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AWS – Amazon EBS now supports gp3, st1, and sc1 volume types in the Los Angeles AWS Local Zones
AWS now supports three additional Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume types in the Los Angeles AWS Local Zones: General Purpose SSD (gp3), Throughput Optimized HDD (st1), and Cold HDD (sc1) volumes. With this expansion, you can now use gp3, st1, and sc1 volume types in addition to your existing gp2 and io1 volumes […]
GCP – Implementing Application-Consistent Data Protection for Compute Engine Workloads
Compute Engine provides reliable data protection infrastructure for your most demanding workloads. This infrastructure is the foundation for high-scale, mission critical services at Google and across industries including energy, retail, media, and finance. Today we are announcing the availability of application consistent Persistent Disk snapshot hooks for Linux, available for snapshots and machine images. New […]
Azure – General availability: Azure Sphere version 21.07 expected on July 21, 2021
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The 21.07 OS evaluation period provides 21 days for backward compatibility testing. Read More for the details.
Azure – Soft delete for blobs capability for Azure Data Lake Storage is now in limited public preview
If you have processes or tools to detect accidental deletion of files and directories for your Azure Data Lake Storage accounts, you can now also restore the deleted objects using soft delete for blobs capability. During the retention period that you specify, you can now restore a soft-deleted object to its state at the time […]
AWS – AWS Glue Schema Registry now supports JSON Schema
AWS Glue Schema Registry now supports defining schemas in JSON Schema format in addition to Apache Avro, allowing customers who choose JSON Schema as the format for their streaming data to centrally control the evolution of data streams and avoid having to manage their own registries. Through Apache-licensed serializers and deserializers, Glue Schema Registry integrates with […]
AWS – Amazon AppStream 2.0 is now available in the AWS Europe (London) region
You can now deploy Amazon AppStream 2.0 in the AWS Europe (London) Region. Deploying AppStream 2.0 in your local region provides users with a more responsive experience and helps support your local data residency obligations. With this launch, you can deploy General Purpose, Compute Optimized, Memory Optimized, Graphics Design, Graphics Pro and Graphics G4 instances […]
AWS – AWS Glue DataBrew adds support for 14 new advanced data types for data preparation
As you prepare your data, AWS Glue DataBrew adds support to automatically identify and mark advanced data types for columns, making it easy to normalize columns containing data of types: Social Security Number (SSN), Email Address, Phone Number, Gender, Credit Card, URL, IP Address, Date and Time, Currency, Zip Code, Country, Region, State, and City. […]
AWS – Self-service features and trusted device support are now available on the Amazon WorkSpaces Android Client App
Self-service features and trusted device support are now available on the WorkSpaces Android Client app on Google Play that runs on Android and Android-compatible Chrome OS devices. The new features are intended for customers who use Android or Android-compatible Chrome OS devices as primary WorkSpaces client endpoint devices. Read More for the details.
AWS – The Bottlerocket AMI for Amazon ECS is now Generally Available
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the General Availability of the Amazon ECS-optimized Bottlerocket Amazon Machine Image (AMI). Bottlerocket is an open source Linux-based Operating System (OS) that is purpose-built to run containers. Bottlerocket includes only the software needed to run containers and comes with a single step update mechanism. This enables you to improve […]
AWS – AWS Storage Gateway is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
AWS Storage Gateway is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. Read More for the details.