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AWS – Amazon CloudWatch agent adds support for SELinux
Amazon CloudWatch agent now supports Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) environments through a pre-configured security policy that allow monitoring in systems where security enforcement is required. This feature benefits customers in regulated industries and government sectors who maintain strict security controls across their Linux infrastructure. These security policies, when applied before CloudWatch Agent installation, help customers maintain […]
GCP – Spring cleaning with FinOps Hub 2.0
Spring is a great reminder to spring clean – an annual tradition that should extend not only to your household, but also to your virtual cloud infrastructure. Why not start with Google Cloud’s FinOps Hub? As Google Cloud customers have adopted the FinOps hub to guide their optimization initiatives, we started getting additional feedback from […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in additional AWS regions
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M8g instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo, Sydney) regions. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 30% better performance compared to AWS Graviton3-based instances. Amazon EC2 M8g instances are built for general-purpose workloads, such as application servers, microservices, gaming servers, […]
AWS – AWS Batch now supports Amazon Elastic Container Service Exec and AWS FireLens log router
AWS Batch now supports Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) Exec and AWS FireLens log router for AWS Batch on Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate. With ECS Exec you can track the progress of your application and troubleshoot issue by by running interactive commands against the containers in your AWS Batch job. AWS FireLens allows you […]
AWS – Amazon EventBridge Connector for Apache Kafka Connect now generally available
The Amazon EventBridge connector for Apache Kafka Connect is now generally available. This open-source connector streamlines event integration of Kafka environments with dozens of AWS services and partner integrations without writing custom integration code or running multiple connectors for each target. The connector includes built-in support for Kafka schema registries, offloading large event payloads to […]
AWS – Amazon Corretto April 2025 Quarterly Updates
On Apr 15, 2025 Amazon announced quarterly security and critical updates for Amazon Corretto Long-Term Supported (LTS) and Feature Release (FR) versions of OpenJDK. Corretto 24.0.1, 21.0.7, 17.0.15, 11.0.27, 8u452 are now available for download. Amazon Corretto is a no-cost, multi-platform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK. Click on the Corretto home page to download Corretto 8, […]
GCP – AI and BI converge: A deep dive into Gemini in Looker
Driven by generative AI innovations, the Business Intelligence (BI) landscape is undergoing significant transformation, as businesses look to bring data insights to their organization in new and intuitive ways, lowering traditional barriers that have often kept discoveries out of the hands of the broader organization. We’re spearheading this trend with Gemini in Looker, which builds […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 I7ie instances now available in AWS Europe (Ireland) region
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the availability of Amazon EC2 I7ie instances in the AWS Europe (Ireland) region. Designed for large storage I/O intensive workloads, these new instances are powered by 5th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.2 GHz, offering up to 40% better compute performance and 20% better […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 M7i-flex instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M7i-flex instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region. These custom processors, available only on AWS, offer up to 15% better performance over comparable x86-based Intel processors utilized by other cloud providers. M7i-flex instances […]
GCP – A New Era of Innovation: Public Sector Highlights from Next ‘25
We’re at an inflection point right now, where every industry and entire societies are witnessing sweeping change, with AI as the driving force. This isn’t just about incremental improvements, it’s about total transformation. The public sector is already experiencing sweeping change with the introduction of AI, and that pace will only intensify. This is the […]