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AWS – Announcing regional launch of IoT Analytics in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region
AWS IoT Analytics is now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) AWS Region, extending the footprint to 9 AWS Regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Security Hub adds 18 new controls to its Foundational Security Best Practices standard and 8 new partners for enhanced cloud security posture monitoring
AWS Security Hub has released 18 new controls for its Foundational Security Best Practice standard to enhance customers’ cloud security posture monitoring. These controls conduct fully-automatic checks against security best practices for Amazon API Gateway, Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon Elasticsearch Service, Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon SQS. If you have Security Hub […]

AWS – AWS Glue Studio is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Glue Studio is a new visual interface for AWS Glue that makes it easy for extract-transform-and-load (ETL) developers to author, run, and monitor AWS Glue ETL jobs. You can now use a simple visual interface as well as SQL to compose jobs that move and transform data, and then run them using AWS Glue’s […]

Azure – Azure Cosmos DB: Continuous backup with point in time restore now in general availability
Continuous backup mode for the Core (SQL) API and Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB feature means you can now perform your own granular restore capabilities. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Server group restart now generally available
The restart server group capability is now available for Hyperscale (Citus) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the Postgres open-source database on Azure. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Managed PgBouncer now generally available
PgBouncer, a popular connection pooler for Postgres, is now part of the Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) managed service. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Application Insights auto-instrumentation of .NET apps on Linux
Application Insights, an Application Performance Management (APM) observability feature of Azure Monitor, is announcing the release of several key features including .NET on Linux auto-instrumentation for .NET Core 3.1, .NET5, and preview of .NET6, including support for self-contained and framework-dependent deployments. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: CSI storage driver support on Azure Kubernetes Service
Natively leverage storage systems in Kubernetes using Container Storage Interface storage drivers. Read More for the details.

Azure – Enhanced troubleshooting experiences now generally available for additional resources in Network Insights
You can now access resource topology views and pre-built monitoring workbooks for Private Link, NAT Gateway, Public IP, and NIC resources in Azure, via Network Insights. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: AKS support for Kubernetes 1.21
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) users can now benefit from enhancements and capabilities in Kubernetes 1.21. Read More for the details.