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AWS – Amazon Redshift doubles managed storage quota to 128 TB per node for RA3.16XL and RA3.4XL node-types
Amazon Redshift, the most widely used cloud data warehouse, doubles the managed storage capacity for RA3.16XL and RA3.4XL node-types to 128 TB per node. If your data is growing rapidly, doubling the managed storage quota will help you analyze even more data without increasing your compute cost or changing your workload. Read More for the […]
AWS – AWS Shield Advanced now provides mitigation metrics and network traffic timelines
The AWS Shield Advanced dashboard now displays additional mitigation metrics and network traffic timeline details for events detected on protected resources. This also includes details about the actions automatically taken to mitigate DDoS attacks. You can use this information to more easily evaluate your applications when an unexpected increase in traffic is detected by Shield […]
Azure – Python 3.9 in Azure Functions is now in public preview
Announcing some enhancements to the development experience for Python workloads in Azure Functions, including support for Python 3.9. Read More for the details.
Azure – New Azure Cloud Services deployment model in public preview
Use Azure Cloud Services (extended support), now in public preview, to increase regional resiliency and gain access to new capabilities that the Azure Resource Manager-based deployment model provides. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Data Factory is now available in two additional regions
Azure Data Factory is now available in two new regions: China North 2 and South India Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Azure HDInsight extends capabilities for encryption of data in transit and at rest
Azure HDInsight Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) encryption in transit is now generally available. HDInsight also supports version-less keys for customer-managed key (CMK) encryption at rest. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Copy Blob support over private endpoints in Azure Storage
Azure Storage now supports copying of data between storage accounts using private endpoints. This includes support for the Copy Blob API and utilities such as AzCopy. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Agent now supports OpenTelemetry APIs and SDKs
With Amazon CloudWatch agent, you can now use OpenTelemetry APIs and SDKs to send application telemetry data to CloudWatch and AWS X-Ray. This update enables the agent to receive OpenTelemetry metrics and traces from applications and services running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and is intended for existing CloudWatch agent users who want […]
AWS – AWS App Mesh is now available in Africa (Cape Town) AWS Region
AWS App Mesh is a service mesh that provides application-level networking to make it easy for your services to communicate with each other across multiple types of compute infrastructure. AWS App Mesh standardizes how your services communicate, giving you end-to-end visibility and options to tune for high-availability of your applications. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon GuardDuty enhances security incident investigation workflows through new integration with Amazon Detective
Amazon GuardDuty has added Amazon Detective hyperlink pivots to make it even easier to jump from a GuardDuty security finding into a pre-populated Amazon Detective investigation experience. Read More for the details.