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AWS – AWS Systems Manager Explorer is now available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region, Operated by Sinnet, and in the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, Operated by NWCD
Today, AWS announces Systems Manager Explorer availability to customers in the AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and in the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. Read More for the details.

GCP – 15 Google Maps Platform Best Practices
Looking forward to 15 more years of collaboration, we’ve compiled 15 Google Maps Platform best practices to help you build your projects and businesses. 1. Secure your API keys Restricting your API keys helps ensure your usage of Google Maps Platform is secure. We recommend you apply restrictions to every key you generate when you […]

AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is now available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region, Operated by Sinnet and the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, Operated by NWCD
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is now available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet and the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. Read More for the details.

Azure – Ephemeral OS disks for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) now support additional VM sizes
You now have the ability to store ephemeral OS disks on the VM temp or resource disk in addition to the VM cache (in preview). Read More for the details.

AWS – User management and other improvements added to Serverless Developer Portal
You can now manage users of the Amazon API Gateway Serverless Developer Portal directly from the portal’s admin interface. In addition, API consumers can quickly find APIs with improved search and more easily build APIs by exporting OpenAPI definitions for published APIs. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Fargate is now available in Europe (Milan) Region
AWS Fargate is now available in the Europe (Milan) Region. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels now supports single object training
Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels is an automated machine learning (ML) feature that enables customers to quickly train their own custom models for detecting business-specific objects and scenes from images – no ML experience is required. For example, customers train a custom model to find their company logos in social media posts, identify their products on […]

GCP – Coming to Google Meet: Customizable backgrounds, Nest integration, and more
Since making Google Meet premium video meetings free and available to everyone, we’ve continued to accelerate the development of new features for the growing number of individuals, teams, and organizations that rely on Meet to stay connected. Let’s take a look at some of the new features that have launched this month as well as […]

AWS – Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager now available in the Europe (Milan) and Africa (Cape Town) Regions
Starting today, Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) for EBS Snapshots is available in the Europe (Milan) and Africa (Cape Town) regions. DLM provides a simple, automated way to back up data stored on EBS volumes. With this feature, you no longer have to rely on custom scripts to create and manage your EBS volume backups. […]
AWS – AWS CodeBuild Now Supports Additional Shell Environments
AWS CodeBuild now supports the bash and CMD shell environments for executing commands and scripts. The bash shell is available for machines hosting versions of Amazon Linux or Ubuntu, and the CMD shell is available on machines hosting versions of Microsoft Windows Server. Read More for the details.