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GCP – Announcing Google Cloud Next OnAir EMEA: 29 Sep – 27 Oct
As Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir comes to a close this week, we’re already looking ahead to what’s next. To support the unique needs of our customers in Europe, Middle East, and Africa, on 29 September we’re kicking off a brand-new Next OnAir event exclusively for EMEA.Google Cloud Next OnAir EMEA offers a full roster […]
GCP – New capabilities for Assured Workloads for Government
Earlier this year, we announced Assured Workloads for Government, a first-of-its kind service that allows Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers to quickly and easily create controlled environments where U.S. data location and personnel access controls are enforced in any of our U.S. cloud regions (private beta). Starting today, customers who require FedRAMP Moderate support will […]
Azure – Custom Translator—September new features, improvements and bug fixes
Review the Microsoft Custom Translator new features, improvements, bug fixes, and new/refreshed models for September 2020. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS IoT Device Defender now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region
AWS IoT Device Defender is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region, an isolated AWS Region designed to host sensitive data and regulated workloads in the cloud, assisting customers who have U.S. federal, state, and local government compliance requirements. Read More for the details.
AWS – Applications using Amazon SNS to send SMS text messages can now be hosted in US West (N. California)
Customers that use Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) can now send SMS text messages from the US West (N. California) region to mobile users. Using Amazon SNS, customers can send a message directly to a phone number, or can send a message to multiple phone numbers at once via Amazon SNS topics. Customers can […]
AWS – API Gateway HTTP APIs now supports Lambda and IAM authorization options
In addition to the previously supported OIDC/OAuth2 authorization option, customers can now secure Amazon API Gateway HTTP APIs using two new authorization options: Lambda authorizers and IAM authorizers. These new options enable customers to make flexible authorization decisions by providing an AWS Lambda function, or leveraging AWS IAM policies to control access to their APIs […]
AWS – Amazon MSK now offers version 2.4.1.1, fixing a perpetual rebalance bug in Apache Kafka 2.4.1
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now offers MSK version 2.4.1.1, a bug fix release of Apache Kafka version 2.4.1, addressing a critical bug (KAFKA-9752) that causes consumer groups to perpetually rebalance. MSK recommends that all customers who use or plan to use Apache Kafka version 2.4.1 instead use or upgrade their clusters […]
AWS – Systems Manager now supports on-demand patching with just two clicks
You can now initiate on-demand scanning for patch compliance in accordance with your patch rules, remediate when patches are out of compliance within seconds using AWS Systems Managers Patch Manager, and track the progress in real time. You can patch your instances using pre-defined concurrency and error threshold configurations offered by Patch Manager. This new […]
AWS – Service Catalog simplifies product discovery, provisioning, and search
AWS Service Catalog now supports the use of administrator-provided names for product discovery, provisioning, and searches on running products. With this new feature, administrators can define their taxonomy for product naming and versioning, and this taxonomy is accessible to builders and administrators for use within their code and scripts. Referencing by name helps builders innovate […]
Azure – Change feed support is now generally available for Azure Blob Storage
Change feed support for Microsoft Azure Blob storage is now generally available. Read More for the details.