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AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server Now Supports High Availability in AWS US West (Northern California) Region
Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Multi-AZ support for Amazon RDS for SQL Server in the AWS US West (Northern California) Region. This new high availability option leverages the SQL Server Database Mirroring (DBM) or Always On Availability Groups (AGs) technology. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Connect decreases International telephony rates for customers in North America
Amazon Connect has reduced telephony costs for North America instances calling Canada by 63% and receiving calls from United Kingdom and Germany up to 60%. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Launch Wizard now supports SQL Server Always On deployments on Linux
With AWS Launch Wizard, you can now easily deploy SQL Server Always On availability groups on Ubuntu Server, making it easier for you to run SQL Server workloads on free Linux-based operating systems, without the need to buy Windows Server licenses. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing APN Navigate for Storage specialization track
Announcing availability of APN Navigate’s newest specialization track for all AWS Partners, APN Navigate for Storage. Build or further your organization’s specialization in AWS storage solutions, offering a complete range of services to store, access, govern, and analyze data to reduce costs, increase agility, and accelerate innovation. Read More for the details.

GCP – Google named a leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management
We’re excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google (Apigee) as a Leader in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management, marking the fifth time in a row we’ve earned this recognition. In this year’s report, Google (Apigee) is placed highest among all the vendors for the ability to execute. Download the […]

Azure – Azure Container Registry now available in several new regions
Azure Container Registry is now generally available in US Gov Texas, Germany West Central, and Brazil Southeast regions bringing the number of Azure regions that it’s available in to 38. Read More for the details.

GCP – Easily view your old queries with Cloud Logging recent queries
As you analyze your logs for application performance, infrastructure errors, system events, and more, sometimes you may need to look back to logs you were previously analyzing to help correlate events and identify the root cause of a problem. To help, we are excited to introduce Google Cloud Logging recent queries, to make it easy […]

AWS – AWS CodeBuild is now available in the Europe (Milan) Region
AWS CodeBuild is now available in the Europe (Milan) Region. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. With CodeBuild, you don’t need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers. CodeBuild scales continuously and processes multiple builds […]

AWS – Now it’s even easier to connect JetBrains IDEs to Amazon RDS or Redshift Databases
With the recent most release of the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains, customers can connect to Amazon RDS or Redshift with only a few clicks. Using the AWS Toolkits for JetBrains, you can use both IAM or credentials in Secrets Manager to connect to Amazon Redshift or RDS databases. You no longer need to have long-lived […]
AWS – Amazon ElastiCache is now available in the AWS Local Zones in Los Angeles (LA)
Amazon ElastiCache is now available in the Los Angeles AWS Local Zones. You can now run latency-sensitive ElastiCache workloads local to end-users and resources in Local Zones. Read More for the details.