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GCP – How to avoid cloud misconfigurations and move towards continuous compliance
Security is often seen as a zero-sum game between “go fast” or “stay secure.” We would like to challenge this school of thought and introduce a framework to change that paradigm to a “win-win game,” so you can do both—“go fast” and “stay secure.” Historically, application security tools have been implemented much like a gate […]
GCP – University IT professionals compete in first-ever Cloud Hero Cup
To help central IT teams develop digital skills and get excited to learn new technology, Google Cloud created a free training competition, the Cloud Hero Cup. Designed to help teams learn new technology, the Cloud Hero Cup is a gamified learning competition between university IT teams that uses Google Cloud Skills Boost to test and […]
AWS – Amazon GameLift now supports AWS Local Zones
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability (GA) of an update to Amazon GameLift that expands support to AWS Local Zones, which increases coverage for game developers, while providing seamless, low-latency gameplay experiences for players. With this update, game developers can tap into 8 new Local Zones in Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Kansas City, […]
AWS – AWS IoT TwinMaker launches enhancements for scaling digital twins and building data connectors
AWS IoT TwinMaker is launching enhancements to simplify our customers’ experience as they scale their digital twins and build data connectors. AWS IoT TwinMaker makes it easier for developers to create digital twins of real-world systems such as buildings, factories, industrial equipment, and production lines. Digital twins are virtual representations of physical systems that can be […]
AWS – Announcing availability of AWS Outposts rack in Kenya and Oman
AWS Outposts rack can now be shipped and installed at your data center and on-premises locations in Kenya and Oman. Read More for the details.
GCP – Lightweight Application Development with Serverless Cloud Functions (Java) and Cloud SQL (SQL Server) in 2 minutes
Introduction In this post, you’ll learn to build a Java based Cloud Function that will connect to a Cloud SQL for SQL Server database using the Cloud SQL Connector for Java. This solution will help you learn to build event driven lightweight solutions for any stand-alone functionality with Cloud SQL database that respond to Cloud […]
AWS – Amazon CloudFront launches Origin Access Control (OAC)
Amazon CloudFront now offers Origin Access Control, a new feature that enables CloudFront customers to easily secure their S3 origins by permitting only designated CloudFront distributions to access their S3 buckets. Customers can now enable AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4) on CloudFront requests to S3 buckets with the ability to set when and if CloudFront should […]
AWS – Amazon Connect launches the ability to configure business operation days per week for capacity planning
Amazon Connect now enables you to select and manage which days the contact center is open for the purpose of capacity planning. This new feature is part of Amazon Connect forecasting, capacity planning, and scheduling (preview) that helps you predict contact volumes and average handling time, determine optimal staffing levels, and plan agent schedules to […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight announces fine-grained visual embedding
Amazon QuickSight now supports fine-grained visual embedding, allowing you to embed individual visuals from QuickSight dashboards in applications and portals to provide key insights to users where they’re needed most. Read More for the details.
GCP – Announcing Virtual Machine Threat Detection now generally available to Cloud customers
Today we are delighted to announce that our unique, first-to-market detection capability with Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD) in Security Command Center is now generally available for all Google Cloud customers. We launched this service six months ago in public preview and have seen a lot of enthusiasm from our customers. We’ve seen adoption from […]