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AWS – AWS Step Functions adds support for AWS X-Ray
AWS Step Functions now supports tracing end-to-end workflows with AWS X-Ray, giving you full visibility across state machine executions and making it easier to analyze and debug your distributed applications. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon AppFlow now supports new data formats for ingesting files into Amazon S3
Amazon AppFlow, a fully managed integration service that enables customers to securely transfer data between AWS services and software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, now offers customers the flexibility to choose json, comma-separated values (CSV), or parquet as the file format when transferring data from a source application to Amazon S3. This feature is supported for all source […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Dashboards now supports sharing
You can now share your Amazon CloudWatch Dashboards with users who do not have direct access to your AWS account. Amazon CloudWatch Dashboards enable you to create re-usable graphs of data from your AWS resources and custom metrics and logs, so that you can quickly monitor operational status and identify issues at a glance. With […]

Azure – Azure IoT Central new and updated features—August 2020
August updates include jobs improvements, a new file upload feature, a preview of the new data export feature, CLI updates, and documentation enhancements. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS ParallelCluster 2.9.0
AWS ParallelCluster is a fully supported and maintained open source cluster management tool that makes it easy for scientists, researchers, and IT administrators to deploy and manage High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters in the AWS cloud. HPC clusters are collections of tightly coupled compute, storage, and networking resources that enable customers to run large scale […]

AWS – AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports PartitionIndex, improving query performance on highly partitioned tables
AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports PartitionIndex on tables. As you continually add partitions to tables, the number of partitions can grow significantly over time causing query times to increase. With PartitionIndexes, you can reduce the overall data transfers and processing, and reduce query processing time. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS ParallelCluster 2.9.0 released in AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet and AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD
AWS ParallelCluster is a fully supported and maintained open source cluster management tool that makes it easy for scientists, researchers, and IT administrators to deploy and manage High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters in the AWS cloud. HPC clusters are collections of tightly coupled compute, storage, and networking resources that enable customers to run large scale […]

AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer Infosys Cloud Data Validation Solution
Infosys Cloud Data Validation Solution is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Infosys, an AWS Data & Analytics Competency Partner. Infosys Cloud Data Validation Solution automates the validation of data regularization and accuracy to strengthen your quality assurance processes by achieving complete data coverage during the testing phase and identifying […]

Azure – Azure Private Link Service is now generally available in China
Azure Private Link for customer owned services are now available in China Regions. Read More for the details.
Azure – IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now available in Azure Government
The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster. Read More for the details.