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AWS – AWS Transfer Family simplifies managed file transfer workflows with low code automation
AWS Transfer Family now supports managed workflows that makes it easy for you to create, execute, and monitor post upload processing for file transfers over SFTP, FTPS, and FTP for Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS. Using this feature, you can save time with low code automation to coordinate all the necessary tasks such as copying […]

GCP – ManTech and Google Cloud open joint facility to expedite government adoption of cloud technologies
Transitioning from legacy infrastructure to the cloud, mitigating security risk, and enabling secure collaboration for a hybrid workforce are challenges many agencies face today. While we are already seeing many federal, state and local governments adopting cloud technologies like artificial intelligence, advanced data analytics, cybersecurity solutions like Zero Trust, and Google Workspace, recent world events […]

Azure – General availability: Azure API Management updates – August 2021
The availability zones feature in Azure API Management has been updated to provide better support in four new regions, in addition to other API Management updates. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Elemental MediaTailor now supports time based schedules for Channel Assembly streams
Channel Assembly with AWS Elemental MediaTailor now lets you schedule programs based on a wall-clock time. Using “linear mode” you have fine-grained control of when individual sources will be played and which sources are to follow on a channel output. Looping mode is also available where timing on individual programs is loosely defined to ensure […]

Azure – Custom AKS policy support – now public preview
Azure Policy and AKS teams announce the public preview of custom policy support for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters. With this feature is enabled, you can create and assign custom policy definitions and constraint templates to their AKS clusters, see enhanced error state information for troubleshooting, use embedded constraint template inside policy definitions, and more. […]

Azure – General availability: Update in policy compliance for Azure Kubernetes Policies
Azure Kubernetes policies now surface error states to you, providing important information about potential errors in your environment. Read More for the details.

AWS – NICE DCV releases version 2021.2
NICE DCV is a high-performance remote display protocol that helps customers securely access remote desktop or application sessions, including 3D graphics applications hosted on servers with high-performance GPUs. Read More for the details.

AWS – NICE DCV releases web client SDK 1.0.3
NICE DCV is a high-performance remote display protocol that helps users to securely access remote desktop or application sessions, including 3D graphics applications hosted on servers with high-performance GPUs. Read More for the details.

GCP – BigQuery Admin reference guide: Recap
Over the past few weeks, we have been publishing videos and blogs that walk through the fundamentals of architecting and administering your BigQuery data warehouse. Throughout this series, we have focused on teaching foundational concepts and applying best practices observed directly from customers. Below, you can find links to each week’s content: Resource Hierarchy [blog]: […]
AWS – Amazon Polly offers full support in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region
Amazon Polly, a service that turns text into speech, extends its offering to the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Ayanda, Polly’s first South African English Neural Text-to-Speech (NTTS) voice, as well as full support for the entire portfolio of Amazon Polly’s Neural and Standard voices in […]