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AWS – Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now supports describing Auto Scaling groups using tags
Today, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling announced the ability to describe Auto Scaling groups using tags. Tag-based filtering makes it easier for you to view and manage your Auto Scaling groups based on the tags that you are interested in. Each tag is a simple label consisting of a customer-defined key and an optional value. Read […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler now supports Amazon Athena Workgroups, feature correlation, and customer managed keys
Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler reduces the time it takes to aggregate and prepare data for machine learning (ML) from weeks to minutes. With SageMaker Data Wrangler, you can simplify the process of data preparation and feature engineering, and complete each step of the data preparation workflow, including data selection, cleansing, exploration, and visualization from a single […]

AWS – Amazon MemoryDB for Redis is now available in 11 additional AWS Regions
Starting today, Amazon MemoryDB for Redis is generally available in 11 additional AWS Regions: US East (Ohio), US West (N. California, Oregon), Canada (Central), Europe (London, Stockholm), and Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo). Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS RoboMaker now supports Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) based simulation jobs
AWS RoboMaker, a service that allows customers to simulate robotics applications at cloud scale, now supports GPU based simulation jobs for compute-intensive simulation workloads such as high fidelity simulation, vision processing, and machine learning (ML). Previously, AWS RoboMaker simulation jobs ran only on central processing unit (CPU) instances; now you can choose between a CPU […]

AWS – AWS RoboMaker now supports a flexible configuration for any robot and simulation software
AWS RoboMaker, a service that allows customers to simulate robotics applications at cloud scale, now supports a flexible configuration for any robot and simulation software. Previously Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo are the only supported robot and simulation software configuration in RoboMaker. This new feature enables customers to use and configure any robot and […]

AWS – Network Load Balancer now supports TLS 1.3
Network Load Balancer (NLB) now supports version 1.3 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, enabling you to optimize the performance of your backend application servers while helping to keep your workloads secure. TLS 1.3 on NLB works by offloading encryption and decryption of TLS traffic from your application servers to the load balancer, and […]

AWS – AWS Batch adds console support for visualizing AWS Step Functions workflows
You can now manage AWS Step Functions workflows in the AWS Batch console, where you can automate Batch jobs to help build long-running business-critical workflows that require machine learning, data analysis, or overnight batch processing. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Kendra now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
AWS customers can now use Amazon Kendra to build intelligent search applications in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. Read More for the details.

Azure – Announcing Azure Synapse Analytics pre-purchase plans, now generally available
You can now save up to 28 percent on Azure Synapse workloads without sacrificing flexibility with Azure Synapse pre-purchase plans. Read More for the details.
GCP – Empowering non-profit New Incentives with no-code
As people everywhere continue to adapt to new ways of working and collaborating, many trends that might have seemed a decade away in 2019, have cemented themselves as today’s blueprints for success. We’ve seen firsthand the acceleration in demand for technology that lends itself to agile development without compromising power, ease or security and governance. […]