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AWS – AWS Firewall Manager now supports centralized logging of AWS Network Firewall logs
AWS Firewall Manager now enables you to configure logging for your AWS Network Firewalls provisioned using a Firewall Manager policy. When you set up a Firewall Manager policy for Network Firewall, you can now enable logging for all the accounts that are in scope of the policy and have the logs centralized under your Firewall […]

GCP – New Google poll: Cloud enables research to continue despite pandemic delays
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all industries over the last year-and-a-half, and research institutions were no exception. In fact, making advancements in medicine and science became an even more urgent priority. Many private sector and government agencies around the globe turned to the cloud to help their remote employee base stay connected and collaborate with […]

Azure – Public preview of Azure NetApp Files Backup capability
Azure NetApp Files backup expands the data protection capabilities of Azure NetApp Files by providing fully managed backup solution for long-term recovery, archive, and compliance. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon CodeGuru announces Security detectors for Python applications and security analysis powered by Bandit
Amazon CodeGuru is a developer tool powered by machine learning that provides intelligent recommendations for improving code quality and identifying an application’s most expensive lines of code. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon CodeGuru now includes recommendations powered by Infer
Amazon CodeGuru is a developer tool powered by machine learning that provides intelligent recommendations for improving code quality and identifying an application’s most expensive lines of code. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure NetApp Files Datastores for Azure VMware Solution is coming soon
Azure VMware Solution NFS datastores on Azure NetApp Files is currently in private preview and is coming soon. The solution provides more choice to optimize and scale storage for Azure VMware Solution environments. Read More for the details.

GCP – Liberating your mainframe data with Confluent and Google Cloud
Are you looking for the best way to migrate and replicate your mainframe data? Google Cloud and Confluent have teamed up to provide an end-to-end solution for connecting your mainframe application data with the advanced analytics capabilities of Google Cloud. In this article, we will discuss how you can use Confluent Connect to replicate messages […]

AWS – Introducing Amazon Workspaces Cost Optimizer v2.4
The AWS Solutions team recently updated Amazon Workspaces Cost Optimizer, a solution that analyzes all of your Amazon WorkSpaces usage data and automatically converts the WorkSpace to the most cost-effective billing option (hourly or monthly), depending on your individual usage. This solution also helps you monitor your WorkSpace usage and optimize costs. Read More for […]

Azure – Azure Stream Analytics: 2 new regions are now generally available
Azure Stream Analytics is a fully managed, real-time analytics service designed to help you analyze and process fast moving streams of data that can be used to get insights, build reports, or trigger alerts and actions. The service is now available in 2 new China regions. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure VMware Solution now available in Brazil South and East US 2 regions
Azure VMware Solution has now expanded availability to Brazil South and East US 2, this update is in addition to the existing availability across multiple Azure regions in US, Europe, Australia, Japan, UK, Canada, and Southeast Asia. Read More for the details.