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AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server Now Supports Access to Transaction Log Backups
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now supports access to transaction log backups. With this feature, customers can gain access to transaction log backups that are generated on the Amazon RDS SQL Server instance and copied to a customer S3 bucket. Subsequently, customers can restore single databases on that DB instance to […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Canvas announces encryption support with customer managed keys for time series forecast models
Amazon SageMaker Canvas announces support for encryption at rest for datasets and machine learning (ML) models for time series forecasting use cases, on both quick and standard builds. SageMaker Canvas is a visual point-and-click interface that enables business analysts to generate accurate ML predictions on their own — without requiring any machine learning experience or having […]
AWS – AWS Well-Architected Tool improves workload discovery and speeds up reviews
AWS is pleased to announce the availability of two new features in the AWS Well-Architected Tool (AWS WA Tool)—integrations with AWS Trusted Advisor and AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry—that will help you more easily discover the information needed to answer Well-Architected review questions and shorten your review time. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon ElastiCache now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Amazon ElastiCache clusters now support the IPv6 protocol, allowing clients to connect to ElastiCache clusters using IPv6. You can now configure your cluster to accept only IPv6 connections or to accept both IPv4 and IPv6 connections. This allows you to work to meet IPv6 compliance requirements and more efficiently integrate with existing IPv6-based applications. Read More […]
GCP – Live from COP27, Egypt: A cloud’s eye view
Editor’s note: At Google Cloud we’re working with global organizations to help them use technology to build a more sustainable future. We’re excited about the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, when representatives from countries and organizations around the world — including Google Cloud — are gathering in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt from November […]
AWS – Announcing General Availability of Amazon Redshift Serverless in the US West (Northern California), Europe (Paris) AWS regions
Amazon Redshift Serverless, which allows you to run and scale analytics without having to provision and manage data warehouse clusters, is now generally available in additonal AWS regions US West (Northern California) and Europe (Paris). With Amazon Redshift Serverless, all users including data analysts, developers, and data scientists, can use Amazon Redshift to get insights […]
AWS – AWS Glue Sensitive Data Detection feature can now identify and process sensitive data for Japan and UK entities
Sensitive data detection and processing in AWS Glue can now detect PII and other sensitive data specific to United Kingdom (UK) and Japan. Read More for the details.
GCP – Here’s how Anthos helps you do cluster lifecycle operations in your hybrid and multicloud environment
Anthos is a cloud-centric container platform to run modern apps anywhere consistently at scale. Anthos manages your Kubernetes clusters not only on Google Cloud, but also in on-premises data centers and edges, as well as in other public clouds such as AWS and Azure. Anthos meets you where you are and helps you modernize applications […]
GCP – For a successful cloud transformation, change your culture first
Twenty years ago, organizations discovered the magic of server virtualization. Among the many benefits of virtualization, it heralded the end of the need for one physical server per application and the beginning of managing software-defined infrastructure. It helped automate building and installing systems, and it helped lay foundations for today’s Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery mechanisms and […]
GCP – When should I use Cloud Armor?
Google Cloud Armor is a well known enterprise-grade DDoS defense and web application firewall service that provides additional security for your applications and websites running on Google Cloud, on-prem or on other platforms. Cloud Armor helps protect against broken access controls, security misconfigurations, cryptographic failures and more. Cloud Armor supports hybrid and multi cloud deployments, […]