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AWS – Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio supports Amazon Athena workgroups
Data engineers and data analysts using Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio can now connect to and run queries with pre-existing Amazon Athena workgroups. This feature enables data teams to run SQL queries in SageMaker Unified Studio with the default settings and properties from existing Athena workgroups. Since Athena workgroups are used to manage query access and […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now provides granular permissions for conversation recordings and transcripts
Amazon Connect now provides granular permissions to access conversation recordings and transcripts in the UI, giving administrators greater flexibility and security control. Contact center administrators can now separately configure access to recordings and transcripts, allowing users to listen to calls while preventing unauthorized copying of transcripts. The system also provides flexible download controls, enabling users […]
AWS – Amazon Connect outbound campaigns supports preview dialing for greater agent control
Amazon Connect outbound campaigns now offers a preview dialing mode that gives agents more context about a customer before placing a call. Agents can see key customer information—such as name, account balance, and prior interactions—and choose the right moment to call. Campaign managers can tailor preview settings and monitor performance through new dashboards that bring […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora DSQL is now available in Europe (Frankfurt)
Starting today, Amazon Aurora DSQL is now available in Europe (Frankfurt). Aurora DSQL is the fastest serverless, distributed SQL database with active-active high availability and multi-Region strong consistency. Aurora DSQL enables you to build always available applications with virtually unlimited scalability, the highest availability, and zero infrastructure management. It is designed to make scaling and […]
AWS – AWS Outposts 2U server is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Outposts 2U server is now supported in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions. Outposts 2U server is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to on-premises or edge locations with limited space or smaller capacity requirements for a truly consistent hybrid experience. It is delivered […]
GCP – A practical guide to Google Cloud’s Parameter Manager
Every development team wants to build robust, secure, and scalable cloud applications, and that often means navigating complexity — especially when it comes to configuration management. Relying on hard-coded configurations and keys is a common practice that can expose sensitive security details. To move faster and stay secure, developers should use a centralized, secure service […]
GCP – Reimagine global network connectivity with Cross-Site Interconnect, now GA
For modern enterprises, network connectivity is the lifeblood of the AI era. But today’s technology landscape has challenges that are pushing traditional networking models to their limits: Aggressive cloud migrations and investments in colocation spaces: Organizations are grappling with complex, high-capital expenditure requirements to interconnect global environments from multiple vendors. Shifting network capacity demands: The […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift now available in the Asia Pacific (Taipei) region
Amazon DynamoDB zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift is now supported in the Asia Pacific (Taipei) region. This expansion enables customers to run high-performance analytics on their DynamoDB data in Amazon Redshift with no impact on production workloads running on DynamoDB. Zero-ETL integrations help you derive holistic insights across many applications, break data silos in your […]
AWS – Amazon Quick Sight announces the general availability of a new data preparation experience
Amazon Quick Sight, a capability of Amazon Quick Suite, now offers a visual data preparation experience that helps business users perform advanced data transformations without writing complex code. Users can now clean, transform, and combine data in multi-step workflows—appending tables, aggregating data, executing flexible joins, and other advanced operations that previously required custom programming or […]
GCP – Help Wanted: Vietnamese Actors Using Fake Job Posting Campaigns to Deliver Malware and Steal Credentials
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is tracking a cluster of financially motivated threat actors operating from Vietnam that leverages fake job postings on legitimate platforms to target individuals in the digital advertising and marketing sectors. The actor effectively uses social engineering to deliver malware and phishing kits, ultimately aiming to compromise high-value corporate accounts, in […]