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AWS – Amazon FSx for Lustre Now Supports AWS Graviton2-based Instances
Amazon FSx for Lustre now enables you to use the world’s most popular high-performance file system from Amazon EC2 instances powered by Arm-based AWS Graviton2 processors. This capability makes it easier and even more cost-effective to run workloads where speed matters, such as machine learning, gaming, electronic design automation, high-performance computing, video processing, and financial […]

AWS – AWS Storage Gateway increases local cache storage by 4x for File Gateway
AWS Storage Gateway now supports a local cache of up to 64 TB for File Gateway, improving performance for your on-premises applications by providing you with low-latency access to larger working data sets. Now, you can easily scale your gateway’s local cache to manage more of your application data closer to your on-premises applications and […]

AWS – AWS Storage Gateway simplifies cache management for File Gateway
AWS Storage Gateway simplifies cache management for File Gateway by enabling you to create multiple file shares for a single Amazon S3 bucket and synchronize the gateway’s local cache with an Amazon S3 bucket based on frequency of directory access. These enhancements simplify the management of your gateway by providing flexibility when configuring new file […]

AWS – Amazon Forecast now supports generating predictions for 10X more items
Amazon Forecast is a fully managed service that uses machine learning (ML) to generate accurate forecasts without requiring any prior ML experience. Amazon Forecast can be used in a wide variety of use cases, including product demand forecasting, inventory planning, workforce planning and cloud infrastructure usage forecasting. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EMR now supports encrypting log files with AWS Key Management Service (KMS) customer managed CMKs for more flexible security
Amazon EMR now supports AWS Key Management Service (KMS) customer managed CMKs to encrypt log files that are stored in Amazon S3. When logging and debugging is enabled on an EMR cluster, Amazon EMR will automatically upload log files to Amazon S3. Now Amazon EMR lets you specify customer managed CMKs when the EMR cluster […]

AWS – Amplify CLI adds support for Lambda layers to easily share code & assets across Lambda functions
With this release, Amplify CLI makes it easy to use Lambda layers to share code & assets across various Lambda functions. Amplify CLI provides a guided creation, update, and deployment process for Lambda layers designed for Node.js, and Python runtimes. Read More for the details.

AWS – Quickly identify public access to resources using the IAM Access Analyzer console
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Access Analyzer console now flags resources that allow public access to help you quickly identify and remediate unintended public access. The console now displays a warning message when you have findings for resources with public access and labels the findings “Public”. You can now also use filters to quickly […]

Azure – Upcoming changes to JSON flattening and storage for new Azure Time Series Insights deployments
Azure Time Series Insights is making changes to JSON telemetry data flattening and storage. These changes will go into effect 10 July 2020 for new deployments only. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Connect now supports Kevin, Polly’s latest text to speech voice
Amazon Connect enables customers to use Amazon Polly’s latest US-English neural voice, Kevin. Built on Amazon Polly’s neural text-to-speech technology, this new voice delivers groundbreaking improvements in speech quality, making automated conversations sound more lifelike by improving the pitch, inflection, intonation, and tempo. Read More for the details.
GCP – Enhancing multi-cloud data governance on Google Cloud
Data governance is an essential part of managing your cloud infrastructure, particularly if you’re taking advantage of multiple cloud providers. In many industries, you need to show where data has been stored, and how it’s been used, to meet regulations. In addition, using access controls and other data governance tools helps ensure that only those […]