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AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose now delivers to Honeycomb
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose now supports streaming data delivery to Honeycomb, enabling Honeycomb users to ingest streaming data without having to manage applications or write code. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Systems Manager Automation now enables monitoring of service usage quota in Amazon CloudWatch
You can now visualize and monitor the number of concurrently running or queued Systems Manager Automation executions using Amazon CloudWatch. You can also create a CloudWatch alarm to get notified if the usage exceeds a defined threshold such as 80% of the service quota available for the AWS account. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Systems Manager now supports higher concurrency for Automation executions
AWS Systems Manager now supports up to 500 concurrent Automation executions, enabling you to automate operational tasks, such as patching instances on a larger scale. If you enable adaptive higher concurrency, Automation will automatically increase or decrease the concurrency quota based on the scaling requirements. You can enable adaptive higher concurrency from the Automation Preferences tab. […]
GCP – This year, resolve to become a certified Professional Cloud Developer – here’s how
Do you have a New Year’s resolution to improve your career prospects? There’s still time to register for a free Google Cloud Skills Boost to help you on your way to becoming a certified Professional Cloud Developer. According to third-party IT training firm Global Knowledge, two Google Cloud Certified Professional certifications topped its list of […]
GCP – Optimize the cost of your Google Cloud VMware Engine deployments
Google Cloud VMware Engine allows you to deploy a managed VMware environment with dedicated hardware in minutes with the flexibility to add and remove ESXi nodes on-demand. This flexibility is particularly convenient to quickly add compute capacity as needed. However, it is important to implement cost optimization strategies and review processes such that increased costs […]
GCP – Startup founder uses virtual reality therapy to support the speech disorder community
Editor’s note: Meet Gareth Walkom, an entrepreneur dedicated to helping others with speech disorders. Turning life experience into innovation Did you know that 3% of Americans have a speech disorder, while 1% of the world’s population have a stutter? Just getting what they need in everyday interactions can be stressful, which intensifies when the stakes […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 G4dn instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka)
Amazon EC2 G4dn instances which provide a cost-effective GPU platform for deploying machine learning models in production and graphics-intensive applications are now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) AWS region. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts Now Supports PostgreSQL 14
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts now supports PostgreSQL major version 14. PostgreSQL 14 includes performance improvements for parallel queries, heavily-concurrent workloads, partitioned tables, logical replication, and vacuuming. PostgreSQL 14 also improves functionality with new capabilities such as long-running queries may be cancelled if the client disconnects, […]
AWS – Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) region
Customers in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region can now use Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS). Read More for the details.
AWS – Metrics now available for AWS PrivateLink
You can now access 5 new metrics for PrivateLink-based VPC Endpoints and Endpoint Services. AWS PrivateLink is a fully-managed private connectivity service that enables customers to access AWS services, third-party services or internal enterprise services hosted on AWS in a secure and scalable manner while keeping network traffic private. Read More for the details.