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Application Manager Brings GitOps to Google Kubernetes Engine
Google has launched Kubernetes Application Manager, intending to simplify application configuration and lifecycle management. It’s an application delivery solution delivered as an add-on to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), which is also part of Anthos. Kubernetes is widely used for managing containerised applications, but end-to-end Kubernetes lifecycle management can be challenging.
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Google Introduces Machine Images to Simplify Making and Restoring Virtual Machines
In a recent blog post, Google announced machine images, a new type of Compute Engine resource containing all the information users need to create, backup or restore a virtual machine, and thus reducing the amount of time required for managing environments. The feature in Compute Engine is currently in beta, and not covered by any SLA or deprecation policy.
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Managing Multi-Cloud Production Kubernetes Clusters at Brandwatch
Brandwatch's engineering team wrote about their experience with managing multi-cluster Kubernetes across EKS, GKE and self-managed clusters.
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New Google Cloud Config Connector Treats Cloud Services Like Kubernetes Resources
The Google Cloud team have made the Google Cloud Config Connector generally available. Once installed into a Kubernetes cluster, it allows users to configures services, such as databases and virtual machines, as if they were native Kubernetes resources.
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CircleCI Introduces New Orbs to Simplify Deployment Activities
CircleCI recently announced the availability of Deployment Orbs which focus on streamlining and simplifying the integration of deployment workflows into CircleCI jobs. This release includes orbs for deploying into common environments such as AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Kubernetes, and Salesforce.
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Google Cloud Team Releases AutoML Natural Language
The Google Cloud team recently announced the generally available (GA) release of AutoML Natural Language framework. AutoML Natural Language supports features for data processing and common machine learning tasks like classification, sentiment analysis, and entity extraction.
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Experience Running Spotify’s Event Delivery System in the Cloud
Event delivery is a key component at Spotify; the events contain important data about users, actions they take, and operational logs. After running the event delivery system in the cloud for 2 ½ years, Bartosz Janota and Robert Stephenson have written a blog post discussing what they have achieved and how they have been able to evolve and simplify the system by moving up the stack in the cloud.
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Secrets at Planet-Scale: Engineering the Internal Google KMS
At QCon San Francisco 2019, Anvita Pandit, senior developer at Google, explained Google’s Internal Key Management System (KMS), which supports various Google services. This internal KMS not only manages the generation, distribution and rotation of cryptographic keys, but also handles other secret data.
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Managing Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Platforms with Microsoft Azure Arc
During Microsoft’s premier event Ignite for IT-professional and decision-makers, the company announced several new hybrid cloud products and services. One of the most significant announcements was Azure Arc, a service in preview that allows enterprises to bring Azure services and management to any infrastructure including AWS and Google Cloud.
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Google Introduces TensorFlow Enterprise in Beta
In a recent blog post, Google announced TensorFlow Enterprise, a cloud-based TensorFlow machine learning service that includes enterprise-grade support and managed services.
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Cockroach Labs Announces CockroachCloud, a Fully-Managed Distributed SQL Database in Beta
Recently, Cockroach Labs announced the beta program of CockroachCloud, a fully-managed service for its CockroachDB distributed SQL database. With CockroachCloud, customers can provision, scale and manage a complex, highly available distributed SQL database within minutes.
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Google Announces Updates to AutoML Vision Edge, AutoML Video, and the Video Intelligence API
In a recent blog post, Google announced enhancements to a part of its Vision AI portfolio: AutoML Vision Edge, AutoML Video, and the Video Intelligence API. Each received updates to enhance their capabilities.
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Google Releases Cloud Dataproc for Kubernetes in Alpha
Google Cloud Dataproc is an open-source data and analytic processing service based on Hadoop and Spark. Google has recently announced the alpha availability of Cloud Dataproc for Kubernetes, which provides customers with a more efficient method to process data across platforms.
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ApacheCon 2019 Keynote: Google Cloud Enhances Big-Data Processing with Kubernetes
At ApacheCon North America, Christopher Crosbie gave a keynote talk title "Yet Another Resource Negotiator for Big Data? How Google Cloud is Enhancing Data Lake Processing with Kubernetes." He highlighted Google's efforts to make Apache big-data software "cloud native" by developing open-source Kubernetes Operators to provide control planes for running Apache software in a Kubernetes cluster.
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Google Releases a Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory (AD) in Beta
In a recent blog post, Google announced the beta release of the Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory (AD). With this service, Google acts as a managed service provider for any customer requiring Microsoft AD, and will the cloud provider will take care of the patching and maintenance of Microsoft's identity and access management service.