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AWS – Amazon EMR on EKS releases Custom Image Validation Tool to simplify testing of your customized docker container images
Amazon EMR on EKS supports Custom Images – a functionality that helps customers customize the Docker container image used for running Apache Spark applications on EMR on EKS. Today, EMR on EKS open-sourced a Custom Image Validation Tool that allows customers to run an automated suite of tests to validate their customized docker container image. Read More for […]

Azure – General availability: Microsoft Defender for Cloud updates for December 2021
New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in December 2021. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Display limits on tiles increased to 100 homogeneous devices
You can now select and display up to 100 devices on a single tile within IoT Central. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Data mapping for transforming data at ingress in Azure IoT Central
Transform complex device telemetry into structured data inside Azure IoT Central so you can use that telemetry within Rules, Analytics, Dashboards and Data Export. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Support for copying dashboards added to Azure IoT Central
Start reusing tiles and dashboards through the new Copy Dashboard feature in Azure IoT Central. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon ECS launches new simplified console experience for creating ECS clusters and task definitions
Today, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) launched new clusters and task definitions creation workflows in the new management console. Customers can now use the new simplified workflows that provide flexible defaults and allow for configuration of observability features for container applications. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon SageMaker JumpStart adds LightGBM and CatBoost Models for Tabular Data
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart helps you quickly and easily solve your machine learning problems with one-click access to over 300 popular model collections from TensorFlow Hub, PyTorch Hub and Hugging Face (also known as “model zoos”), and to 17 end-to-end solutions that solve common business problems such demand forecasting, fraud detection and document understanding. Read More for […]

AWS – AWS Resource Groups and Tag Editor are now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) region.
Starting today, AWS Resource Groups and Tag Editor are available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) region. Read More for the details.

GCP – Raising the bar in Security Operations: Google Acquires Siemplify
At Google Cloud, we are committed to advancing invisible security and democratizing security operations for every organization. Today, we’re proud to share the next step in this journey with the acquisition of Siemplify, a leading security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) provider. Siemplify shares our vision in this space, and will join Google Cloud’s security […]
GCP – LearningMate partners with Google Cloud to bring Student Success Services to more learners
A “one size fits all” approach to education no longer works in today’s classrooms. Using cloud-based technologies, schools and educators can take a more personalized approach to education–one that suits each student’s unique learning style, abilities, and needs. Taking the lead toward more equitable educational opportunities worldwide, education technology pioneer, LearningMate, is partnering with Google […]