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Azure – Generally available: IT Service Management Integration with secure webhook
IT Service Management is now integrated with secure webhook, an updated version that allows you to create work items in an ITSM tool when Azure Monitor sends alerts. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Minor versions upgrade for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
Run the most stable, compliant, and secure MySQL community versions 8.0.28 and 5.7.37 on Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure SQL—Generally available updates for early May 2022
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Azure Compute Gallery support for trusted launch Virtual Machines
Azure Compute Gallery now allows you to create and share custom images for Trusted launch virtual machines Read More for the details.
GCP – Extending BigQuery Functions beyond SQL with Remote Functions, now in preview
Today we are announcing the Preview of BigQuery Remote Functions. Remote Functions are user-defined functions (UDF) that let you extend BigQuery SQL with your own custom code, written and hosted in Cloud Functions, Google Cloud’s scalable pay-as-you-go functions as a service. A remote UDF accepts columns from BigQuery as input, performs actions on that input […]
AWS – Announcing the general availability of NitroTPM and UEFI Secure Boot on Amazon EC2
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of two new security and compatibility features, NitroTPM, a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot in Amazon EC2. These features make it possible for customers to use TPM-dependent applications in their EC2 instances. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Secrets Manager now publishes secrets usage metrics to Amazon CloudWatch
AWS Secrets Manager now publishes a metric to Amazon CloudWatch for the number of secrets in your account. With this feature, you can easily review how many secrets you are using in Secrets Manager. You can also set alarms for an unexpected increase or decrease in number of secrets. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Athena now supports views in Apache Hive metastores
You can now use Amazon Athena to query views stored in your self-managed Apache Hive metastores. Hive views are defined using the Hive Query Language (HiveQL) which is not fully compatible with Athena’s standard SQL. With this new capability, Athena automatically handles HiveQL syntax differences so you can query Hive views without changing your view […]
GCP – Security through collaboration: Building a more secure future with Confidential Computing
At Google Cloud, we believe that the protection of our customers’ sensitive data is paramount, and encryption is a powerful mechanism to help achieve this goal. For years, we have supported encryption in transit when our customers ingest their data to bring it to the cloud. We’ve also long supported encryption at rest, for all […]
AWS – Announcing Amplify Android library (Developer Preview), designed for Kotlin
Today, we are announcing the Developer Preview of the Amplify Android library that has been rewritten for Kotlin. This initial release enables Android developers to add cloud-based app features, including Auth, Storage, DataStore, and APIs for their Kotlin-based Android projects. Developers will benefit from Kotlin-based language features like coroutines. Read More for the details.