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Azure – Wire Data 2.0 (preview) will be retired on 31 March 2022
Because Azure Monitor Virtual Machine insights and Service Map both provide network connection data sets in Logs, utilize the Dependency agent, and have connections with Azure Sentinel, we will be retiring Wire Data 2.0 (preview) on 31 March 2022. Please transition to using Azure Monitor Virtual Machine insights or Service Map by that date. Read More […]
AWS – Announcing AWS Step Functions’ integration with Amazon EMR on EKS
AWS Step Functions is now integrated with Amazon EMR on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), making it easier to integrate Apache Spark based jobs into your analytics pipeline. You can now build workflows including steps to manage EMR on EKS virtual clusters and submit jobs without writing code to manage the state of the […]
Azure – General availability: Azure Data Explorer external tables
Create an external table located in Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Lake Store Gen1, or Azure Data Lake Store Gen2 to analyze and query your data. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Azure Communication Services
Now you can use Azure Communication Services to add video, voice, SMS, chat, and telephony capabilities into almost any web, mobile, or desktop application. Read More for the details.
Azure – Backup for Azure Managed Disk is now generally available
Azure Disk Backup offers snapshot lifecycle management to Azure Managed Disk by automating periodic creation of snapshot and retain it for configured duration using Backup policy. Read More for the details.
Azure – Encryption scopes in Azure Storage now generally available
Encryption scopes enable you to provision multiple encryption keys to manage encryption at the container or blob level. Customers and ISVs can now use a single storage account for multi-tenancy scenarios by provisioning separate encryption keys for each customer. The key that protects an encryption scope may be either a Microsoft-managed key or a customer-managed key in Azure Key Vault. Read More for the details.
AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Pipeline Factory
Pipeline Factory is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Mphasis Stelligent, an AWS DevOps Competency Partner. Pipeline Factory enables DevOps teams to define, build, and publish standardized pipelines that enforce quality, security, and governance throughout the software delivery lifecycle. Customers that request this consulting offer will participate in an engagement […]
AWS – CloudWatch Container Insights for Amazon ECS now available in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) region
Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights for Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is now available in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) region. Using Container Insights, DevOps and systems engineers can monitor, isolate, and diagnose containerized applications and microservices environments through automated dashboards. This helps you visualize the performance and health of Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate […]
GCP – Data Lake management just got easier with Dataproc Metastore GA
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Dataproc Metastore. A fully managed, serverless technical metadata repository based on the Apache Hive metastore. Enterprises building and migrating open source data lakes to Google Cloud now have a central and persistent metastore for their open source data analytics frameworks. A completely serverless, no hassle […]
GCP – This bears repeating: Introducing the Echo subsea cable
It’s an old story, but one that bears repeating: Google works hard to build infrastructure that connects people, geographies, and businesses. Today, we’re announcing Google’s investment in Echo, a new subsea cable from the United States to Asia. Echo will run from Eureka, California to Singapore, with a stop-over in Guam, with plans to also […]