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GCP – 4 new features of Active Assist to help automate idle resource management
Unattended Project Recommender makes identifying idle cloud projects easy, and helps you mitigate associated security issues, reduce unnecessary spend and environmental impact. In order to implement a scalable and repeatable resource lifecycle management process, it’s important to have the right tools for the job. Today, we’re announcing several new capabilities that can help you make […]
GCP – Pub/Sub Group Kafka Connector now GA: a drop-in solution for data movement
We’re excited to announce that the Pub/Sub Group Kafka Connector is now Generally Available with active support from the Google Cloud Pub/Sub team. The Connector (packaged in a single jar file) is fully open source under an Apache 2.0 license and hosted on our GitHub repository. The packaged binaries are available on GitHub and Maven […]
GCP – Move over 2022: Predictions from Google Cloud experts that will reshape IT
Here at Google Cloud, we love helping organizations imagine what is possible, work toward their biggest goals, and build the technology that brings this all together so they can convert opportunities into reality. To do this, we think it’s important to look towards the future so we can help developers and businesses learn, grow, and […]
GCP – IT prediction: Neuro-inclusive software design will become synonymous with good design
Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series on IT predictions from Google Cloud experts. Check out the full list of our predictions on how IT will change in the coming years. Prediction: By 2025, starting with neuro-inclusive design will increase user adoption by 5x in the first 2 years of production How […]
GCP – 12 no-cost ways to learn Google Cloud over the holidays
The holiday season is upon us! If you are making your list and checking it twice, we’ve got a few learning gifts you can tick off the list and share with others too. For the season of giving, we’ve wrapped up some of our most popular training and certification opportunities and made them available at […]
GCP – Digital and cloud skills programs for the Future Workforce launch in Australia and Thailand
Countries across the Asia Pacific region continue to launch programs to develop digital and cloud skills for the future workforce. In Australia and Thailand, Google is working with governments, not-for-profit organizations, and universities to bring development programs to enable the next generation of workers with the right digital skills. Learners at universities, and individuals supported […]
AWS – AWS Firewall Manager now supports FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall
Starting today, AWS Firewall Manager enables you to centrally deploy and monitor FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (CNF) across all AWS virtual private clouds (VPCs) in your AWS organization. With this release, customers now have a single firewall management solution to deploy and manage both AWS native firewalls and FortiGate CNF firewalls. Read More for the details.
Azure – Community support for Azure Functions Proxies will end on 30 September 2025
Transition to Azure API Management as soon as possible to avoid disruption to your Function applications using Proxies. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS AppConfig Agent makes feature flags and runtime configuration simpler for containers
AWS AppConfig has released an agent for container runtimes that makes the use of feature flags and runtime configuration simpler, with improved performance. Customers that use Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), Docker, or Kubernetes can now use the AWS AppConfig Agent to manage the calls from their containerized […]
GCP – Auditing GKE Clusters across the entire organization
Introduction Companies moving to the cloud and running containers are often looking for elasticity. The ability to scale up or down as needed, means paying only for the resources used. Using automation allows engineers to focus on applications rather than on the infrastructure. These are key features of the cloud native and managed container orchestration […]