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AWS – Introducing AWS SaaS Boost
Today we are excited to announce the preview release of AWS SaaS Boost. AWS SaaS Boost is an open source ready-to-use reference environment that enables Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to accelerate the move to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). From small specialized software businesses to large global solution providers, AWS SaaS Boost helps ISVs rapidly migrate applications to […]

AWS – AWS ISV Accelerate, a co-sell program for AWS Partners
The AWS ISV Accelerate Program is available to AWS Partners who provide software solutions that run on or are integrated with AWS. The program helps AWS Partners by connecting the Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) with the AWS sales organization, providing increased visibility and cash incentives to the AWS field. Read More for the details.

AWS – Customers can now use AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry to define and describe their AWS applications
AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry provides a place to collect your AWS CloudFormation stacks and associate your customer-defined attribute groups (metadata) that describe your AWS applications. Customers can automate updates of stack and metadata changes by calling AppRegistry from within their CI/CD processes. IT and business stakeholders have up-to-date information on their applications, such as organizational […]

AWS – AWS Foundational Technical Review Lens now available in the AWS Well-Architected Tool
AWS Partner Network (APN) Partners are now able to prepare for the APN Foundational Technical Review (FTR) by applying the new AWS Well-Architected Tool FTR Lens to workloads when you conduct a Well-Architected Framework Review in the AWS Well-Architected Tool. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Marketplace Announces APIs for Private Marketplace
Today, AWS Marketplace announced that buyers can now programmatically manage their Private Marketplace through a set of publicly available APIs. With Private Marketplace, customers can curate a catalog of approved third-party software available in AWS Marketplace. This enables their organization to easily purchase software from AWS Marketplace knowing that it complies with their internal policies. […]

GCP – Online shopping gets a boost from Cloud SQL
Editor’s note: With the events of 2020 driving an enormous shift to online shopping, martech provider Bluecore was in prime position. One of our Google Cloud Tech Partners for the Year in Retail, Bluecore offers a marketing platform to over 400 retail brands that combines data and predictive intelligence for targeted campaigns. Here, we look […]

Azure – Azure Sphere OS version 20.12 is now available for evaluation
The 20.12 release includes enhancements and bug fixes in the Azure Sphere OS. It does not include an updated SDK. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing Three New Digital Courses for AWS Snowcone
We are excited to introduce three free digital courses to help you learn how to order, configure, deploy, manage, and return AWS Snowcone edge computing and storage devices. Designed for storage engineers, cloud architects, and migration engineers, these introductory and intermediate courses include reading modules, video demonstrations, and quizzes. The time required to complete each […]

AWS – AWS Managed Services (AMS) supports AWS Outposts
AWS Managed Services (AMS) can now operate AWS workloads hosted on AWS Outposts in your datacenter, co-location space, or on-premises environment. You can accelerate your migration to the cloud with AMS managed IT services for AWS Outposts hosted resources, including incident, problem, patch, and security management. AMS takes responsibility for managing AWS Outposts and resources […]
GCP – Launching code you didn’t write: Shipping Next 2020 demos at scale
Our biggest conference of the year couldn’t happen in person. We’ve pushed everything online. That’s fine, we’re Google, we know how to do websites. And demos. And apps. We got this! Turns out there were some hiccups along the way. Settle down with your favorite beverage, I’d like to tell you a story. Back in […]