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AWS – Easily clean up unused resources in Amazon Forecast using hierarchical deletion
We are excited to announce that you can now hierarchically delete resources in Amazon Forecast at a parent level without having to locate the child resources. You can stay focused on building value adding forecasting systems and not worry about trying to manage individual resources that are created in your workflow. Amazon Forecast uses machine […]

AWS – Amazon CloudFront announces CloudFront Functions, a lightweight edge compute capability
Amazon CloudFront announces the general availability of CloudFront Functions, a new serverless edge compute capability. You can use this new CloudFront feature to run JavaScript functions across 225+ CloudFront edge locations in 90 cities across 47 countries. CloudFront Functions is built for lightweight HTTP(S) transformations and manipulations, allowing you to deliver richer, more personalized content […]

AWS – S3 Object Lambda is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
S3 Object Lambda is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. With S3 Object Lambda you can add your own code to S3 GET requests to modify and process data as it is returned to an application. For the first time, you can use custom code to modify the data returned by standard S3 […]

AWS – Amazon Connect CTI Adapter for Salesforce adds programmable buttons with CTI Actions
The Amazon Connect Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Adapter for Salesforce now enables customers to extend their Contact Control Panel (CCP) with customizable buttons called CTI Actions. These buttons can be configured in Salesforce and used to simplify common agent actions. For example, you can add a button that transfers calls to a manager, start and stop […]

GCP – Include Cloud Spanner databases in your CI/CD process with the Liquibase extension
In February, we announced the beta version of the Liquibase Cloud Spanner extension that allows developers to use Liquibase’s open-source database library to manage and automate schema changes in Cloud Spanner. We’re happy to share that the Liquibase Cloud Spanner extension is now GA. What is Liquibase? Liquibase, an open-source library that works with a […]

AWS – Amazon Connect Customer Profiles launches Identity Resolution in Preview to detect and merge duplicate customer profiles
Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now automatically detects duplicate customer profiles in your Amazon Connect Customer Profiles domain and allows you to review the results by using Identity Resolution APIs (preview). Identity Resolution uses machine learning to detect duplicate profiles based on similar name, email address, and phone number. For example, two or more profiles—with spelling […]

Azure – Azure Blob storage—NFS 3.0 protocol support public preview now expands to all regions
Starting today, Azure Blob Storage NFS 3.0 preview supports general purpose v2 (GPV2) storage accounts with standard tier performance in all publicly available regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Cloud Assessment and Design
Cloud Assessment and Design is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Atos, an AWS Migration Competency Partner. Cloud Assessment and Design leverages the Atos Cloud Assessment Tool (ACAT) to transform a customer’s IT landscape in their journey to the cloud with a detailed approach and business use case. Customers that […]

Azure – Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for April 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in April 2021. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Security Center: General availability updates for April 2021
New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in April 2021. Read More for the details.