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AWS – Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Prefix Lists is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) region
Starting today, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) customers can now create their own Prefix List in the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) region. A prefix list is a collection of CIDR blocks that can be used to configure VPC security groups and route tables and share it with other AWS accounts using Resource Access Manager (RAM). […]

AWS – AWS Single Sign-On is now HIPAA eligible
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that AWS Single Sign-On (AWS SSO) is now HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) eligible. AWS SSO is where customers create, or connect, workforce identities and manage their access centrally across AWS accounts. HIPAA eligibility means that customers subject to HIPAA – including health insurance companies, healthcare providers, […]

AWS – Amazon Personalize now supports resource tagging
Today we are announcing support for tagging of Amazon Personalize resources to help simplify organization and cost management of resources. Amazon Personalize enables developers to improve customer engagement through personalized product and content recommendations – no ML expertise required. Tags are labels in the form of key-value pairs that may be attached to individual Amazon […]

Azure – Generally available: Service tags support for user-defined routing
Simplify route creation and management by using service tags to represent multiple IP ranges in a single user-defined route. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Glossary terms in Azure Purview data catalog search
The Azure Purview data catalog search experience now includes glossary terms in the search results. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Databricks Delta Live Tables
Build reliable, maintainable, and testable data processing pipelines with Delta Live Tables. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Customize application text labels in Azure IoT Central
You can now replace ‘Device’ label in your Azure IoT Central application with your preferred text. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: DNS reservations to prevent subdomain takeover in Cloud Services deployments
As a preventive measure, DNS record is reserved for seven days to allow clean-up of dangling DNS domains or reclaim from same Azure Active Directory tenant only. Read More for the details.

GCP – How Domino’s Indonesia delivers across a vast archipelago with Google Maps Platform
Editor’s note: Today’s blog post is from Mayank Singh, Chief Digital Officer and VP Marketing and IT at pizza delivery group Domino’s Indonesia. He explains how Google Maps Platform is enabling their business to optimize their operations and supporting the franchise’s ambitious expansion strategy in one of the world’s most exciting emerging markets. When I […]
GCP – What’s new with Cloud EKM
Google Cloud External Key Manager (Cloud EKM) lets you protect your cloud data with encryption keys that are stored and managed in a third-party key management system outside Google Cloud’s infrastructure. This feature allows you to achieve full separation between your encryption keys and your data stored in the cloud, making you the ultimate arbiter […]