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AWS – Bottlerocket adds support for GPU based EC2 instance types powered by NVIDIA
Bottlerocket, a Linux based operating system that is purpose built to run container workloads, now supports GPU based EC2 instance types that are powered by NVIDIA. Customers can now benefit from using the same container focused host operating system for both their non-GPU and GPU workloads, including machine learning, video encoding, and streaming workloads. This […]

Azure – General availability: SOAP and XML request and response validation
Minimize API attack surface for SOAP or XML- based REST APIs with custom schemas in addition to the schemas specified in the API’s definition. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports Oracle Database 21c
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Oracle now supports Oracle Database 21c. You can now launch Amazon RDS instances for Oracle Database 21c. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Genomics CLI adds the Snakemake workflow management system
Today, we announced the Amazon Genomics CLI has added Snakemake to its catalog of workflow management tools for genomics analysis, which also includes Cromwell, Nextflow, and miniWDL. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon DevOps Guru extends support for Lambda with CodeGuru Profiler Integration
Today, we are excited to announce that Amazon DevOps Guru now features an integration with Amazon CodeGuru Profiler. With this integration, you can access recommendations from Amazon CodeGuru Profiler as insights in the DevOps Guru console, making it easier to connect application performance issues with the underlying code responsible for the issue. Read More for the […]

AWS – Amazon Aurora supports Multi Major Version Upgrade to Aurora PostgreSQL 11 and higher
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports Multi Major Version Upgrades which allows you to perform major version upgrades across multiple different major versions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing Amplify iOS Library (Developer Preview), rewritten to entirely use Swift
Today, we are announcing the Developer Preview of the Amplify iOS Library that has been rewritten to exclusively use Swift. This initial release enables Swift developers to add cloud-based app features, including Auth, Storage, Data, and APIs, without having to transition to Objective-C to debug or contribute to the underlying open-source code. In coming releases, […]

GCP – What’s happening in your SAP systems? Find out with Pacemaker Alerts
When critical services fail, businesses risk losing revenue, productivity, and trust. That’s why Google Cloud customers running SAP applications choose to deploy high availability (HA) systems on Google Cloud. In these deployments Linux operating system clustering provides application and guest awareness for the application state and automates recovery actions in case of failure — including […]

GCP – Get more insights from your Java applications logs
Today it is even easier to capture logs in your Java applications. Developers can get more data with their application logs using a new version of the Cloud Logging client library for Java. The library populates the current executing context implicitly with every ingested log entry. Read this if you want to learn how to […]
GCP – Micro Focus Enterprise Server blueprint available for Google Cloud
For decades large enterprises have developed and operated their most critical workloads on the mainframe due to the scalability, security and performance demands of these business systems. But finding the talent to maintain and operate these workloads is increasingly more difficult, the business demand for faster innovation, the downward pressure on costs and the need […]