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AWS – Amazon ECS announces the Increase Service Quota limits
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) today increased the default service quotas for ECS tasks per service and services per cluster. You can now launch up to 2,000 tasks per ECS service and 2,000 services per ECS cluster up from 1,000 each. Read More for the details.

AWS – EC2 Image Builder can now produce and distribute encrypted AMIs
EC2 Image Builder is now integrated with AWS Key Management Service (KMS) and enables customers to build and distribute Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) that are encrypted with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) encryption. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Transit Gateway now supports more granular CloudWatch Metrics for improved network monitoring
Today we are announcing the availability of more granular CloudWatch metrics for improved network monitoring on the AWS Transit Gateway. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Web Services announced Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) support for MySQL and PostgreSQL databases on AWS Outposts
Amazon Web Services announced Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) support for MySQL and PostgreSQL databases on AWS Outposts. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Virtual WAN: Multiple capabilities and new partners now generally available
Today we are announcing the General Availability of multiple enhancements in Azure Virtual WAN, including hub-to-hub, custom routing and transit capabilities. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS for MariaDB Supports Minor Versions 10.3.23 and 10.4.13
Amazon RDS for MariaDB has been updated to support release 10.3.23 and release 10.4.13 of the MariaDB database. These releases include a number of bug fixes as well as functionality improvements. Read More for the details.

GCP – Including everyone at Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir
This year, amidst the ongoing global pandemic, we are reimagining our Google Cloud Next ‘20 event to connect our cloud community digitally. We’re continuing to make our physical events diverse and inclusive, and are infusing these values to our digital events too—critically important to ensuring everyone feels welcome and included as we build together. Our […]

AWS – AWS Direct Connect supports AWS Transit Gateway in AWS Africa (Cape Town) and AWS Europe (Milan) Regions
AWS Direct Connect support for AWS Transit Gateway is now available in AWS Africa (Cape Town) and AWS Europe (Milan) Regions. With this feature, customers can connect thousands of Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) in multiple AWS Regions to their on-premises networks using 1/2/5/10 Gbps AWS Direct Connect connections. Read More for the […]

AWS – Amazon RDS Performance Insights supports query plan capture on Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL Compatibility, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS for MySQL, and Amazon RDS for MariaDB
Amazon RDS Performance Insights supports collection and tracking of query plans on Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS for MySQL, and Amazon RDS for MariaDB so you can easily identify if a change in the query plan is the cause of a long-running or stuck query. Read More for the […]
AWS – AWS Resource Access Manager is Now Available in the Africa (Cape Town) Region
You can now use AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) in the Africa (Cape Town) Region. Read More for the details.