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AWS – Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP introduces a single Availability Zone deployment option
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP now supports Single Availability Zone (AZ) deployments. Single-AZ file systems are designed for use cases that do not require the data resiliency model of a Multi-AZ file system, such as running development and test workloads, or storing secondary copies of data that is already stored on premises or in other […]

AWS – AWS Fargate now delivers faster scaling of applications
AWS Fargate, the serverless compute engine for Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), now enables customers to scale applications faster, improving performance and reducing wait time. We have made several improvements over the last year that enable you to scale applications up to 16X faster, making it easier to build […]

AWS – AWS DataSync can now copy data to and from Amazon FSx for OpenZFS
AWS DataSync now supports transferring files to and from Amazon FSx for OpenZFS, a fully managed service that offers highly reliable, scalable, performant, and feature-rich file storage built on the open-source OpenZFS file system. Using DataSync, you can easily and securely migrate your on-premises file or object storage to FSx for OpenZFS or perform ongoing […]

GCP – Some beans and gems, some snakes and elephants, with Java 17, Ruby 3, Python 3.10 and PHP 8.1 in App Engine and Cloud Functions
Time to spill the beans and show the gems, to our friendly snakes and elephants: we’ve got some great news for Java, Ruby, Python and PHP serverless developers today. Google App Engine and Cloud Functions are adding new modern runtimes, allowing you to update to the major version release trains of those programming languages. In […]

Azure – In development: Azure Media Services low-latency live streaming
Azure Media Services is announcing the preview of low latency HLS with glass-to-glass latency as low as 3 seconds with support for automatic transcriptions and DRM. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Health probes support in Azure Container Apps
You can now use readiness, liveness, and startup probes in your Azure Container Apps. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Static Web Apps support for private endpoints
Azure Static Web Apps support for private endpoints is now generally available with a 99.95 SLA for production and staging environments. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Stable URLs for preview environments in Azure Static Web Apps
Azure Static Web Apps preview deployments now support stable URLs. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Monitoring Agent supports custom and IIS logs
New collection types supported by Azure Monitoring Agent that extends beyond the standard data available today. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-April 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL. Read More for the details.