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AWS – Alexa for Business now available on Lifesize Icon meeting room systems
Alexa for Business is now available on Lifesize meeting rooms systems. Lifesize meeting room systems with Alexa built-in enables Lifesize customers into a wide range of productivity-enhancing, voice-activated commands without requiring additional hardware. Users get a touch-free way to interact with Lifesize room systems and can save time by leveraging Alexa to check into rooms, […]
AWS – New Course Teaches APN Partners How to Co-Sell with AWS
We’re excited to offer our first foundational business course for new alliance teams and sales professionals at APN Technology Partner organizations. AWS Solutions Training for Partners: APN Technology Partners Co-Selling with AWS – Business will provide partners with a fundamental understanding of what it means to co-sell with AWS and how to be prepared to […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C5n, M5n, M5dn, R5n, and R5dn instances now available in additional regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 C5n instances are available in the AWS Europe (London) and South America (Sao Paulo) regions. In addition, Amazon EC2 M5n, M5dn, R5n, R5dn instances are available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. Read More for the details.
GCP – Gannett uses Google’s serverless platform to reach next generation of readers
Editor’s note: Today we hear from Gannett, the largest local news organization in the U.S., with more than 260 publications. With a mission to make meaningful connections within its communities, Gannett recently developed a highly personalized, mobile news application based on a full-stack serverless framework from Google Cloud. Read on to learn how they did […]
GCP – 3 strategies to ensure business continuity using Anthos
Whether your organization is scaling up to meet a sudden surge in demand or scaling down to manage costs, business continuity has never been more important. And in a climate where IT needs are rapidly changing, driven by evolving customer demands, business continuity means so much more than having the right a backup and disaster […]
GCP – Introducing table-level access controls in BigQuery
We’re announcing a key capability to help organizations govern their data in Google Cloud. Our new BigQuery table-level access controls (table ACLs) are an important step that enables you to control your data and share it at an even finer granularity. Table ACLs also bring closer compatibility with other data warehouse systems where the base […]
AWS – Amazon ECS Cluster Auto Scaling now available in seven additional regions
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) cluster auto scaling is now available in seven additional regions: Europe (Paris), Europe (Stockholm), Middle East (Bahrain), South America (São Paulo), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), China (Beijing), operated by Sinnet, and China (Ningxia), operated by NWCD. Read More for the details.
AWS – Secure AWS Elemental MediaPackage VOD Endpoints using CDN Authorization
You can now restrict direct access to AWS Elemental MediaPackage by securing requests for VOD content using CDN authorization. With CDN authorization, content requests require a specific HTTP origin header and authorization code. MediaPackage verifies this code before it serves any content. For instructions on how to configure CDN authorization for live endpoints, please refer […]
AWS – Amazon Connect adds filtering by channel to the ‘Get queue metrics’ block
You can now filter queue metrics by channel within contact flows for a single queue. With the launch of chat, queue metrics blended both voice and chat contacts. Now you can filter queue metrics by contact type when configuring the ‘Get queue metrics’ block. For example, based on the number of contacts in a blended […]
Azure – Azure DevOps Services now simplifies Azure Artifacts integration with other services
The latest update to Azure DevOps Services includes new features for Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, and Azure Pipelines. Of particular note is a new Azure Artifacts feature that makes it easier to authenticate Azure Artifacts with other popular package managers. Read More for the details.