Release notes | October 12, 2016

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MY CONSOLE GCP release notes October 12, 2016 What do you think? Please fill out our feedback form for the GCP release notes. NETWORKING New Cloud Platform Regions Cloud Platform will add eight new regions through 2017, including Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, Northern Virginia, São Paulo, London, Finland, and Frankfurt. Regional expansion improves control of data localization, lowers latency and cost, and enhances stability and performance. COMPUTE Container Engine now on Kubernetes 1.4 This release includes cluster add-on monitoring, one-click cluster spin-up, improved security, and support for the new Google Container-VM Image (GCI). New Kubernetes Cluster Federation integration enables deployment across multiple clusters—and multiple clouds. BIG DATA BigQuery adds enterprise data warehousing features New capabilities core to common large-scale business workloads make BigQuery a fully functional data warehouse. Unlimited flat-rate pricing and unlimited queries make data storage costs more predictable. New features include support for standard SQL, Identity and Access Management (IAM), ODBC drivers, and resource monitoring in Stackdriver. MACHINE LEARNING Cloud Machine Learning public beta The Cloud Machine Learning Platform, now in public beta, is fully integrated with BigQuery, Cloud Dataflow, and Cloud Storage. Quickly create and train models to add machine learning to your operations and applications. A new certification program and professional services group offers training and support to help businesses better understand and adopt machine learning. Additional releases COMPUTE Microsoft SQL Server Images for Compute Engine GA This environment features base images with Microsoft SQL Server pre-installed, pay-as-you-use licensing, and full admin control. Supported versions include: SQL Server Standard, SQL Server Web, and SQL Server Express on Windows Server 2012 R2. BIG DATA Autoscaling and Rebalancing in Cloud Dataflow This feature enables autoscaling functionality on streaming jobs using Pub/Sub. The Dataflow service dynamically resizes worker pools and resources to minimize backlog or downscale usage as needed. Cloud Dataproc High Availability beta Enhanced support now available for Cloud Dataproc, a managed Spark and Hadoop service. Clusters can now be put into High Availability (HA). In the rare case of failure, HA clusters allow uninterrupted YARN and HDFS operations. MANAGEMENT TOOLS Admin Activity Logs GA Track who did what, where, and when within your projects. This release includes Admin Activity logs for App Engine, BigQuery, Cloud Resource Manager, IAM, and Stackdriver Debugger, as well as Data Access logs for BigQuery. IDENTITY & SECURITY Cloud Resource Manager API CreateProject Method GA The Cloud Resource Manager API now allows users to programmatically create—and manage—projects with appropriate default settings. Automate end-to-end GCP provisioning flow with this and related APIs.   GO TO MY CONSOLE See you in the cloud, The Google Cloud Platform Team DOCUMENTATION SUPPORT MOBILE APP FEEDBACK © 2016 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 This email was sent to dianagung2@gmail.com because you indicated that you'd like to receive feature announcements about Google Cloud Platform. If you don't want to receive such emails in the future, please unsubscribe here: https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/optout/ZRNnR-F6ayc8pLFkkNJTWfnxYJ1R6VRsEbxHSo8tn6IL7b8=?hl=id You can also change your preferences on your account's profile page by logging in at console.cloud.google.com

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