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AWS – Introducing AWS Backup Audit Manager
AWS Backup announces AWS Backup Audit Manager, a new feature that allows you to audit and report on the compliance of your data protection policies to help you meet your business and regulatory needs. AWS Backup enables you to centralize and automate data protection policies across AWS services based on organizational best practices and regulatory […]

Azure – Azure expands HITRUST certification across 51 Azure regions
Azure expands offering and region coverage to Azure customers with its 2021 HITRUST validated assessment. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Database Migration Service now supports automatic segmentation using MongoDB and Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) as a source
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) expands functionality by supporting automatic segmentation using MongoDB and Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) as a source. Using AWS DMS, you can configure DMS tasks to segment the collection of a MongoDB cluster automatically and migrate them in parallel to any AWS DMS supported target including Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) […]

AWS – Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager now automates deprecation of Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
Starting today, customers will be able to automatically deprecate their Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (Amazon DLM). Deprecating an AMI prevents outdated images from being accessed by new users after a specific time, helping to ensure that any new EC2 Instances are launched from only the most up-to-date AMIs. With Amazon […]

GCP – The top 5 launches of 2021 (so far)
And just like that, seven months are under our belts. I’m guessing I’m not the only one who feels like 2021 is flying by. Even so, much has already happened at Google Cloud. We launched more products and features than I can count, hosted our first virtual Google I/O, and organized Cloud OnAir events each […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 M6i instances are now available in 2 additional regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 M6i instances are available in additional AWS Regions US West (N. California) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo). Designed to provide a balance of compute, memory, storage and network resources, M6i instances are built on the AWS Nitro System, a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight hypervisor, which delivers practically all of the compute […]

AWS – AWS Database Migration Service now supports MongoDB 4.2 and 4.4 as sources
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) expands functionality by adding support for MongoDB 4.2 and 4.4 as a source. Using AWS DMS, you can now migrate data live from MongoDB 4.2 and 4.4 clusters to any AWS DMS supported targets including Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) with minimal downtime. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Database Migration Service now supports parallel threads when using Redshift as a target during full load
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) expands its functionality by supporting parallel threads when using Redshift as a target during full load. Amazon Redshift is a fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud. You can start with just a few hundred gigabytes of data and scale to a petabyte or more. By taking advantage of […]

AWS – AWS Database Migration Service now supports Redis as a target
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) expands functionality by adding support for Redis and Amazon ElastiCache for Redis as a target. Redis is a fast, open-source, in-memory key-value data store for use as a database, cache, message broker, and queue. Amazon ElastiCache for Redis combines the speed, simplicity, and versatility of open-source Redis with manageability, security, […]
Azure – Windows 11 public preview is now available on Azure Virtual Desktop
You can now run Windows 11 preview images on Azure Virtual Desktop. Read More for the details.