Welcome to above the clouds

Azure – In development: Dynatrace for Azure
Natively integrated SaaS solution that provides deep cloud observability, advanced AIOps, and continuous runtime application security capabilities on Azure. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: NGINX for Azure
Natively integrate SaaS solution for advanced traffic management and monitoring on Azure. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Personalize now supports offline model metrics for recommenders
Amazon Personalize now provides offline model metrics for recommenders enabling you to evaluate the quality of recommendations. A recommender is a resource that provides recommendations optimized for specific use cases, such as “Frequently bought together” for Retail and “Top picks for you” for Media and Entertainment. Offline metrics are metrics that Amazon Personalize generates when […]

GCP – Google Cloud Data Heroes Series: Meet Antonio, a Data Engineer from Lima, Peru
Google Cloud Data Heroes is a series where we share stories of the everyday heroes who use our data analytics tools to do incredible things. Like any good superhero tale, we explore our Google Cloud Data Heroes’ origin stories, how they moved from data chaos to a data-driven environment, what projects and challenges they are […]

GCP – Notified team gets smart on MLOps through Advanced Solutions Lab for Machine Learning
Editor’s note: Notified, one of the world’s largest newswire distribution networks, launched a public relations workbench that uses artificial intelligence to help customers pinpoint relevant journalists and expand media coverage. Here’s how they worked with Google Cloud and the Advanced Solutions Lab to train their team on Machine Learning Operations (MLOps). At Notified, we provide […]

GCP – Running a virtual event globally, how Gramercy Tech leveraged serverless technology
Editor’s note: In today’s guest post we hear from Gramercy Tech on their experience working with Google Cloud’s serverless technologies as both a customer and vendor. Large events are always a lot of work. By leveraging the pre-provisioned infrastructure of Cloud Run in multiple regions and global load balancing, the team could focus on content […]

GCP – Migrate databases to Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE)
The following blog covers some common processes and tools used to migrate databases from on-premises (Physical or VMware) to Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE). Many customers choose this lift-and-shift migration approach as a first step to quickly migrate databases into Google Cloud before beginning database upgrade and modernization workstreams. Google Cloud VMware Engine GCVE is […]

GCP – Get value from data quickly with Informatica Data Loader for BigQuery
If data is currency in today’s digital environment, then organizations should waste no time in making sure every business user has fast access to data-driven insights. Informatica and Google Cloud are working together to make it happen. We’re excited to share that Informatica will provide a free service on Google Cloud called Informatica Data Loader […]

GCP – Assembling and managing distributed applications using Google Cloud Networking solutions
In the cloud era, modern applications are assembled from services running across different environments. The benefit of this approach is that organizations can choose which services to use that best serve their needs when building applications. But assembling applications from disparate component services also brings complexity, including: How to connect services together in a reliable […]
Azure – Generally available: DCsv3 and DCdsv3 series Virtual Machines
Confidential computing DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series virtual machines (VMs) are generally available. Read More for the details.