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AWS – AWS Direct Connect announces new location in Madrid, Spain
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Digital Realty MAD3 data center near Madrid, Spain. You can now establish private, direct network access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones from this location. This site is the third site in Madrid and the […]
GCP – Forecasts and data insights come to BigQuery’s MCP and Agent Development Kit tools
For AI agents to be really useful, they need to be able to securely interact with enterprise data. In July, we introduced a toolset to help AI agents interact with and analyze business data in BigQuery through natural language, and with just a few lines of code. Today, we’re taking the next step, with “Ask […]
AWS – Amazon SNS expands support for FIPS 140-3 endpoints
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) now supports additional endpoints that have been validated under the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 program in AWS Regions in the United States and Canada. FIPS compliant endpoints help companies contracting with the US federal government meet the FIPS security requirement to encrypt sensitive data in supported regions. With […]
AWS – Amazon SNS expands IPv6 support to the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) now allows customers to make API requests over Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The new endpoints have also been validated under the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 program. Amazon SNS is a fully managed messaging service that enables publish/subscribe messaging between distributed systems, […]
AWS – AWS Transform now enables Terraform for VMware network automation
AWS Transform now offers Terraform as an additional option to generate network infrastructure code automatically from VMware environments. The service converts your source network definitions into reusable Terraform modules, complementing current AWS CloudFormation and AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) support. AWS Transform for VMware is an agentic AI service that automates the discovery, planning, and […]
AWS – Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) is now available in Asia Pacific (Singapore) and Europe (London) Regions
Today, we’re announcing that Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) is now available in all availability zones in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) and Europe (London) Regions. This expansion provides more options to leverage AWS scale and flexibility for running your VMware workloads in the cloud. Amazon EVS lets you run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) directly […]
AWS – AWS Step Functions now supports Service Quotas
Today, AWS announces the general availability of AWS Service Quotas integration with AWS Step Functions, enabling customers to monitor and manage their Step Functions quotas directly from the Service Quotas console. AWS Service Quotas is a service that helps you view and manage your AWS service quotas from a central location.AWS Step Functions is a […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family adds support for additional IAM condition keys
AWS Transfer Family now supports four new service-specific condition keys for Identity and Access Management (IAM). With this feature, administrators can create more granular IAM policies and service control policies (SCPs) to restrict configurations for Transfer Family resources, enhancing security controls and compliance management. IAM condition keys allow you to author policies that enforce access […]
AWS – AWS Storage Gateway now supports VPC endpoint policies
AWS Storage Gateway now supports Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) endpoint policies for your VPC endpoints. With this feature, administrators can attach endpoint policies to VPC endpoints, allowing granular access control over Storage Gateway direct APIs for improved data protection and security posture. AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid cloud storage service that provides on-premises applications […]
AWS – AWS Outposts now supports external block volumes from Dell and HPE storage arrays
Starting today, customers can use boot and data volumes backed by Dell PowerStore and HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 storage arrays with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances on AWS Outposts, including authenticated and encrypted volumes. This enhancement extends our existing support for boot and data volumes to include Dell and HPE storage arrays, […]