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AWS – AWS X-Ray Insights is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Today, AWS X-Ray launches Insights in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. X-Ray Insights helps customers proactively discover issues in applications by using anomaly detection. it also enables developers and DevOps engineers to detect anomalies in fault rate for an application and then notify their teams on these issues and why it occurred. Read More for […]

AWS – AWS announces Developer Preview release of opinionated deployment tool for .NET CLI
AWS introduces the Developer Preview of its opinionated deployment tool for .NET cloud-native applications. Using this tool, developers can now deploy their .NET applications in just a few easy steps from the .NET CLI. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS announces General Availability of Six New Regions for Amazon GameLift
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability (GA) of an update to Amazon GameLift, which increases global coverage for developers, while providing seamless, low-latency gameplay experiences for players worldwide. Trusted by some of the most successful game companies in the world like Gungho and Ubisoft, GameLift deploys, operates, and scales dedicated servers for […]

Azure – Azure Data Explorer performance update (EngineV3) is now generally available
Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) is announcing the general availability of it’s performance update (EngineV3) which provides unprecedented performance in Big Data Logs and telemetry scenarios. Read More for the details.

AWS – New AWS SSO gallery app simplifies Azure AD set-up with AWS
The new AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) app, found in the Azure Active Directory app gallery, makes it easier to use your Azure AD identities for sign-in across multiple AWS accounts and AWS SSO integrated applications. Customers who want a centralized way to manage Azure AD users and groups across AWS can use the app to connect […]

GCP – Turbo boost your Compute Engine workloads with new 100 Gbps networking
Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of 100, 75, and 50 Gbps high-bandwidth network configurations for General Purpose N2 and Compute Optimized C2 Compute Engine VM families. This is the result of continuous efforts to optimize our Andromeda host networking stack, allowing us to offer higher-bandwidth options on existing VM families when […]

AWS – Support for SRT protocol added to AWS Elemental MediaConnect
Starting today, you can use AWS Elemental MediaConnect to transport live video using the Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) protocol. With the addition of SRT, you have more flexibility and compatibility for creating highly reliable, low-latency live video transport workflows. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Connect launches new metric capabilities for measuring queue service levels
Amazon Connect analytics users can now define queue service levels to measure the percentage of customer contacts answered by an agent between 1 second and 7 days for both real-time and historical metrics. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Comprehend now identifies documents that contain personally identifiable information (PII)
Amazon Comprehend now supports identification of text documents that contain personally identifiable information (PII). You can use Amazon Comprehend’s Contains PII API synchronously to discover documents that contain PII, to set up alarms and control access on documents with sensitive information. Amazon Comprehend’s machine learning models find documents that contain PII information such as social […]
Azure – Generally available: Monitor your spending through forecasted cost alerts with Azure Cost Management and Billing
Prevent cost overruns with Azure budget alerts on forecasted costs Read More for the details.