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AWS – AWS Security Hub launches a new user interface for security standards
AWS Security Hub has improved how we display details for security standards, which are collections of automated security checks based on industry and regulatory frameworks like the Center for Internet Security’s (CIS) AWS Foundational Benchmarks, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), and AWS’s own Foundational Security Best Practices. We have implemented a […]
AWS – Apache Flink Kinesis Consumer supports EFO and HTTP/2 data retrieval
Apache Flink Kinesis Consumer now supports Enhanced Fan Out (EFO) and the HTTP/2 data retrieval API for Amazon Kinesis Data Streams. EFO allows Amazon Kinesis Data Streams consumers to scale by offering each consumer a dedicated read throughput up to 2MB/second. The HTTP/2 data retrieval API reduces latency of data delivery from producers to consumers […]
AWS – Amazon ElastiCache for Redis adds support for Redis 6 with managed Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Amazon ElastiCache for Redis now supports Redis 6. This release brings several new and important features to Amazon ElastiCache for Redis. Read More for the details.
AWS – CodeGuru Profiler now supports resource tagging
Amazon CodeGuru Profiler now supports resource tagging for profiling groups, making it easy for AWS customers to manage their resources effectively as their utilization of AWS services begins to scale. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EBS CSI driver now supports AWS Outposts
The Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) CSI driver now supports creating volumes on worker nodes running in AWS Outposts subnets. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Batch introduces tag-based access control
You can now control access to AWS Batch resources based on tag values. Read More for the details.
Azure – Analysis Services Tabular improves MDX query performance in the cloud
With a recent update of the Analysis Services Tabular engine in Azure Analysis Services (AAS) and in Power BI, Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) clients, such as Microsoft Excel, can now enjoy improved query performance. This MDX performance improvement alleviates some of the optimization burden for measures used in a PivotTable. Read More for the details.
AWS – Applications using Amazon SNS to send SMS can now be hosted in Europe (London) and Canada (Central) regions
Customers that use Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) to send text messages (SMS) to mobile users can now host their application in Canada (Central) and Europe (London) regions. Using Amazon SNS, customers can send a message directly to one phone number, or multiple phone numbers at once by subscribing those phone numbers to a […]
AWS – Support for Nielsen non-linear audio watermarking is now available with AWS Elemental MediaConvert
AWS Elemental MediaConvert now supports Nielsen SID/TIC watermarking for mezzanine and OTT content delivery. This feature enables the application of Nielsen watermarks to encoded audio streams that can be detected by metering equipment to track the number of viewers, type of viewing equipment, and consumption methods. Once content is encoded with SID/TIC unique identifiers, the job […]
AWS – Manage access to AWS centrally for Ping Identity users with AWS Single Sign-On
Customers can now connect PingFederate to AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) once, manage access to AWS centrally in AWS SSO, and enable end users to sign in using PingFederate to access all their assigned AWS accounts. The integration helps customers simplify AWS access management across multiple accounts while maintaining familiar Ping Identity experiences for administrators who […]