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AWS – Announcing Amazon WorkSpaces API to create WorkSpace Image
Amazon WorkSpaces now offers an API to create a new WorkSpace Image from a WorkSpace instance. Previously, this functionality was available only through the Amazon WorkSpaces console. After this launch, you can apply all the applications and operating system updates on a WorkSpace and use this API to create a new Image. Once the new […]
AWS – AWS AppSync launches new API command to test GraphQL resolvers
AWS AppSync is a fully managed service that makes it easy to create and manage GraphQL and Pub/Sub APIs, allowing developers to securely access, manipulate, and combine data from one or more data sources via a single API endpoint. With GraphQL, developers write resolvers that fetch data from backend data sources such as Amazon DynamoDB, […]
AWS – Amazon Neptune now supports fine grained access control with IAM
You can now configure fine grained access control for data plane actions when using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to connect to Amazon Neptune. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing Amazon Neptune Global Database
Amazon Neptune now supports Global Database, allowing a single Neptune database to span multiple AWS Regions to provide disaster recovery in case of region-wide outages and enable low-latency global reads for applications with a global footprint. Neptune Global Database is available in the US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), US West (N. […]
AWS – Amazon S3 increases the maximum number of S3 Access Points and adds support for Amazon Redshift, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon SageMaker Feature Store
You can now create up to 10,000 Amazon S3 Access Points per region per account to manage granular access permissions across your different applications. In addition, access points now support Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon CloudFront, helping you use access point aliases directly with your applications as a replacement for S3 bucket names. Read […]
AWS – AWS Step Functions continues to expand its AWS SDK integrations with support for 3 additional AWS Services and 195 more API Actions
AWS Step Functions expands its AWS SDK integrations with support for 3 more AWS Services and 195 more AWS API actions which brings the total to 223 AWS Services and 10,000+ API Actions. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Connect launches Contact Lens integration with Contact Control Panel and Salesforce CTI Adapter
Amazon Connect now allows agents to view Contact Lens transcripts, detected issues, and matched categories in the Contact Control Panel (CCP) and the Salesforce CTI Adapter. At the end of a customer call, an agent will see an unredacted call transcript they can reference and copy over needed information into their customer or case notes. […]
AWS – AWS announces AWS Billing Conductor OU Import
Starting today, customers can use the Organizational Units (OUs) account groupings feature within AWS Organizations when creating their billing groups in the AWS Billing Conductor (ABC) console. For customers who are new to ABC and interested in segmenting, computing, and viewing their cost and usage data by OU, the new point-in-time OU import capability reduces […]
Azure – Generally available: Guided tour experience added to Azure IoT Central
You now have the option to take the phone as a device guided tour when creating a new application in Azure IoT Central. Read More for the details.
GCP – Cloud Composer at Deutsche Bank: workload automation for financial services
Running time-based, scheduled workflows to implement business processes is regular practice at many financial services companies. This is true for Deutsche Bank, where the execution of workflows is fundamental for many applications across its various business divisions, including the Private Bank, Investment and Corporate Bank as well as internal functions like Risk, Finance and Treasury. […]