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AWS – AWS HealthOmics now supports dynamic run storage for private workflows
We are excited to announce AWS HealthOmics private workflows now support file systems that dynamically scale with your workflow. AWS HealthOmics is a fully managed service that empowers healthcare and life science organizations to store, query, analyze omics data to generate insights to improve health and drive scientific discoveries. With this release, customers can now […]
Azure – Azure Spring Apps Feature Update Q1 2024: Save up to 47% with Azure savings plan
Announcing the exciting feature updates for Azure Spring Apps in Q1 2024. Save up to 47% with Azure Savings plan. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Security Hub announces the AWS Resource Tagging Standard
Today, AWS Security Hub announces the release of the AWS Resource Tagging standard. The standard contains 85 new controls which can be used to identify if any of your AWS Resources are missing tag keys required by your organization. With the release of this standard, Security Hub now offers 386 security controls that automatically check […]
Azure – Public Preview: Azure HDInsight on AKS is now available for preview in 7 new regions
Azure HDInsight on AKS is now available for preview in seven new regions – East US 2 EUAP, West US, Japan East, Australia East, Canada Central, North Europe, Brazil South. Azure HDInsight on AKS is a modern, reliable, secure, and fully managed Platform as a Service (PaaS) that runs on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). HDInsight […]
Azure – General availability: Mexico Central region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now generally available in Mexico Central. Azure HDInsight is a managed, full-spectrum, open-source analytics service in the cloud for enterprises. You can use open-source frameworks such as Hadoop, Apache Spark, Apache Hive, LLAP, Apache Kafka, and more. For more information about HDInsight, see the Azure HDInsight documentation. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing Timestream Compute Unit (TCU) for Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics
Today, Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics announces Timestream Compute Unit (TCU), serverless compute capacity, for customers to predict and control query costs. With TCUs, you are charged for the duration of compute units (TCU) used by your queries, and there are no minimum bytes metered for queries. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EventBridge Pipes now supports event delivery through AWS PrivateLink
Amazon EventBridge Pipes now supports event delivery through AWS PrivateLink, allowing you to send events from an event source located in an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to a Pipes target without traversing the public internet. With today’s launch, you can use Pipes to poll from Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK), self-managed Kafka, and […]
AWS – AWS Config simplifies usage analysis with Amazon CloudWatch metrics
Starting today, the Amazon CloudWatch metrics for monitoring AWS Config data usage will display only billable usage. With this enhancement, non-billable usage will no longer be displayed in both the Amazon CloudWatch Config metrics and AWS Config console. This allows you to validate AWS Config setup and usage using Amazon CloudWatch metrics and correlate billable […]
Azure – Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports Resource tags
Azure Chaos Studio is now supporting resource tags. Read More for the details.
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: Tour the new Security Command Center Enterprise
Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for April 2024. In this update, my colleague Sunil Potti gives a leaders’ tour of Security Command Center Enterprise — and how it can help security teams better manage risk across their growing cloud deployments. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted […]