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AWS – Amazon SNS now supports SMS Sandbox and displays available origination IDs in your account
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) is a fully-managed messaging service that supports application-to-person (A2P) workloads, including mobile text messaging (SMS). Now, when you start using Amazon SNS to send SMS, your SMS workloads start in an isolated testing environment, called the SMS sandbox. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS WAF and AWS Shield Advanced are available in Asia Pacific (Osaka)
Starting today, AWS WAF and AWS Shield Advanced are available in Asia Pacific (Osaka). Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Location Service is now generally available
Today, AWS announces Amazon Location Service, a fully managed service that helps developers easily and securely add maps, points of interest, geocoding, routing, tracking, and geofencing to their applications without compromising on data security, user privacy, or cost. With Amazon Location Service, you retain control of your location data, protecting your privacy and reducing enterprise […]

AWS – Amazon API Gateway now supports synchronous invocations of Express Workflows using REST APIs
Synchronous Express Workflows can now be triggered with Amazon API Gateway’s REST APIs, allowing you to build interactive applications and orchestrate high-volume, short-duration microservices. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Polly Launches a new Canadian French Neural Text-to-Speech voice
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Gabrielle, Amazon Polly’s first Canadian French Neural Text-to-Speech (NTTS) voice. Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech. Customers can now enjoy a selection of two female Canadian French voices: Chantal, a Standard TTS voice and the just launched Gabrielle. Read More […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch adds Control Plane API Usage Metrics across AWS Services
Amazon CloudWatch now gives operators and developers visibility and actionable insights into their utilization of control plane APIs across AWS services. You can find API call count metrics organized by AWS service in the CloudWatch console, and search and discover usage metrics from thousands available in the AWS/Usage namespace. Read More for the details.

AWS – New AWS Solutions Implementation: Disaster Recovery for AWS IoT
We are delighted to announce the addition of Disaster Recovery for AWS IoT to the AWS Solutions Implementations portfolio. AWS Solutions Implementations help you solve common problems and build faster using the AWS platform. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon QLDB supports IAM-based access policy for PartiQL queries and ledger tables
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (Amazon QLDB) now supports enhanced Amazon Identity Access Management (IAM) based permissions for QLDB authentication, query, and data access. This release builds on the existing Amazon QLDB permissions model, adding separation of access by PartiQL command and ledger table. With this feature, QLDB customers will now be able to implement more […]

Azure – Azure Site Recovery update rollup 55 is now generally available – April 2021
The latest Azure Site Recovery update provides improvements, fixes, updated replication support, and download links for Site Recovery components. Read More for the details.
AWS – NICE DCV releases version 2021.1 with accurate audio/video synchronization
NICE DCV is a high-performance remote display protocol that helps customers securely access remote desktop or application sessions, including 3D graphics applications hosted on servers with high-performance GPUs. Read More for the details.