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AWS – AWS Database Migration Service now supports PostgreSQL version 13 in preview mode
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) has expanded functionality by adding support for PostgreSQL version 13 in preview mode. Using AWS DMS, you can now perform live migrations from any AWS DMS supported sources to PostgreSQL 13 databases, and from PostgreSQL 13 databases to any AWS DMS supported targets. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Transit Gateway Network Manager is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Starting today, AWS Transit Gateway Network Manager is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Scan and view lineage of data stored in Hive Metastore Database using Azure Purview
Azure Purview now supports automated scanning from a Hive Metastore Database to extract schema and lineage between data. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle supports multitenant container database
Starting today Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Oracle supports the creation of a DB instance with a single pluggable database (PDB) using the Oracle multitenant architecture, which enables the DB instance to operate as a multitenant container database (CDB). A PDB is a set of schemas, schema objects, and non-schema objects that logically appears […]

AWS – Fleet Hub for AWS IoT Device Management, a new, easy way to monitor & interact with IoT device fleets, is now generally available
Today, AWS IoT is announcing the general availability of Fleet Hub for AWS IoT Device Management. The feature enables customers to easily create a fully managed web application to view and interact with their device fleets to monitor fleet and device health, respond to alarms, take remote actions, and reduce time for troubleshooting. Read More […]

Azure – Spot Virtual Machines are now generally available on Azure Databricks
Access unused Azure compute capacity at discounted rates using Spot VMs on Azure Databricks Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS IoT Device Management launches Job Templates in Preview to make deployment of fleet-wide remote operations faster, easier, and more secure
AWS IoT is excited to announce the public preview of “Job Templates” for AWS IoT Device Management Jobs. Job Templates make deploying remote actions faster, easier, and more secure. IoT developers and fleet administrators can pre-define the remote operations to be executed on their IoT devices, and specify key deployment parameters like rollout rates, abort […]

AWS – AWS Transfer Family now supports Microsoft Active Directory
AWS Transfer Family customers can now use AWS Managed Microsoft Active Directory (AD), on-premises and self-managed AD in AWS to authenticate their file transfer end users, enabling seamless migration of file transfer workflows that rely on AD, without changing end users’ credentials or needing a custom authorizer. Read More for the details.

GCP – Four steps to jumpstarting your SRE practice
A few months ago, we wrote about how the first step to implementing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) in an organization is getting leadership on board. So, let’s assume that you’ve gone ahead and done that. Now what? What are some concrete steps you can take to get the SRE ball rolling? In this blog post, […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Pipelines is now integrated with Amazon SageMaker Experiments
Amazon SageMaker Pipelines, the first purpose-built continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) service for machine learning (ML), is now integrated with SageMaker Experiments, a capability that lets customers organize, track, compare, and evaluate their ML experiments. Customers can now compare metrics such as model training accuracy across multiple executions of their SageMaker Pipelines just as […]