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AWS – AWS Snowcone is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region in Australia
The AWS Snowcone service is now available for order for customers in the AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region. With this launch, Snowcone is now available for order in 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 Snow Family […]

AWS – Announcing General Availability of AWS IoT Device Defender ML Detect
Today, we are announcing the general availability of ML Detect, a new feature of AWS IoT Device Defender that automatically detects device-level operational and security anomalies across your IoT fleet by learning from your past data. Now, in addition to being able to manually set static alarms with AWS IoT Device Defender Rules Detect, you […]

GCP – Picture this: 10 whiteboard sketch videos that bring Google Cloud to life
If you’re looking for a visual way to learn Google Cloud products, we’ve got you covered. The Google Cloud Tech YouTube channel has a series of whiteboard (remember those?) drawing board videos that explain cloud tools for technical practitioners in about 5 minutes each. 1. What is Cloud Storage? Cloud Storage is a global, secure and scalable […]

AWS – Amazon Timestream now supports Amazon VPC endpoints
You can now access Amazon Timestream APIs from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) using VPC endpoints. Amazon VPC endpoints are easy to configure and provide reliable connectivity to Amazon Timestream APIs without requiring an internet gateway or a Network Address Translation (NAT) instance. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Elemental MediaTailor now supports Enhanced Debug Logs and other enhancements *
AWS Elemental MediaTailor now supports Enhanced Debug Logs that provide valuable information to troubleshoot playback session issues. When debug log mode is enabled, MediaTailor records all manifest requests and response payloads to the CloudWatch Logs for expanded diagnostics information. Learn more in our blog. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Lambda Launches Function States, improved VPC networking, and the Python 3.8 Runtime in the AWS Secret and Top Secret Regions
AWS Lambda now supports Function States, improved VPC networking, and the Python 3.8 runtime in the AWS Secret and Top Secret regions. Customers in these regions will now see significant improvements to function startup performance and more efficient usage of elastic network interfaces. Function States enables Lambda to communicate the current state of your function […]

AWS – AWS Cloud Map now supports API-only services in namespaces configured with DNS resolution
You can now manage non-IP based cloud resources in AWS Cloud Map’s public and private DNS namespaces. AWS Cloud Map is a cloud resource discovery service. Using AWS Cloud Map, you can define custom names for your application resources, such as Amazon ECS tasks, Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon S3 buckets, Amazon DynamoDB tables, or any […]

Azure – Public preview: IPv6 Support for ExpressRoute Private Peering
This support will unlock hybrid connectivity for you as you expand into new, IPv6-dependent markets or transition to IPv6 in your own networks. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Detective launches in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Detective is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. You can now easily analyze, investigate, and quickly identify the root cause of potential security issues or suspicious activities in both AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East). Read More for the details.
AWS – NICE DCV releases web client SDK for building customized web applications
We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.0.0 of the NICE DCV web client software development kit (SDK). NICE DCV is a high performance remote display protocol that helps users to securely access remote desktop or application sessions, including 3D graphics applications hosted on servers with high-performance GPUs. This JavaScript SDK is an […]