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AWS – AWS Lambda adds support for .NET 6
AWS Lambda now supports .NET 6 as both a managed runtime and a container base image. Developers creating serverless applications in Lambda with .NET 6 can take advantage of new features such as improved logging, simplified function definitions using top-level statements, and improved performance using source generators. Using .NET 6 also lets you take advantage of […]

Azure – Public preview: WordPress enhancements for App Service
Improvements include a new image, multiple hosting plans, better performance, and simplified configuration. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure NetApp Files – application consistent snapshot tool v5.1
Application consistent snapshot tool is a command-line tool for simplifying data protection for third-party databases in Linux environments. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure NetApp Files new region and cross-region replication
Azure NetApp Files is now available in an additional Australia region and supports a new cross-region replication pair. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon GuardDuty now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Amazon GuardDuty is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. It is a threat detection service that continuously monitors your AWS accounts and workloads for malicious activity and delivers detailed security findings for visibility and remediation. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Direct enterprise agreement on Azure Cost Management and Billing
Manage your enrollment hierarchy, view account usage, and monitor costs directly from the Azure Cost Management and Billing menu on the Azure Portal (for direct enterprise agreement customers on commercial cloud). Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Snowcone SSD is now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Canada (Central) and South America ( Sao Paulo)
The AWS Snowcone solid state drive (SSD) is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Canada (Central) and South America (Sao Paulo) regions adding to our growing list of regions already offering Snowcone SSD including AWS US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon) and US West (San Francisco) Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific […]

AWS – NICE DCV releases version 2022.0 with high color accuracy and game controller support
NICE DCV version 2022.0 introduces multiple new features such as game controller support and high color accuracy support. NICE DCV is a high-performance remote display protocol that helps customers securely access remote desktop or application sessions, including 3D graphics applications hosted on servers with high-performance GPUs. Read More for the details.

AWS – NICE DCV releases web client SDK 1.1.0 with new UI library
NICE DCV web client software development kit (SDK) version 1.1.0 introduces a user interface (UI) library, written as a React component. Instead of building the user interface from scratch, developers can now use and modify the React UI component to build applications faster. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Translate now supports formality customization for French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish
Amazon Translate is a neural machine translation service that delivers fast, high-quality, affordable, and customizable language translation. Today, we are introducing formality customization. This feature allows you to customize the level of formality in your translation output for six target languages – French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Now you can customize the formality of your […]