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GCP – Bringing Modern Transport Security to Google Cloud with TLS 1.3
We spend a lot of time thinking about how to improve internet protocols at Google—both for our Google Cloud customers and for our own properties. From our work developing SPDY into HTTP/2 and QUIC into HTTP/3, we know that improving the protocols we use across the Internet is critical to improving user experience.Transport Layer Security, […]

AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Supports New Minor Versions 12.3, 11.8, 10.13, 9.6.18, and 9.5.22
Following the announcement of updates to the PostgreSQL database, we have updated Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL to support PostgreSQL minor versions 12.3, 11.8, 10.13, 9.6.18, and 9.5.22. This release contains bug fixes and improvements done by the PostgreSQL community. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure geo-zone-redundant storage is now generally available
Geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS) and read-access geo-zone-redundant storage (RA-GZRS) are now generally available, offering intra-regional and inter-regional high availability and disaster protection for your applications. Read More for the details.

Azure – Recommended code changes to accommodate updates to Azure Time Series Insights
Upcoming changes to numeric data storage and query behavior in Azure Time Series Insights Preview might affect your environment. Follow the recommended Type Variable and client-code updates to avoid a disruption in service. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Monitor for Containers support for Azure Arc is in preview
Azure Monitor for Containers is now extending monitoring support for Kubernetes clusters hosted on Azure Arc. This support is currently in preview. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Lex announces built-in search intent to enable Amazon Kendra integration
Amazon Lex now supports a built-in search intent making it easier to query an Amazon Kendra index. Previously, you had to write Lambda function code and configure it in Amazon Lex bot to extract information from Amazon Kendra. Starting today, you can add a search intent to your Amazon Lex bot to get the answers […]

AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle supports management of diagnostic data with Oracle Automatic Diagnostic Repository Command Interpreter (ADRCI) utility
Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports the management of diagnostic data with the Oracle Automatic Diagnostic Repository Command Interpreter (ADRCI) utility. If you have a support request, you can use the Amazon RDS package rdsadmin.rdsadmin_adrci_util to create the packages for specific incidents or problems to deliver them to Oracle Support. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Storage account failover is now generally available
Customer-initiated Storage account failover is now generally available, allowing you to determine when to initiate a failover instead of waiting for Microsoft to do so. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS DataSync can now transfer data to and from AWS Snowcone
AWS DataSync now supports transferring files to and from AWS Snowcone, the smallest member of the AWS Snow Family of edge computing and data transfer devices. Snowcone is portable, ruggedized, and secure – small and light enough to fit in a backpack, and able to withstand harsh environments. The DataSync agent comes pre-installed on the […]
AWS – AWS announces AWS Snowcone – a small, portable, rugged, and secure edge computing and data transfer device
AWS Snowcone is the smallest member of the AWS Snow Family of edge computing and data transfer devices. Snowcone is portable, rugged, and secure – small and light enough to fit in a backpack, and able to withstand harsh environments. Customers use Snowcone to deploy applications at the edge, and to collect data, process it […]