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AWS – Amazon MQ now supports RabbitMQ version 4.2
Amazon MQ now supports RabbitMQ version 4.2 which introduces native support for the AMQP 1.0 protocol, a new Raft based metadata store named Khepri, local shovels, and message priorities for quorum queues. RabbitMQ 4.2 also includes various bug fixes and performance improvements for throughput and memory management. A key highlight of RabbitMQ 4.2 is the […]
AWS – Amazon MSK Serverless expands availability to South America (São Paulo) region
You can now connect your Apache Kafka applications to Amazon MSK Serverless in the South America (São Paulo) AWS Regions. Amazon MSK is a fully managed service for Apache Kafka and Kafka Connect that makes it easier for you to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka as a data store. Amazon MSK Serverless […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 Mac instances now support Apple macOS Tahoe
Starting today, customers can run Apple macOS Tahoe (version 26) as Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) on Amazon EC2 Mac instances. Apple macOS Tahoe is the latest major macOS version, and introduces multiple new features and performance improvements over prior macOS versions including running Xcode version 26.0 or later (which includes the latest SDKs for iOS, […]
AWS – Amazon Braket introduces spending limits feature for quantum processing units
Amazon Braket now supports spending limits, enabling customers to set spending caps on quantum processing units (QPUs) to manage costs. With spending limits, customers can define maximum spending thresholds on a per-device basis, and Amazon Braket automatically validates each task submission doesn’t exceed the pre-configured limits. Tasks that would exceed remaining budgets are rejected before […]
AWS – AWS Glue supports additional SAP entities as zero-ETL integration sources
AWS Glue now supports full snapshot and incremental load ingestion for new SAP entities using zero-ETL integrations. This enhancement introduces full snapshot data ingestion for SAP entities that lack complete change data capture (CDC) functionality, while also providing incremental data loading capabilities for SAP entities that don’t support the Operational Data Provisioning (ODP) framework. These […]
GCP – Beyond the Watering Hole: APT24’s Pivot to Multi-Vector Attacks
Written by: Harsh Parashar, Tierra Duncan, Dan Perez Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is tracking a long-running and adaptive cyber espionage campaign by APT24, a People’s Republic of China (PRC)-nexus threat actor. Spanning three years, APT24 has been deploying BADAUDIO, a highly obfuscated first-stage downloader used to establish persistent access to victim networks. While earlier […]
GCP – A new Google Cloud region is coming to Türkiye as part of $2 billion investment
We are excited to announce plans to bring a new Google Cloud region to Türkiye, as part of Google’s 10-year, $2 billion investment in the country. The establishment of this world-class digital infrastructure, in collaboration with Turkcell, marks a significant multi-year investment to accelerate digital transformation in Türkiye and cloud innovation across the region. “The […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift Serverless now offers 4-RPU Minimum Capacity across more aws regions
Amazon Redshift now allows you to get started with Amazon Redshift Serverless with a lower data warehouse base capacity configuration of 4 Redshift Processing Units (RPUs) in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Mexico (Central), Israel (Tel Aviv), […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio adds EMR on EKS support with SSO capabilities
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio announces support for EMR on EKS as a compute resource for interactive Apache Spark sessions. This launch enables EMR on EKS capabilities such as large-scale distributed compute with automatic scaling, cost optimization, and containerized workload isolation directly within Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio. It allows customers to transition between interactive analysis and […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports long-running sessions with corporate identities
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports long-running sessions with corporate identities through AWS IAM Identity Center’s trusted identity propagation (TIP) capability. This feature enables data scientists, data engineers, and analytics professionals to achieve uninterrupted workflow continuity and improved productivity. Users can now initiate interactive notebooks from Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio and data processing sessions on […]