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AWS – Announcing bare metal support for Amazon EKS Anywhere
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Anywhere on bare metal which gives customers broader choice of infrastructure for running Kubernetes on-premises. As customers modernize their applications, they want to use Kubernetes consistently between their existing on-premises bare metal infrastructure and the cloud. Running Kubernetes on […]

Azure – Generally available: Azure Backup multi-user authorization for recovery services vaults
Multi-user authorization for Backup provides enhanced protection for your backup data in recovery services vaults against unauthorized critical operations. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Interactive Video Service launches edge location in Colombia
Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) announces its first point of presence (PoP) in Colombia. The new edge location will enable streamers and viewers based in Colombia to enjoy lower latency, better video quality, and increased capacity. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Systems Manager now supports patching Windows Server 2022 and other Linux operating systems
Patch Manager, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, now helps you automate patches deployments for instances running Windows Server 2022, Rocky Linux versions 8.4 and 8.5, CentOS Stream 8, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) versions 8.4 and 8.5, giving you more patching options for your nodes. Patch Manager helps you automate the process of […]

AWS – Announcing general availability of Amplify UI for React
Amplify UI is an open-source UI library that brings the simplicity and extensibility of AWS Amplify to UI development. It consists of connected components that simplify complex workflows like authentication and dynamic data, primitive components that form the building blocks to create consistency across applications, and themes to make Amplify UI to fit any brand. […]

Azure – Generally available: Resize rows in Azure IoT Central device raw data view
You can now resize rows in Azure IoT Central’s device raw data view allowing the ability to analyze more data in a single view. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: 2022-05-31 Azure IoT Central REST API release
The Azure IoT Central REST API now enables GA support for creating and managing device groups and organizations, configure file uploads destination, and add organization association to existing endpoints. Read More for the details.

GCP – Announcing Apigee Advanced API Security for Google Cloud
Organizations in every region and industry are developing APIs to enable easier and more standardized delivery of services and data for digital experiences. This increasing shift to digital experiences has grown API usage and traffic volumes. However, as malicious API attacks also have grown, API security has become an important battleground over business risk. To […]

GCP – Cloud Monitoring metrics, now in Managed Service for Prometheus
According to a recent CNCF survey, 86% of the cloud native community reports that they use Prometheus for observability. As Prometheus becomes more of a standard, an increasing number of developers are becoming fluent in PromQL, Prometheus’ built-in query language. While it is a powerful, flexible, and expressive query language, PromQL is typically only able […]
GCP – Built with BigQuery: How Exabeam delivers a petabyte-scale cybersecurity solution
Editor’s note: The post is part of a series highlighting our awesome partners, and their solutions, that are Built with BigQuery. Exabeam, a leader in SIEM and XDR, provides security operations teams with end-to-end Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response (TDIR) by leveraging a combination of user and entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) and security orchestration, automation, […]