Welcome to above the clouds

AWS – Amazon Managed Blockchain now supports customer-managed customer master keys
Amazon Managed Blockchain now supports customer-managed customer master keys (CMKs) for Hyperledger Fabric networks. Customers can encrypt new member-specific resources using their own CMK. These CMKs are declared in AWS Key Management Service (KMS) and used by Amazon Managed Blockchain. Each member can use their own CMK and manage it according to their security policy. Read More […]

AWS – Amazon Athena engine version 2 is generally available in all AWS commercial and GovCloud regions
The latest query engine for Amazon Athena is generally available in all 24 AWS Regions where Athena is available. Customers who use Athena engine version 2 benefit from new features and performance enhancements that make analyzing data easier and more cost-effective than before. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure IoT Edge integration with Azure Monitor is now in public preview
Monitoring and troubleshooting your Azure IoT Edge devices just became more simple and efficient. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon AppFlow now supports documents with Veeva
Amazon AppFlow, a fully managed integration service that helps customers securely transfer data between AWS services and cloud applications expands its features with Veeva. Customers can now export documents from Veeva Vault into Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). When choosing the document option for the Veeva connector in AppFlow, customers can choose to bring just the […]

Azure – General availability: Confidential Computing price reduction on DCsv2 virtual machines
DCsv2-series Azure Virtual Machines protect the confidentiality and integrity of your data and code while it’s processed in the public cloud. The price for this offering is now 37% lower. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 21.06 expected on June 23
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing. Read More for the details.

GCP – How to detect machine-learned anomalies in real-time foreign exchange data
Let’s say you are a quantitative trader with access to real-time foreign exchange (forex) price data from your favorite market data provider. Perhaps you have adata partner subscription, or you’re using a synthetic data generator to prove value first. You know there must be thousands of other quants out there with your same goal. How […]

GCP – How Anthos clusters on AWS delivers on the promise of multicloud
Editor’s note: Today’s post comes from Naohiko Takemura, Head of Engineering, and Kosukex Oya, Engineer, both from Japanese customer experience platform PLAID. The company runs its platform in a multicloud environment through Anthos clusters on AWS and shares more on its experiences and best practices. At PLAID, our mission is to maximize the value of people […]

Azure – Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) now compliant with additional certifications
New certifications are now available for Hyperscale (Citus) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure. Read More for the details.
GCP – Build a platform with KRM: Part 1 – What’s in a platform?
This is the first post in a multi-part series on building developer platforms with the Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM). In today’s digital world, it’s more important than ever for organizations to quickly develop and land features, scale up, recover fast during outages, and do all this in a secure, compliant way. If you’re a developer, […]