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AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – WorkSpaces Manager for Amazon WorkSpaces
WorkSpaces Manager for Amazon WorkSpaces (WSM) is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Nuvens Consulting, an AWS Digital Workplace Competency Partner. WSM is ideal for customers looking to optimize, automate, and reduce the day-to-day management of their Amazon WorkSpaces estate. Customers that request this consulting offer will participate in an […]

AWS – AWS DevOps Monitoring Dashboard solution is Generally Available
We’re excited to announce the launch of AWS DevOps Monitoring Dashboard, a reference implementation that automates the setup of DevOps metrics dashboards so that customers developing on AWS can measure development activity and identify areas for continued improvement. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Stream Analytics runs on Azure Stack Hub
Stream Analytics now is available on Azure Stack Hub as an IoT Edge module, supporting native input and output adapters, such as Event Hub and IoT Hub. It allows customer to build truly hybrid data solutions. Read More for the details.

GCP – Celebrating Women in Tech: Highlighting Possip
March is Women’s History Month – a time for us to come together and celebrate women-led startups and the amazing work they are doing in the tech industry. Our final feature highlights the founder of Possip — Shani Dowell —and how her education technology startup utilizes Google Cloud to provide actionable feedback for schools to […]

AWS – Lower Cost Storage Classes for Amazon Elastic File System are now available in Asia (Osaka) region
Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) One Zone is now available in the Asia (Osaka) Region, reducing storage costs by 47% compared to Amazon EFS Standard storage classes, while maintaining the Amazon EFS capabilities that customers love. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Security Hub integrates with Amazon Macie to automatically ingest sensitive data findings for improved centralized security posture management
AWS Security Hub is now integrated with Amazon Macie to automatically ingest sensitive data findings from Macie. Security Hub previously ingested policy findings from Macie, and this integration adds sensitive data findings. All of Security Hub’s findings are automatically normalized using the AWS Security Finding Format (ASFF), enabling you to more easily search, correlate, and […]

GCP – Check, please! Billing in Cloud Storage
If you’d rather listen to this as a podcast, check out Google Cloud Reader. So far, we’ve talked a lot about how to use Cloud Storage—from managing data to optimizing performance, uploading, downloading, and buckets. But there’s one important topic that we haven’t talked about: the price tag. Analogy time! I’ve found that having a […]

AWS – Detect anomalies in your metrics, and diagnose issues quickly with Amazon Lookout for Metrics – now generally available
Today Amazon Lookout for Metrics is generally available to all AWS customers. Lookout for Metrics is a machine learning (ML) service that detects anomalies or unexpected changes in your metrics, helping you proactively monitor the health of your business, diagnose issues and find opportunities quickly – with no ML experience required. Read More for the […]

AWS – AWS Backup is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
AWS Backup, a cost-effective, fully managed, policy-based service that further simplifies data protection at scale, is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. With AWS Backup, you can centralize and automate data protection across AWS services and accounts, to support your regulatory compliance obligations and meet your business continuity goals. Read More for […]
AWS – Configurable Endpoints with Custom Domains now generally available for AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core now enables customers to customize the behavior of their data endpoints, making it simpler to onboard IoT applications with existing devices in the field. Customers can now configure their data endpoints with custom domain names and associated server certificates stored in AWS Certificate Manager. They can also attach custom authorizers, and create […]