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AWS – Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds larger instance sizes to the General Purpose instance family
Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds new instance sizes stream.standard.xlarge, and stream.standard.2xlarge to the General Purpose instance family. stream.standard.xlarge offers 4 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory, and stream.standard.2xlarge offers 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory. These new instances provide higher performance options of compute, memory and networking resources for a diverse set of workloads that […]

AWS – AWS DeepRacer introduces quota management
AWS DeepRacer Multi-user mode provides an exciting way for organizations to sponsor multiple AWS DeepRacer participants under one AWS account. Until now, AWS DeepRacer event organizers lacked ways to preemptively set budgets and controls for participants and maintain, monitor, and control their budgets by monitoring usage. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL supports new minor versions 5.7.38 and 8.0.29
Following the announcement of updates in MySQL database versions 5.7 and 8.0, we have updated Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL to support MySQL minor versions 5.7.38, and 8.0.29. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: ExpressRoute IPv6 Support for Global Reach
IPv6 support for Global Reach expands the possibilities for customers building dual-stack, hybrid networks with Azure. Read More for the details.

GCP – Learn how to tackle supply chain disruptions with SAP IBP and Google Cloud
Responding to multiple, simultaneous disruptive forces has become a daily routine for most demand planners. To effectively forecast demand, they need to be able to predict the unpredictable while accounting for diverse and sometimes competing factors, including: Labor and materials shortagesGlobal health crisesShifting cross-border restrictionsUnprecedented weather impactsA deepening focus on sustainability Rising inflation Innovators are looking […]

GCP – Introducing the Google Workspace for Government Demo Series
While government leaders have a lot on their minds, from supporting inventory management to managing hybrid work environments, secure collaboration should not be one of them. With Google Workspace for Government, organizations can improve constituent services and workforce collaboration with a set of flexible, secure solutions that can integrate within existing government technology investments. To […]

Azure – General availability: Updates for resource configuration changes
Resource configuration changes enables you to query across your subscriptions and tenants to discover changes to your resources with Azure Resource Graph. Read More for the details.

GCP – Pick your AI/ML Path on Google Cloud
Many users within an organization play important roles in the machine learning (ML) lifecycle. There are product managers, who can simply type natural language queries to pull necessary insights from BigQuery, data scientists, who work on different aspects of building and validating models, and ML engineers, who are responsible for keeping the models working well […]

GCP – Billing reports and Saved Cost Views
TL;DR — Try out Saved Cost Views to create and share custom views from the Google Cloud billing reports page. There’s a lot in common with FinOps, cost optimization, cost efficiency, etc. Different companies and cloud providers use these to describe a variety of ideas that have one thing in common: maximize the value on […]
AWS – AWS Backup adds AWS PrivateLink support for VMware workloads
AWS Backup now supports AWS PrivateLink for VMware workloads, providing direct access to AWS Backup from your VMware environment via a private endpoint within your virtual private network in a scalable manner. With this launch, you can now secure your network architecture by connecting to AWS Backup using private IP addresses in your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud […]