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AWS – Now Install Custom Kernels and Data Science Libraries on EMR clusters directly from EMR Notebooks
EMR Notebooks is a managed service that provides a full-managed, Jupyter-based notebook to data scientists. A Jupyter kernel provides programming language support in Jupyter. EMR IPython is the default kernel. Additional kernels include R, Julia, and many more. Today we are announcing a new feature that allows data scientists, analysts, and engineers to install and […]
AWS – AWS Auto Scaling is Now Available in 7 additional AWS Regions Worldwide and Offers Predictive Scaling for Amazon EC2
AWS Auto Scaling with scaling plans and predictive scaling (for Amazon EC2) is now available in 7 additional AWS Regions. Using AWS Auto Scaling, customers can configure predictive scaling to automatically scale their Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups in advance of impending traffic changes. Customers can also use AWS Auto Scaling to manage scaling configuration […]
AWS – AWS Auto Scaling is Now Available in 7 additional AWS Regions Worldwide and Offers Predictive Scaling for Amazon EC2
AWS Auto Scaling with scaling plans and predictive scaling (for Amazon EC2) is now available in 7 additional AWS Regions. Using AWS Auto Scaling, customers can configure predictive scaling to automatically scale their Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups in advance of impending traffic changes. Customers can also use AWS Auto Scaling to manage scaling configuration […]
AWS – AWS Direct Connect enables Failover Testing
AWS Direct Connect makes it easy to establish resilient network connectivity from your premises to AWS. Using AWS Direct Connect, you can establish private connectivity between AWS and your data center, office, or colocation environment, which in many cases can reduce your network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than […]
AWS – AWS Direct Connect enables Failover Testing
AWS Direct Connect makes it easy to establish resilient network connectivity from your premises to AWS. Using AWS Direct Connect, you can establish private connectivity between AWS and your data center, office, or colocation environment, which in many cases can reduce your network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than […]
AWS – AWS Systems Manager Explorer now adds support for a delegated administrator account to view operational data across multiple accounts and regions
Starting today, you can view AWS Systems Manager Explorer’s operational data across multiple accounts and Regions from a delegated administrator account in your organization, in addition to the master account in AWS Organizations. This helps you improve security and flexibility by providing the ability to dedicate a separate operations account for viewing operations data and […]
AWS – Tighten S3 permissions for your IAM users and roles using access history of S3 actions
To help you identify unused S3 permissions, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) extended service last accessed information to include S3 management actions and reports the last time a user or role used an S3 action. This granular access information helps you analyze access, identify unused S3 actions, and remove them confidently. Read More for […]
AWS – Database Activity Streams now available for Aurora with MySQL compatibility
Database Activity Streams for Amazon Aurora with MySQL compatibility provides a near real-time stream of database activities in your relational database. When integrated with third party database activity monitoring tools, Database Activity Streams can monitor and audit database activity to provide safeguards for your database and help you meet compliance and regulatory requirements. Read More […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region
Amazon QuickSight is now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region. New users can sign up for QuickSight with Asia Pacific (Mumbai) as their home region, making SPICE capacity available in region and ensuring proximity to AWS and on-premises data sources. Existing QuickSight users can switch to Asia Pacific (Mumbai) via the region switcher in […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL supports minor version 8.0.19
Amazon RDS for MySQL has been updated to support release 8.0.19 of the MySQL database. This release includes a number of bug fixes as well as functionality improvements. Read More for the details.