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AWS – Amazon EKS is now available in the AWS US West (N. California) Region
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is now available in the AWS US West (N. California) Region. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Pinpoint now supports up to 250 attributes per endpoint
On September 17, 2020, Amazon Pinpoint announced that customers can now store up to 250 attributes across users and endpoints, which is an increase from 40. Attributes are parts of a customer record stored within Amazon Pinpoint that can be used to execute channel marketing through email, push or SMS. Attributes are key pieces of […]
AWS – AWS IoT Greengrass introduces System Health Telemetry, adds new Stream Manager features, and support for Python 3.8
AWS IoT Greengrass 1.11 is now available. With this release, IoT Greengrass introduces multiple new features including System Health Telemetry, enhancements to Stream Manager, and support for Python 3.8. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon AppFlow now supports AWS CloudFormation
Amazon AppFlow now supports AWS CloudFormation for creating and configuring Amazon AppFlow resources such as Connector profile and Amazon AppFlow Flow along with the rest of your AWS infrastructure—in a secure, efficient, and repeatable way. Amazon AppFlow is a fully managed integration service that enables customers to securely transfer data between AWS services and software-as-a-service […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Agent is now Open Source and included with Amazon Linux 2
Amazon CloudWatch Agent is now Open Source and included with Amazon Linux 2 (AL2). AL2 users can install the CloudWatch Agent using the yum package manager. You can also access the CloudWatch Agent source code and contribute to its development in GitHub. Read More for the details.
AWS – Host Recovery for Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts is now available in the AWS South Africa (Cape Town) and AWS Europe (Milan) regions
Host Recovery automatically recovers instances in the event of unexpected failures (hardware failures, power or network outages etc.) on EC2 Dedicated Hosts making your instances more resilient. You can enable Host Recovery for your EC2 Dedicated Hosts using AWS Management Console, CLI or API. Additionally, the built-in integration of EC2 Dedicated Hosts with AWS License […]
Azure – Datadog integration with Azure: Public Preview
Datadog and Microsoft Azure have worked together to create an integrated Datadog SaaS solution. Built on Azure and available via the Azure Marketplace, this solution provides a seamless and first party like experience for Datadog’s cloud monitoring solution. Azure is the first cloud platform to offer this integrated experience with third-party solutions. Read More for […]
AWS – Host Recovery is now available in the AWS Cape town(CPT) and AWS Milan(MXP) regions
Host Recovery automatically recovers instances in the event of unexpected failures (hardware failures, power or network outages etc.) on EC2 Dedicated Hosts making your instances more resilient. You can enable Host Recovery for your EC2 Dedicated Hosts using AWS Management Console, CLI or API. Additionally, the built-in integration of EC2 Dedicated Hosts with AWS License […]
AWS – AWS Secrets Manager has been OSPAR assessed and approved
AWS Secrets Manager has been assessed for Outsourced Service Provider Audit Report (OSPAR). This assessment demonstrates that AWS Secrets Manager has a system of controls in place that meet the Association of Banks in Singapore’s (ABS) Guidelines on Control Objectives and Procedures for Outsourced Service Providers. Secrets Manager’s alignment with the ABS guidelines demonstrates to customers […]
GCP – gVisor: Protecting GKE and serverless users in the real world
Security is a top priority for Google Cloud, and we protect our customers through how we design our infrastructure, our services, and how we work. Googlers created some of the fundamental components of containers, like cgroups, and we were an early adopter of containers for our internal systems. We realized we needed a way to […]