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GCP – Updated data processing terms to reflect new EU Standard Contractual Clauses
For years, Google Cloud customers who are subject to European data protection laws1 have relied on our Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), as previously approved by regulators, to legitimize overseas transfers of their customer personal data when using our services. Today, we are glad to announce an update to our data processing terms for Google Cloud Platform, […]
GCP – What are the components of a Cloud VM?
Last week, we published our second episode of VM End-to-End, a series of curated conversations between a “VM skeptic” and a “VM enthusiast”. Join Brian and Carter as they explore why VMs are some of Google’s most trusted and reliable offerings, and how VMs benefit companies operating at scale in the cloud. Here’s a transcript: […]
AWS – Amazon Macie adds support for selecting managed data identifiers
Amazon Macie now allows you to select which managed data identifiers to use when you create a sensitive data discovery job. This allows you to customize what data types you deem sensitive and would like Macie to alert on per specific data governance and privacy needs in your organization. When you create a job, choose from […]
AWS – Amazon Connect Customer Profiles adds product purchase history to personalize customer interactions
Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now supports out-of-the-box integration with product purchase history from Salesforce. When a customer calls or messages a contact center for service, Amazon Connect Customer Profiles equips contact center agents with the customer information they need to deliver personalized customer service and resolve issues quickly. Customer Profiles helps make it simple to […]
AWS – Amazon ElastiCache now supports M6g and R6g Graviton2-based instances in additional regions
Amazon ElastiCache for Redis and Memcached now supports Graviton2 M6g and R6g instance families in additional regions: South America (Sao Paulo), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Seoul), Europe (London, Stockholm), North America (Montreal), US East (GovCloud US East), US West (GovCloud US West), and mainland China (Ningxia, Beijing). Customers choose Amazon ElastiCache for workloads that require […]
AWS – AQUA is now available for Amazon Redshift RA3.xlplus nodes
AQUA (Advanced Query Accelerator) for Amazon Redshift is now generally available for Amazon Redshift RA3.xlplus nodes. Read More for the details.
AWS – Customers can now manage AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry applications in AWS Systems Manager
AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry and AWS Systems Manager Application Manager now provide an end-to-end AWS application management experience. With this release, customers can use AppRegistry to create applications within their infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and post-provisioning processes, and use Application Manager to view application operational data and perform operational actions. Read More for the […]
AWS – Announcing General Availability of Tracing Support in AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry
Today, we are announcing the general availability of AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) for tracing, a secure, production-ready, AWS-supported distribution of the OpenTelemetry project. With this launch, customers can use OpenTelemetry APIs and SDKs in Java, .Net, Python, Go, and JavaScript to collect and send traces to AWS X-Ray and monitoring destinations supported by the OpenTelemetry Protocol […]
GCP – Behind the scenes: WebGL-powered Maps demos for Google I/O
In preparation for the announcement of the beta release of WebGL-powered Maps features at Google I/O 2021, the Google Maps Platform team worked with Ubilabs, a Google Cloud partner since 2012, to show developers what’s possible when 3D rendering comes to the map. The first of these demos, ‘Google Maps Platform WebGL-powered Maps Features,’ walks […]