the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster control plane, and if you enable node auto-upgrade, we also automatically upgrade and patch your cluster nodes. Moreover, you […]
GCP – Pride Month: Q&A with Beepboop founders about more creative, effective approaches to learning a new language
June is Pride Month—a time for us to come together to bring visibility and belonging, and to celebrate the diverse set of experiences, perspectives, and identities of the LGBTQ+ community. Over the next few weeks, Lindsey Scrase, Managing Director, Global SMB and Startups at Google Cloud, will showcase conversations with startups led by LGBTQ+ founders […]