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AWS – EC2 Hibernation is now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) and (Osaka) AWS Regions
The EC2 Hibernation feature is now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) and (Osaka) AWS Regions. Hibernation gives you the ability to launch EC2 instances, set them up as desired, and then pause and resume them again whenever you need to. Your instances and applications will pick up right where they left off instead of […]

GCP – Understanding Chrome browser support options for your business
Keeping business running is essential to maintaining employee productivity. Some IT teams like the added assurance of Chrome support to help tackle unexpected issues and avoid potential downtime. In the event of an issue, our browser experts can help troubleshoot online or over the phone and get your team back up and running, no matter […]

AWS – Amazon Aurora Supports PostgreSQL 13.5, 12.9, 11.14, and 10.19
Following the announcement of updates to the PostgreSQL database by the open source community, AWS has updated Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition to support PostgreSQL versions 13.5, 12.9, 11.14, and 10.19 in commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. These releases contain bug fixes and improvements by the PostgreSQL community. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Application Migration Service now supports Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2022, and Windows 10
AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) has added support for Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit). You can now use Application Migration Service to rehost applications running on these legacy operating systems. Application Migration Service has also added support for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2022. View a complete list […]

GCP – Vertex Forecast: An overview
A retailer needs to predict product demand or sales, a call center manager wants to predict the call volume to hire more representatives, a hotel chain requires hotel occupancy predictions for next season, and a hospital needs to forecast bed occupancy. Vertex Forecast provides accurate forecasts for these, and many other business forecasting use cases. […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights adds support for Helm chart using AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry
Today, Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights adds support for Helm chart for Amazon EKS on EC2 using AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT), enabling customers to easily define, install, and upgrade applications built on EKS. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon MQ now supports RabbitMQ version 3.8.27
Amazon MQ now provides support for RabbitMQ version 3.8.27, which includes several fixes to version 3.8.26. Amazon MQ is a managed message broker service for Apache ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ that makes it easier to set up and operate message brokers on AWS. You can reduce your operational burden by using Amazon MQ to manage the provisioning, setup, and […]

AWS – Amazon Braket adds support for a new quantum processing unit from Oxford Quantum Circuits and is now available in Europe (London) region
Amazon Braket, the quantum computing service from AWS, adds support for a new superconducting gate-based quantum processing unit (QPU) from Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) named Lucy, located in the UK. With this launch, European customers can now access more types of quantum hardware during the typical EU workday. Furthermore, customers can now run quantum programs […]

Azure – General availability: Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB supports version 4.2
Utilize new aggregation pipeline functionality and client-side field encryption with Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB version 4.2. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Asset certification in Azure Purview data catalog
Data stewards can now certify assets that meet their organization’s quality standards in the Azure Purview data catalog Read More for the details.