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GCP – SAP backup, the blended way
An SAP architect designing a backup solution is faced with questions towards the business (what needs to be done) and delivery (how it can be accomplished). This blog gives an overview of the challenges, available options, their advantages and disadvantages. As a conclusion, a blended backup concept will be proposed that uses cloud technology to […]
GCP – Google supports CSRB call for open source security improvements in wake of log4j report
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced the results of the first report from the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) on the log4j software library vulnerabilities discovered in late 2021. Google welcomed the opportunity to participate in the development of the CSRB report and share our own experiences responding to this and other […]
AWS – Amazon Interactive Video Service now includes web broadcast SDK
Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) web broadcast SDK gives you the ability to capture live video from web browsers and send as an input to an Amazon IVS channel. You can include it on new and existing websites, with support for both desktop and mobile web browsers. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Fraud Detector launches Account Takeover Insights (ATI)
Today, we are excited to announce that Amazon Fraud Detector (AFD) now supports Account Takeover Insights (ATI) model, a low-latency fraud detection machine learning (ML) model specifically designed to detect accounts that have been compromised through stolen credentials, phishing, social engineering, or other forms of account takeover. The ATI model is designed to detect up […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C6i, M6i and R6i Instances are now available in additional regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 C6i, M6i and R6i instances are available in the Europe (Stockholm, Milan), and Asia Pacific (Hong Kong). Additionally, the Amazon EC2 C6i and M6i instances are now available in Middle East (Bahrain) and R6i instance is now available in Europe (Frankfurt). These instances are powered by 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable […]
AWS – Amazon RDS Performance Insights now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Performance Insights is now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. Amazon RDS Performance Insights is a database performance tuning and monitoring feature of RDS and Aurora that helps you quickly assess the load on your database and determine when and where to take action. Read More for the […]
AWS – AWS Network Firewall now supports VPC prefix lists
AWS Network Firewall now supports Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) prefix lists to simplify management of your firewall rules and policies across your VPCs. Prefix lists enable you to group one or more CIDR blocks into a single object. You can group IP addresses that you frequently use in a prefix list, and reference this […]
AWS – Amazon Athena adds visual query analysis and tuning tools
Amazon Athena users can now analyze and tune their queries using interactive, visual tools. Optimizing queries and debugging failures are challenging tasks that often require knowledge of query behavior and a careful approach to tuning query logic. With today’s launch, you can now use the Athena console to analyze your queries with tools that make […]
Azure – Public preview: Enhanced experience to opt in to improved backup alerting
Move to Azure Monitor based alerts for Azure Backup with just a few clicks. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: NVads A10 v5 Virtual Machines
NVads A10 v5 series virtual machines are now generally available. These are ideal for graphic, video, and AI workloads and include GPU portioning, making them perfect for any size workload. Read More for the details.