Google Config Connector – from GKE add-on to manual

The GCP Config Connector (CC) is a Kubernetes add-on which allows you to create, change or delete cloud resources outside your cluster. It can deploy various GCP resources such as storage, databases, network and others representing them as a set of Kubernetes resources. It helps with a unified approach for deployment using Kubernetes to deploy the full stack for your application. The resources can be deployed by kubectl, helm or any CD (Continuous Deployment) tool you use in the organization.

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Oracle Database Service for Azure

Recently Oracle and Microsoft announced availability of their new service – Oracle Database Service for Azure. It raises the level of integration and interoperability between Oracle Cloud and Microsoft Azure. With the new service Microsoft’s customers are able to create and manage Oracle databases created in Oracle cloud and use them for applications located in Azure. That sounds great and moves us one step closer to a real multi-cloud environment. Before proceeding, let me clarify what I mean as the “real” multi-cloud. I mean an environment where different pieces of the same IT service are located in different clouds working as a whole.

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