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AWS – AWS Snowball Edge Compute Optimized is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region
AWS Snowball Edge Compute Optimized is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region. Snowball Edge Compute Optimized is a secure, rugged device that brings AWS computing and storage capabilities, such as Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, AWS IoT Greengrass, AWS Lambda functions, and AWS IAM to your edge environments for machine learning, data […]

AWS – AWS Snowball Edge Compute Optimized is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region
AWS Snowball Edge Compute Optimized and compute capabilities for the Storage Optimized device are now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region. Snowball Edge Compute Optimized is a secure, rugged device that brings AWS computing and storage capabilities, such as Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, AWS IoT Greengrass, AWS Lambda functions, and AWS […]

AWS – Amazon EC2/Spot Fleet now support modifying instance types and weights on the run
You now have an option to modify instance types and weights for a running EC2 Fleet or Spot Fleet (referred to further as fleet). You can replace an entire launch template configuration specifying new instance types, weights, and other parameters without deleting and re-creating a fleet. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Blob versioning is now general available
Azure storage strives to protect your business critial data from any accident or attack. We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Blob versioning. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing RxJava Support in Amplify Android
Today, we are announcing first-class support for RxJava as of Amplify Android 1.3.0. RxJava is a Java VM implementation of Reactive Extensions. RxJava is widely used by Android developers as a means to simplify asynchronous programming. Amplify Android is part of the open source Amplify Framework. Amplify makes it easy for developers to build Android […]

Azure – Azure Container Registry now available in Switzerland West region
Azure Container Registry is now generally available in the Switzerland West region, bringing the total number of Azure regions that it’s available in to 35. See the list of all regions where Azure Container Registry is available and where it’s coming next. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Container Registry now available in UAE Central region
Azure Container Registry is now generally available in the UAE Central region, bringing the total number of Azure regions that it’s available in to 36. See the list of all regions where Azure Container Registry is available and where it’s coming next. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing the General Availability of Bottlerocket, a new open source Linux-based operating system purpose-built to run containers
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the General Availability of Bottlerocket, a new open source Linux-based Operating System (OS) purpose-built to run containers. Bottlerocket includes only the software needed to run containers and comes with a transactional update mechanism. These properties enable customers to use container orchestrators to manage OS updates with minimal disruptions, enabling improved […]

Azure – Windows Virtual Desktop is now available in the Azure Government cloud (in preview)
Get started today with Windows Virtual Desktop in public preview in US Government regions. Deploy and scale Windows desktops and apps on Azure in minutes. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon AppStream 2.0 enables AWS Resource Groups Tag Editor
Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds support for AWS Resource Groups Tag Editor. AWS Resource Groups Tag Editor allows you to add, edit, or delete AWS tags from your image builders, fleets, and stacks along with your other AWS resources. AWS Resource Groups makes it easier to manage and automate tasks on large numbers of AWS resources […]