Google: Datensammler verspricht Datenkontrolle

Das erste Mal seit Jahren hat Google auf seiner Entwicklerkonferenz neue Hardware vorgestellt. Während der Eröffnungsansprache wurde diese aber erstaunlich schnell abgehandelt. Stattdessen wollte Google seine Nutzer davon überzeugen, dass ihre Daten sicher sind. Eine Analyse von Tobias Költzsch (Google I/O 2019, Google)
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Reservation Expiration Alerts Now Available in AWS Cost Explorer

Reservations, sometimes referred to as Reserved Instances, offer a discounted hourly rate (sometimes up to 75%) compared to On-Demand resource usage, in exchange for committing to a one– or three-year term of service usage. Purchasing reservations to cover your AWS usage can translate into significant savings.
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New AWS Business Professional course for APN Partner Accreditation

AWS Training and Certification is launching the newly refreshed AWS Business Professional digital course for APN Partners on Tuesday, May 7. This new course provides valuable information about core AWS Services, an introduction to the cloud journey as part of the customer engagement and go-to-market process as well as customer enablement content. In addition, APN Partners will learn about the most up-to-date AWS Partner Network key programs and resources. Upon completion of the course modules and passing the course assessment, APN Partners will earn their AWS Business Professional Accreditation. Learn more here.
This course was introduced one week after we launched our updated AWS Partner Training and Certification site. The new site offers many enhancements, including Regional Course Schedules and Partner Learning Path tool that features paths that include the new AWS Business Professional digital course. Learn more here.
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AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager Supports Microsoft Application Patching

You can now use AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager to select and apply Microsoft application patches automatically across your Amazon EC2 or on-premises instances. This brings Microsoft application patching to the same AWS Systems Manager solution that you use today to patch Microsoft Windows, saving time and simplifying your patch processes to manage both Microsoft operating system and application patching from one location.
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Amazon ElastiCache now offers R5 nodes in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) AWS Region

Amazon ElastiCache now offers R5 nodes, the next generation memory and performance optimized nodes to maximize network performance and CPU utilization in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) AWS Region. R5 nodes feature the AWS Nitro System, a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight hypervisor that delivers nearly all of the compute and memory resources to the guest VMs.
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Amazon CloudFront announces 11 new Edge locations in India, Japan, and the United States

Details: CloudFront announces 11 new Edge locations around the world, including its first Edge location in Salt Lake City, Utah. The additions come in the following cities:
United States

Salt Lake City, Utah (New city within the CloudFront network)
Boston, Massachusetts
Seattle, Washington
Phoenix, Arizona

Japan

Tokyo

India

Hyderabad x2
Bangalore x2
Delhi x2

The launch of these six new Edge locations in India effectively doubles CloudFront’s capacity within the region. Every new CloudFront Edge location continues to enhance the overall performance of serving your web applications to your users. A full list of CloudFront’s global locations is available on the CloudFront Features webpage.
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