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GCP – New data sovereignty controls for EU customers
European organizations—in both the public and private sectors—want a cloud provider that can meet their requirements for security, privacy, and digital sovereignty, without compromising on functionality or innovation. As part of our ‘Cloud. On Europe’s Terms.’ initiative, we’ve been working diligently to provide solutions to meet customers’ needs in this area, with capabilities built into […]
AWS – Amazon EMR now supports Apache Spark SQL to insert data into and update Apache Hive metadata tables when Apache Ranger integration is enabled
We are announcing the support of using Apache Spark SQL to update Apache Hive metadata tables when using Amazon EMR integration with Apache Ranger. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Application Migration Service is now available in the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), and Europe (London) Regions
AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) is now available in four additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), and Europe (London). Read More for the details.
GCP – What to expect from Active Assist at Google Cloud Next’21
Google Cloud Active Assist is a portfolio of tools that use data, intelligence, and machine learning designed to reduce cloud complexity and administrative toil, making it simple to optimize your cloud’s security, performance, and cost. Under the Active Assist Portfolio, we have tools like Policy Intelligence, Network Intelligence Center, Predictive Autoscaler, and a collection of […]
Azure – Windows Virtual Desktop is now generally available on Azure Virtual Desktop
Deploy Windows 11 desktops and applications on Azure Virtual Desktop and utilize new capabilities while optimizing for cost. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing Amazon EC2 Capacity Reservation Fleet a way to easily migrate Amazon EC2 Capacity Reservations across instance types
Using Amazon EC2 Capacity Reservation Fleet, you can easily migrate your reserved Amazon EC2 capacity to new generation instance types. Capacity Reservations allow you to reserve capacity for your immediate use in a specific instance type and Availability Zone and can be cancelled by you at any time. With Capacity Reservation Fleet, you can reserve […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family customers can now use Amazon S3 Access Point aliases for granular and simplified data access controls
AWS Transfer Family now supports Amazon S3 Access Points, a feature of Amazon S3 that allows you to easily manage granular access to shared data sets. Now, you can use S3 Access Point aliases anywhere an S3 bucket name is used today for shared datasets that are utilized by hundreds of SFTP, FTP, and FTPS […]
AWS – RDS Performance Insights now available in four more regions
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Performance Insights is now available in the Middle East (Bahrain), Africa (Cape Town), Europe (Milan), Asia Pacific (Osaka) regions. Amazon RDS Performance Insights is a database performance tuning and monitoring feature of RDS and Aurora that helps you quickly assess the load on your database and determine when and […]
AWS – AWS Backup Audit Manager now supports AWS CloudFormation
AWS Backup Audit Manager now supports AWS CloudFormation, allowing you to audit and report on the compliance of your data protection policies using AWS CloudFormation templates. You can now deploy AWS Backup Audit Manager’s pre-built, customizable controls using AWS CloudFormation templates and evaluate whether all your backups are in compliance with your policies. You can also […]
AWS – AWS Backup Audit Manager adds compliance reports
AWS Backup Audit Manager now allows you to generate reports to track the compliance of your defined data protection policies in AWS Backup. You can create a report plan in AWS Backup Audit Manager to deliver compliance reports in your designated Amazon S3 bucket. You can use these reports to identify violations of your data protection […]