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AWS – Amazon SQS Now Supports New Console Experience
Amazon SQS now supports a new console which simplifies development and production workflows by creating a new user experience. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon SQS now provides results for the “List Queues” and “List Dead Letter Source Queues” requests in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon SQS makes it easier to manage lists of queues by allowing callers to iterate through the results of ListQueues and ListDeadLetterSourceQueues APIs using a multi-page format. You can check the status of your request and receive the results in multiple pages by setting the MaxResults parameter to a value between 1 and 1000. You […]
AWS – AWS Global Accelerator launches One-Click Acceleration for Application Load Balancers
Today, AWS Global Accelerator announces the ability to easily obtain a fixed entry point for an Application Load Balancer and improve the performance for your user traffic by as much as 60%, with just a single click in the AWS Management Console. When you create a load balancer in the console, you can select a […]
AWS – Announcing Amazon CloudWatch metrics for Amazon EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations
Starting today, you can now monitor Capacity Reservations usage metrics via Amazon CloudWatch metrics. With these new metrics, you can efficiently monitor your Capacity Reservations and identify unused capacity by setting CloudWatch alarms to notify you when usage thresholds are met. You no longer need to manually monitor your Capacity Reservation usage. Read More […]
AWS – Amazon Connect adds call recording APIs
Amazon Connect now provides four new APIs that enable you to start, stop, pause, and resume call recording. Using the new APIs, you can control recording with a button from your custom agent user interface, build integrations to set recording behavior based on telephony attributes (e.g., area code), or pause and resume recording based on […]
AWS – Systems Manager Automation now supports higher concurrency limits for execution
AWS Systems Manager Automation now supports higher concurrency limits when running automation executions, helping IT operators automate operational tasks at a larger scale. You can now run up to 100 concurrent automations per account – including child automations (automations that are started by another automation execution). If you attempt to run more automations, the additional […]
GCP – Your Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir cheat sheet
I’ve attended every major Google Cloud event since I joined the company in 2014. These in-person events always featured extensive signage as well as visible staff members directing attendees and answering their questions. For obvious reasons, this year’s Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir event is online so guidance is limited to website navigation. If you […]
Azure – Azure VM Image Builder is now generally available
Streamline your image building pipeline and integrate your DevOps application lifecycle with cloud native tools using VM Image Builder. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS IoT Device Tester v3.1.0 for FreeRTOS is now available
AWS IoT Device Tester for FreeRTOS now supports FreeRTOS 202007.00. AWS IoT Device Tester v3.1.0 for FreeRTOS includes new qualification tests for the over-the-air update (OTA) test group. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Managed Services (AMS) Now Offers Context-based Proactive Incident Notification Service
AWS Managed Services (AMS) is pleased to announce a new context-based proactive incident notification service. Now incident notifications for critical CloudWatch alarms based on incident context are proactively delivered to you faster. Read More for the details.