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Whitepaper: Lift and shift to Google Cloud Platform

By Bryan Nairn, Product Marketing Manager 

Today we’re announcing the availability of a new white paper entitled “How to Lift-and-Shift a Line of Business Application onto Google Cloud Platform.” This is the first in a series of four white papers focused on application migration and modernization. Stay tuned to the GCP blog as we release the next installments in the coming weeks.

The “Lift-and-Shift” white paper walks you through migrating a Microsoft Windows-based, two-tier, expense reporting, web-application that currently resides on-premises, in your data center. The white paper provides background information, and a three-phased project methodology, as well as pointers to application code on github. You’ll be able to replicate the scenario on-premises, and walk through migrating your application to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The phased project includes implementation of initial GCP resources, including GCP networking, a site-to-site VPN and virtual machines (VMs), as well as setting up Microsoft SQL Server availability groups, and configuring Microsoft Active Directory (AD) replication in your new hybrid environment.

Want to learn more about how to lift and shift your own application by reading through (or following the same steps) in the white paper? If you’re ready to get started, you can download your copy of the white paper and start your migration today.

Quelle: Google Cloud Platform

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SpaceX May Have Lost A Super-Expensive And Classified US Spy Satellite

Zuma mission launch on Jan. 7 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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An expensive and highly classified US spy satellite launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX has not been spotted in orbit and is presumed to be lost, reports said Monday.

SpaceX launched the mission, codenamed Zuma, on Sunday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with its Falcon 9 rocket, aiming to deliver the satellite into orbit on behalf of a US defense contractor.

A day later, there was no confirmation the mission had been a success and the satellite had not been recorded in orbit by US Strategic Command, which tracks tens of thousands of man-made objects in space. The satellite, built by Northrop Grumman, appears to have plunged into the atmosphere after failing to separate from the rocket as planned and was presumed to be lost, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reported.

Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX, said Falcon 9 “did everything correctly” in a statement on Tuesday, but added that no further details could be provided because the mission was classified.

“For clarity: after review of all data to date, Falcon 9 did everything correctly on Sunday night. If we or others find otherwise based on further review, we will report it immediately,” Shotwell said in the statement. “Information published that is contrary to this statement is categorically false. Due to the classified nature of the payload, no further comment is possible.”

She said the incident will not impact two other planned SpaceX launches in the coming weeks.

“We do not comment on missions of this nature; but as of right now reviews of the data indicate Falcon 9 performed nominally,” SpaceX spokesman James Gleeson said in a statement to BuzzFeed News on Monday.

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Northrop Grumman, the aerospace and defense contractor reportedly behind the satellite, told BuzzFeed News the mission was classified and it could not comment. Questions remained about which national security agency the satellite would have served, as well as its fate.

The satellite launch was originally scheduled for Nov. 15, but SpaceX pushed it back to review how the Falcon 9 delivers its payload.

“Standing down on Zuma mission to take a closer look at data from recent fairing testing for another customer,” SpaceX tweeted on Nov. 16.

The company aims to revolutionize space missions with reusable rockets that would dramatically lower costs. Its concepts, including the capture of rockets on drone ship landing pads following a launch, continue to undergo testing.

The satellite launch was SpaceX's third national security mission, and another step toward potentially high-paying contracts through the Department of Defense, Ars Technica reported.

LINK: SpaceX Just Made History By Relaunching A Rocket Into Space For The First Time

Quelle: <a href="SpaceX May Have Lost A Super-Expensive And Classified US Spy Satellite“>BuzzFeed

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People "Fucking Hate" Instagram Now Integrating People's Posts They Don't Follow On Their Feeds

Have you noticed posts from accounts you don’t follow in your feed? Here is why it’s happening.

If you are starting to see posts from people and accounts you don’t follow woven into your Instagram feed, know that it’s a deliberate decision by the company made probably to create more ad inventory. Most likely, you’ll only start to see more content from people and accounts you don’t follow.

If you are starting to see posts from people and accounts you don't follow woven into your Instagram feed, know that it's a deliberate decision by the company made probably to create more ad inventory. Most likely, you'll only start to see more content from people and accounts you don't follow.

According to Ad Age, the videos and photos you'll start to see on your feed are most likely ones followed and engaged with by people you actually follow.

In other words: your Instagram “explore” tab will slowly be integrated into your personal feed.

It's been speculated that this is all meant to accomodate more advertising demand and increasing ad limits — and is a feature and strategy similar to Facebook.

Instagram has not responded to inquiries from BuzzFeed News about this feature. But the logic seems to be the more users spend time on the app, and are exposed to more content, the more ads they'll see.

Thomas White / Reuters

Quelle: <a href="People "Fucking Hate" Instagram Now Integrating People's Posts They Don't Follow On Their Feeds“>BuzzFeed