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GCP – Flare-On 11 Challenge Solutions
Written by: Nick Harbour The eleventh Flare-On challenge is now over! This year proved to be a tough challenge for the over 5,300 players, with only 275 completing all 10 stages. We had a blast making this contest and are happy to see it continue to be a world-wide phenomenon. Those that finished all stages […]

AWS – AWS Firewall Manager is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
AWS Firewall Manager is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) region, enabling customers to create policies to manage their VPC Security Groups, VPC network access control lists (NACLs), and AWS WAF protections for applications running in this region. Support for other policy types will be available in the coming months. Firewall Manager is […]

AWS – Amazon SNS delivers to Amazon Data Firehose endpoints in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) now delivers to Amazon Data Firehose endpoints in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions. You can now use Amazon SNS to deliver notifications to Amazon Data Firehose (Firehose) endpoints for archiving and analysis. Through Firehose delivery streams, you can deliver events to AWS destinations such as […]

AWS – Amazon SNS delivers to Amazon Data Firehose endpoints in six new regions
Amazon Simple Notification Services (Amazon SNS) now delivers to Amazon Data Firehose endpoints in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Zurich), Europe (Spain), Middle East (UAE). You can now use Amazon SNS to deliver notifications to Amazon Data Firehose (Firehose) endpoints for archiving and analysis. Through Firehose delivery streams, you […]

AWS – Amazon QuickSight now supports Client Credentials OAuth for Snowflake through API/CLI
Today, Amazon QuickSight is announcing the general availability of Client Credentials flow based OAuth through API/CLI to connect to Snowflake data sources. This launch enables you to create Snowflake connections as part of your Infrastructure as Code (IaC) efforts with full support for AWS CloudFormation. This type of OAuth solution is used to obtain an […]

AWS – AWS IAM now supports PrivateLink in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Starting today, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) now supports AWS PrivateLink in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. With IAM, you can specify who or what can access services and resources in AWS by creating and managing resources such as IAM roles and policies. You can now establish a private connection between your virtual private […]

AWS – AWS CodePipeline open source starter templates for simplified getting started experience
Today, AWS CodePipeline open-sourced its starter templates library, which allows you to view the CloudFormation templates that power the different pipeline scenarios available in CodePipeline. The starter template library is a valuable resource if you are new to CodePipeline. With the starter templates, you can see the resources being provisioned, understand how different pipeline stages […]

AWS – Amazon DataZone now supports meaning-based Semantic search
Amazon DataZone now supports meaning-based Semantic search in its business data catalog, enhancing how data users search and discover assets. With this new capability, users can search by concept and related terms, in addition to the existing keyword-based search. Amazon DataZone is a data management service for customers to catalog, discover, share, and govern data […]

AWS – Amazon QuickSight now supports Client Credentials OAuth for Starburst through API/CLI
Today, Amazon QuickSight is announcing the general availability of Client Credentials flow based OAuth through API/CLI to connect to Starburst data sources. This launch enables you to create Starburst connections as part of your Infrastructure as Code (IaC) efforts with full support for AWS CloudFormation. This type of OAuth solution is used to obtain an […]
AWS – Amazon Location Service launches Enhanced Places, Routes, and Maps
Amazon Location Service now offers enhanced Places, Routes, and Maps functionality, enabling developers to add advanced location capabilities into their applications more easily. These improvements introduce new capabilities and a new streamlined developer experience to support location-based use cases across industries such as healthcare, transportation & logistics, and retail. The enhancements include powerful search functions […]