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AWS – AWS Glue now supports client authentication for Apache Kafka streams
Streaming ETL jobs in AWS Glue now support SSL client certificate authentication with Apache Kafka stream producers. You can now provide a custom certificate while defining an AWS Glue connection to an Apache Kafka cluster, which AWS Glue will use when authenticating with it. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Audit Manager now offers a new standard framework for GxP EU Annex 11
AWS Audit Manager now offers a new prebuilt standard framework for GxP EU Annex 11. This framework adds to the existing prebuilt frameworks provided in Audit Manager. With this release, you can launch an assessment from this framework with just a few clicks. Audit Manager will map your AWS resources to the requirements in GxP […]

AWS – Database Activity Streams now available for Amazon Aurora in Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
Database Activity Streams is now available for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. Database Activity Streams for Amazon Aurora provides a near real-time stream of database activities in your relational database. When integrated with third party database activity monitoring tools, Database Activity Streams can monitor and audit database […]

AWS – AWS Snowcone is now available in the AWS Canada (Central) Region
The AWS Snowcone service is now available for order for customers in the AWS Canada (Central) Region. With this launch, Snowcone is now available for order in AWS Canada (Central), Asia Pacific (Sydney), EU (Frankfurt), EU (Ireland), US East (N. Virginia), and US West (Oregon) Regions. AWS Snowcone is the smallest member of the AWS […]

AWS – Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 2.8.0
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 2.8.0 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 2.8.0 includes several bug fixes and new features that improve performance. Some of the key features include connection rate limiting to avoid problems with misconfigured clients (KIP-612) and topic identifiers which provides performance benefits […]

GCP – Google’s research & data insights solution makes next-generation research accessible
In order to be successful, research needs to be replicable, so scientists can build on past work and insights. However, an article in Nature warned that as much as 50% of published drug development research could not be reproduced in subsequent trials. As a result, promising drug candidates sometimes led to disappointment, as well as […]

AWS – Announcing general availability of Amazon Redshift native JSON and semi-structured data support
Amazon Redshift native support for JSON and semi-structured data is now generally available. It is based on the new data type ‘SUPER’ that allows you to ingest and store semi-structured data in your Amazon Redshift data warehouses. Amazon Redshift also includes support for PartiQL for SQL-compatible access to relational, semi-structured and nested data. Using the SUPER […]

Azure – General availability: Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux with RI and VMSS Support
You can now add Azure Hybrid Benefit to their Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) VMSS instances as well as RI’s, helping to significantly reduce the costs of running your workloads in the cloud. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server intelligent performance
The latest preview release of intelligent performance on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server on Postgres 11 and 12 is now available. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now supports 8.0.21
MySQL 8.0.21 is now in general availability with Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server deployment option in all major Azure regions. Read More for the details.