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Azure – Generally available: Copy Blob support over private endpoints in Azure Storage
Azure Storage now supports copying of data between storage accounts using private endpoints. This includes support for the Copy Blob API and utilities such as AzCopy. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Agent now supports OpenTelemetry APIs and SDKs
With Amazon CloudWatch agent, you can now use OpenTelemetry APIs and SDKs to send application telemetry data to CloudWatch and AWS X-Ray. This update enables the agent to receive OpenTelemetry metrics and traces from applications and services running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and is intended for existing CloudWatch agent users who want […]

AWS – AWS App Mesh is now available in Africa (Cape Town) AWS Region
AWS App Mesh is a service mesh that provides application-level networking to make it easy for your services to communicate with each other across multiple types of compute infrastructure. AWS App Mesh standardizes how your services communicate, giving you end-to-end visibility and options to tune for high-availability of your applications. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon GuardDuty enhances security incident investigation workflows through new integration with Amazon Detective
Amazon GuardDuty has added Amazon Detective hyperlink pivots to make it even easier to jump from a GuardDuty security finding into a pre-populated Amazon Detective investigation experience. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Cloud Map Updates Service Level Agreement
AWS has updated the Monthly Uptime Percentage in the service level agreement (SLA) for AWS Cloud Map to 99.95%. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Agent Now Supports macOS on Amazon EC2 Mac instances
Amazon CloudWatch agent now supports macOS on Amazon EC2 Mac instances and on-premises hosts. macOne is the first EC2 instance type to support the macOS operating system from Apple. CloudWatch collects monitoring and operational data that provides you with a unified view of data across AWS resources, applications, and services. With this launch, developers and […]

AWS – Amazon Kendra achieves ISO and PCI compliance
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Amazon Kendra, an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, can now be used for workloads subject to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance. This is in addition to eligibility for U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), announced […]

GCP – Giving the newly unified Google Cloud AI Platform a spin
The Google Cloud AI Platform team have been heads down the past few months building aunified view of the machine learning landscape . What is it? How good is it? What does it mean for data science jobs? What is there to unify? The idea is that there are a few key constructs in machine […]

AWS – Launching Amazon Lex streaming conversation APIs for improved virtual agent conversational experiences
In a conversation, we often pause to lookup information or interrupt a speaker with an answer before they finish asking a question. Today we are launching streaming conversation APIs, so you can easily configure your bot to handle such pauses and interruptions that might occur in a conversation. With streaming capabilities, bot builders can quickly […]
AWS – Launching Amazon Lex V2 console and APIs for an improved bot building experience
Amazon Lex is a service for building conversational interfaces into any application. Today, Amazon Lex launches an enhanced, V2 management console and APIs that make it easier to build, deploy and manage bots. With the Lex V2 console and revised APIs, you can expedite your process in building virtual agents, conversational IVR system, self-service chatbots, […]