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AWS – AWS Database Migration Service now supports MariaDB version 10.5
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) has expanded functionality by adding support for MariaDB version 10.5. Using AWS DMS, you can now perform live migrations from any AWS DMS supported sources to MariaDB 10.5 databases, and from MariaDB 10.5 databases to any AWS DMS supported targets. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Elasticsearch Service add support for Reporting in Kibana
Amazon Elasticsearch Service now supports Reporting, a new feature that enables Kibana users to generate and download reports. They can now generate reports directly from the Dashboard, Visualize and Discover panels, and export them to PDF, CSV and PNG file formats. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Automation is now available in UAE Central
Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts. Read More for the details.

Azure – We’re retiring Classic Application Insights on 29 February 2024
Transition to workspace-based Application Insights. Read More for the details.

GCP – 3 common serverless patterns to build with Workflows
In January 2021, our Workflows orchestration and automation service reached General Availability. At the same time, we updated Workflows with a preview of Connectors, which provide seamless integration with other Google Cloud products. Workflows plus Connectors are a great way to design common architecture patterns that can help you build advanced serverless applications. Workflows is […]

GCP – Scale model training in minutes with RAPIDS + Dask and NVIDIA GPUs on AI Platform
Python has solidified itself as one of the top languages for data scientists looking to prep, process, and analyze data for analytics and machine learning (ML) related use cases. However, base Python libraries are not designed for large-scale transformations, creating major obstacles for data scientists seeking to deploy their code in production environments. Increasingly, ML […]

AWS – Introducing our new Solutions Training for Partners: Sales Best Practices courses
AWS Training and Certification is excited to launch the Solutions Training for Partners: Sales Best Practices digital training series. These 30-minute fundamental courses are designed to introduce AWS Partners to cloud concepts and relevant AWS solutions for services that customers leverage most to innovate and transform their business. Read More for the details.

GCP – Partnering with Intel to accelerate cloud-native 5G
Communications service providers are increasingly adopting cloud-native technologies to harness the potential of 5G not only as a connectivity solution, but also as a business services platform for delivering applications to the network edge. We announced our telecommunications industry strategy last year to help Communication Service Providers address the growing demands of enterprise customers to […]

AWS – Announcing new Amazon EC2 T4g instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors along with a T4g free trial in Asia Pacific (Seoul) region
Starting today, the latest generation of burstable, general purpose Amazon EC2 T4g instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Seoul) region. These instances are powered by Arm-based AWS Graviton2 processors and deliver up to 40% better price performance over T3 instances. The T4g instances provide a baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to […]
AWS – Announcing new Amazon EC2 T4g instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), and Europe (Stockholm) regions
Starting today, the latest generation of burstable, general purpose Amazon EC2 T4g instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), and Europe (Stockholm) regions. These instances are powered by Arm-based AWS Graviton2 processors and deliver up to 40% better price performance over T3 instances. The T4g instances provide a baseline level of CPU performance […]