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Azure – Public preview: Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution
Optimize and scale storage for Azure VMware Solution environments. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS IoT Device Management announces an 80% price reduction for Secure Tunneling
We are excited to announce that today we are reducing the price of the AWS IoT Device Management Secure Tunneling feature by 80%. With the improved cost efficiencies, customers can now scale Secure Tunneling to access remote devices deployed behind restricted firewalls for troubleshooting, configuration updates, training, and other operational tasks for their growing IoT […]
AWS – AWS Security Hub is now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
AWS Security Hub is now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. You can now centrally view and manage the security posture of your AWS accounts in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB Standard-Infrequent Access table class is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Amazon DynamoDB Standard-Infrequent Access (DynamoDB Standard-IA) table class is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. The DynamoDB Standard-IA table class is ideal for use cases that require long-term storage of data that is infrequently accessed, such as application logs, social media posts, e-commerce order history, and past gaming achievements. Read More for […]
Azure – General availability: Trusted launch support for virtual machines using Ephemeral OS disks
Trusted launch virtual machine (VM) support for VMs using Ephemeral OS disks improves the security of generation 2 VMs in Azure. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EMR 6.6 adds support for Apache Spark 3.2, HUDI 0.10.1, Iceberg 0.13, Trino 0.367, PrestoDB 0.267, and more
Amazon EMR release 6.6 now supports Apache Spark 3.2, Apache Spark RAPIDS 22.02, CUDA 11, Apache Hudi 0.10.1, Apache Iceberg 0.13, Trino 0.367, and PrestoDB 0.267. You can use the performance-optimized version of Apache Spark 3.2 on EMR on EC2, EKS, and recently released EMR Serverless. In addition Apache Hudi 0.10.1 and Apache Iceberg 0.13 […]
AWS – Amazon CloudFront now supports TLS 1.3 session resumption for viewer connections
Amazon CloudFront now supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 session resumption to further improve viewer connection performance. Until now, Amazon CloudFront has supported version 1.3 of the TLS protocol since 2020 to encrypt HTTPS communications between viewers and CloudFront. Customers that adopted the protocol have seen their connection performance improved by up to 30% compared […]
GCP – Security insights from Chrome browser delivered with Splunk
Two weeks ago, we announced the Chrome Enterprise Connectors Framework, enabling plug-and-play integrations with industry-leading security solutions and platforms. Together with our security partners, this new framework will help organizations work toward a Zero Trust model to keep their corporate data and users secure. With enterprise security being our shared top priority, Splunk, the data […]
AWS – AWS Security Hub now receives AWS Config managed and custom rule evaluation results
AWS Security Hub now automatically receives AWS Config managed and custom rule evaluation results as security findings. AWS Config allows security and compliance professionals to assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of their AWS resources via Config rules, which evaluate the compliance of AWS resources against specified policies. Examples of resource misconfigurations detected by Config […]
AWS – New Amplify Flutter supports customizable authentication flows
AWS Amplify Flutter introduces support for creating customizable authentication flows, using Amazon Cognito Lambda triggers. Using this functionality, developers are able to setup customizations for the login experience in their Flutter apps, such as creating OTP login flows, or adding CAPTCHA to their Flutter app. Read More for the details.