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AWS – Amazon Connect is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Amazon Connect is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region, increasing the number of AWS Regions where Amazon Connect is available to eight. Amazon Connect is an easy-to-use cloud contact center service that helps organizations of any size deliver superior customer service at lower cost. The expansion into the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region allows […]
AWS – Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) customers can now customize reverse DNS for their Elastic IP addresses
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) makes it easier to setup reverse Domain Name System (DNS) lookup for your Elastic IP addresses and improves your email deliverability. A reverse DNS lookup for an IP address returns its domain name and is commonly used by email services to filter out spams. This release improves your email deliverability […]
AWS – AWS Lambda now supports Node.js 14
You can now author AWS Lambda functions in Node.js 14 and use its new features, such as top-level-await, enhanced diagnostics, modifications of the streams APIs, and a revised JavaScript engine for better performance. Lambda functions written in Node.js 14 run on Amazon Linux 2, the latest generation of Amazon Linux. To learn more about writing […]
Azure – Azure achieves its first PCI 3DS certification
Azure’s PCI 3DS Attestation of Compliance, PCI 3DS Shared Responsibility Matrix, and PCI 3DS whitepaper are now available. Read More for the details.
Azure – 172 Azure offerings achieve HITRUST certification
Azure expands its depth of offerings to Azure customers with its latest independent HITRUST assessment. Read More for the details.
GCP – Continuous model evaluation with BigQuery ML, Stored Procedures, and Cloud Scheduler
Continuous evaluation – the process of ensuring a production machine learning model is still performing well on new data – is an essential part in any ML workflow. Performing continuous evaluation can help you catch model drift, a phenomenon that occurs when the data used to train your model no longer reflects the current environment. […]
AWS – AWS Backup Events and Metrics now available in Amazon CloudWatch
AWS Backup adds the ability to monitor your AWS Backup metrics and events via Amazon CloudWatch. AWS Backup enables you to centralize and automate data protection across AWS services and accounts, helping you support your regulatory compliance obligations and meet business continuity goals. Read More for the details.
Azure – IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Paris version
The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Elemental MediaLive adds support for VPC outputs
You can now configure AWS Elemental MediaLive to deliver live video directly to your own Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). For customers running specialized video workflows in their own Amazon VPC, MediaLive can now deliver live video to those applications without using public IPs. MediaLive already supports VPC inputs for a MediaLive channel. Read More for […]
AWS – Take actions before and after patching to improve safety during patch installation
Patch Manager, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, now enables you to configure actions to be performed on a managed instance before and after installing patches. Using this feature, you can configure actions to perform pre-installation checks such as ensuring that “Windows Update Service” is running before patching instances. Furthermore, you can configure actions that […]