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AWS – AWS Amplify Hosting announces support for Next.js version 11
AWS Amplify Hosting now supports deploying and hosting server-side rendered (SSR) apps built with version 11 of Next.js with zero configuration. Amplify Hosting supports all the latest Next.js features including incremental static regeneration, automatic image optimization, and script optimization. Read More for the details.

GCP – Zero trust with reverse proxy
A reverse proxy stands in front of your data, services, or virtual machines, catching requests from anywhere in the world and carefully checking each one to see if it is allowed. In order to decide (yes or no) the proxy will look at who and what. Who are you (the individual making the request)? What […]

Azure – Public preview: Containerize apps and migrate to AKS and Azure App Service with Azure Migrate
Azure Migrate: App Containerization helps you containerize and migrate ASP.NET and Java web applications to Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure App Service. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Discovery and assessment for ASP.NET web apps with Azure Migrate
Secure your connection to Azure Migrate services with Azure Migrate Private Link Read More for the details.

GCP – Troubleshoot GKE apps faster with monitoring data in Cloud Logging
When you’re troubleshooting an application on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), the more context that you have on the issue, the faster you can resolve it. For example, did the pod exceed it’s memory allocation? Was there a permissions error reserving the storage volume? Did a rogue regex in the app pin the CPU? All of […]

AWS – AWS WAF now offers managed rule group versioning
AWS WAF now enables you to select a specific version of a managed rule group within your web ACL, giving you the ability to test new rule updates safely and roll back to previously tested versions. When using a versioned managed rule group, you control when new rule updates are applied to your traffic. By […]

AWS – Train custom entity recognition models with fewer training documents with Amazon Comprehend
Amazon Comprehend is a natural language processing (NLP) service that uses machine learning to analyze text documents and identify insights such as sentiment, entities, and topics in text. Today, we are updating our custom entity recognition models so that you can train models with fewer training documents. Custom entity recognition extends the capability of Amazon Comprehend […]

AWS – Amazon WorkSpaces announces the availability of quota information through Service Quotas
Amazon WorkSpaces now allows users to view default quota and applied quota information through Service Quotas. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure VPN Client for macOS
Azure VPN Client for macOS enables you to utilize features of Azure AD natively, such as multi-factor authentication, conditional access, and user-based policies for you Mac clients. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter launches operational insights to identify duplicate items and event sources with unusual activity
Starting today, OpsCenter, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, automatically analyzes operational items in customers’ accounts. Then, OpsCenter generates operational insights when it detects duplicate operational items or a large number of operational items created by the same event source. For each operational insight, OpsCenter recommends actions that operators and IT professionals can take to […]