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AWS – AWS Cloud Map supports configuring negative caching for DNS queries
AWS Cloud Map now provides the ability to configure the negative caching for DNS queries. AWS Cloud Map is a cloud resource discovery service that allows customers to define custom names for their application resources, such as Amazon Elastic Container Services (ECS) tasks, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances, Amazon DynamoDB tables, or any other […]

GCP – DeNA Sports Business: Combating COVID-19 by analyzing device data with Google Cloud
Editor’s note: Today we’re hearing from Makoto Kimura, General Manager System Dept. Sports Business Div; and Yusuke Muto, Software Engineer System Dept. Sports Business Div at DeNA Sports. They share how Google Cloud has helped them to keep their events going while also keeping their visitors safe during the pandemic. The pandemic is forcing the […]

AWS – Amplify Flutter now supports Null Safety
Today, we’re announcing that we have updated AWS Amplify’s tools and libraries for Flutter to support null safety for all of our use cases. Flutter developers can now enjoy all the easy-to-integrate Amplify functionality with higher reliability and improved developer ergonomics. Sound null safety is a Dart language feature in which code is non-nullable by […]

AWS – AWS AppSync Now Available in Asia Pacific (Osaka)
Starting today, AWS AppSync is available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) region. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Organizations increases quotas for tag policies
Tag policies help you govern tag consistency across resources in your organization’s accounts. For example, with tag policies, you can define rules on tag keys, including how they should be capitalized and their allowed values. With this release, the maximum size of a tag policy document has been increased from 2.5k to 10k characters for […]

Azure – HPC Cache on E-Series VMs Support of Blob NFS 3.0 now generally available
Add Azure HPC Cache to support new workloads in Blob NFS 3.0. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: HPC Cache for NVME-based Storage, Storage Target Management, and HIPAA Compliance
The latest release of HPC Cache adds support for high throughput VMs as well as enhancements to storage target operations. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Blob storage – Container Soft Delete generally available
Administrators can set a retention policy and recover data from a deletion of a blob container without contacting support Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Bastion Standard SKU public preview
Azure Bastion Standard SKU offers key capabilities for enterprises, unblocking critical customer scenarios. Read More for the details.
GCP – Advancing email security for Gmail and beyond with BIMI
Creating a secure-by-default experience based on robust defenses has always been a core design principle for Gmail. That’s why we’ve established a strong baseline of security in Gmail, with built-in protections to help automatically filter out potentially malicious messages. While these defenses help keep Gmail users safe, email functions as part of a large, complex, […]