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GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: May 2022
May was another big month for us, even as we get ready for more industry work and engagement at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco. At our Security Summit and throughout the past month, we continued to launch new security products and features, and increased service and support for all our Google Cloud and […]

GCP – Google Distributed Cloud adds AI, ML and Database Solutions to deliver customers even greater flexibility and choice
Organizations need a cloud platform that can securely scale from on-premises, to edge, to cloud while remaining open to change, choice, and customization. They must be able to run their applications wherever they need, on infrastructure optimized to process a very high volume of data with minimal delay, all while maintaining the satisfaction and stability […]

GCP – Understanding Google Cloud’s VMware Engine Migration Process and Performance
Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) allows a user to deploy a managed VMware environment within an Enterprise Cloud Solution. We’ve put together a new white paper, “Google Cloud VMware Engine Performance Migration & Benchmarks,” to help our customers better understand the architecture, its performance, and the benefits. If you’re not familiar with Google Cloud VMware […]

GCP – 5 ways retailers can evolve beyond traditional segmentation methods
Marketers have long devised ways to use data to predict behavior and drive personalization. Popular tactics include leveraging customer segmentation and transactional purchase data to recommend products and experiences based on attributes such as “people similar to you liked this” or “last viewed products” data. But is this the right way to go about improving […]

GCP – How SingleStoreDB uses Google Cloud Marketplace to drive great customer experiences
Founded in 2012, SingleStoreDB is a distributed SQL, cloud-native database that offers ultra-fast, low-latency access to large datasets — simplifying the development of modern enterprise applications. And by combining transactional (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) workloads, SingleStoreDB introduces new efficiencies into data architecture. We are a multicloud database, meaning that our customers can launch SingleStoreDB on […]

GCP – How Google Cloud is helping more startups build, grow, and scale their businesses
Today is our second-annual Google Cloud Startup Summit, and we couldn’t be more excited to connect with leaders, founders, and innovators from across the startup ecosystem to learn how they’re innovating and solving some of the world’s biggest challenges. Startups come to Google Cloud to build their companies and products on our trusted, developer-friendly infrastructure, […]

Azure – General availability: Storage optimized Azure VMs deliver higher performance for data analytics.
The new Lasv3 and Lsv3 VM series are well suited for high throughput and high IOPS workloads including big data applications, SQL and NoSQL databases, data intensive applications and more. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch adds Elemental MediaTailor to Vended Logs pricing
Amazon CloudWatch now supports AWS Elemental MediaTailor logs as part of Vended Logs. Vended logs are specific AWS service logs natively published by AWS services on behalf of the customer and available at volume discount pricing. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Proton introduces service components
AWS Proton introduces service components, a new feature that allows developers complement the standard infrastructure of Proton templates with additional resources for their services. Platform engineers use Proton to define the core infrastructure of their services and keep it consistent and updated across services, and now with components developers can complement that core infrastructure with […]
AWS – Amazon Route 53 announces IP-Based Routing for DNS Queries
Today, AWS announced the launch of IP-based routing for Amazon Route 53, AWS’s Domain Name System (DNS) cloud service. Route 53 provides customers with multiple routing options, such as geolocation routing, geoproximity routing, latency-based routing, and weighted routing to route their end users to optimal endpoints. With the addition of IP-based routing, customers are now […]