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AWS – Amazon CloudFront announces Cache Key and Origin Request Policies
Amazon CloudFront now provides enhanced granular control to configure headers, query strings, and cookies that can be used to compute the cache key or forwarded to your origin from your CloudFront distributions. Further, you can configure the cache key and origin request settings independently as account-level policies that can be easily applied across multiple distributions. […]

AWS – AWS App Mesh achieves HIPAA eligibility
AWS App Mesh is now a U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) eligible service. Customers can now use AWS App Mesh to manage communication between services that contains protected health information (PHI). To learn more, visit our site on services compliance or see our compliance resources. Read More for the […]

AWS – Announcing the CIS Benchmark for Amazon EKS
The new CIS Benchmark for Amazon EKS helps you accurately assess the secure configuration of nodes running as part of your Amazon EKS clusters. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon AppFlow now supports private data transfers between AWS and Salesforce
Amazon AppFlow, a fully managed integration service that enables customers securely transfer data between AWS services and cloud applications, now supports private data transfers between AWS and Salesforce leveraging AWS PrivateLink. Customers can use AppFlow’s private data transfer option to ensure that data does not get exposed to the public internet during transfers between AWS […]

AWS – AWS Control Tower console update adds more visibility into OUs and accounts
You can now search, sort, and filter across all tables and view more detail on your AWS accounts and organizational units (OUs) within the AWS Control Tower console. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Secrets Manager has been IRAP assessed and accepted for PROTECTED level
AWS Secrets Manager has been Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessed and accepted at the PROTECTED level. Now, you can use AWS Secrets Manager to store secrets that are required to meet the Information Security Manual (ISM) control objectives. This support for IRAP is in addition to compliance with U.S. Health Insurance Portability and […]

GCP – Online shopping gets more personal with Recommendations AI
With the continuing shift to digital, especially in the retail industry, ensuring a highly personalized shopping experience for online customers is crucial for establishing customer loyalty. In particular, product recommendations are an effective way to personalize the customer experience as they help customers discover products that match their tastes and preferences. Google has spent years […]

GCP – Build a simpler, seamless workspace with the G Suite developer platform
When we think of an integrated and flexible workspace, it’s really about helping people work the way they want. There’s a wide range of applications beyond G Suite—Adobe, Box, DocuSign, Salesforce, and more—that improve productivity and drive newer ways of getting things done. Yet there’s an opportunity to bring these apps closer together and reduce […]
GCP – G Suite Essentials customers can use AppSheet at no charge through September
In April we introduced G Suite Essentials so teams can adopt popular apps like Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Meet, to collaborate, stay connected, and get more done, even while apart. To increase productivity, many teams and organizations need tools customized to their unique data and workflows. But getting access to the technical resources […]