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AWS – Amazon QuickSight now supports Direct Query for Google BigQuery connector
Today, Amazon QuickSight is announcing the general availability of Direct Query feature for its Google BigQuery data source. This launch is an extension of the feature here wherein QuickSight launched BigQuery connector support through SPICE (Super-fast, Parallel, In-memory Calculation Engine). Direct Query mode allows customers to perform near real-time querying of their BigQuery data. The […]
AWS – Amazon Connect launches AWS CloudFormation support for agent status
Amazon Connect now supports AWS CloudFormation for agent status, in addition to other resources used to configure a contact center like routing profiles, queues, Amazon S3 buckets, and AWS Lambda. You can use CloudFormation templates to programmatically deploy Amazon Connect agent statuses in a secure, efficient, and repeatable way, allowing you to ensure consistent configurations. […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server Supports Minor Versions 2019 CU28, 2022 CU14
New minor versions of Microsoft SQL Server are now available on Amazon RDS for SQL Server, providing performance enhancements and security fixes. Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports these latest minor versions of SQL Server 2019 and 2022 across the Express, Web, Standard, and Enterprise editions. We encourage you to upgrade your Amazon RDS […]
AWS – Amazon Neptune Database is now available in Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Amazon Neptune Database is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region on engine versions 1.1.0.0 and later. You can now create Neptune clusters using R5, R5d, R6g, R6i, X2idn, T3, and T4 instance types in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. Amazon Neptune Database is a fast, reliable, and fully managed graph database […]
AWS – Amazon Neptune Database is now available in AWS Europe (Spain) Region
Amazon Neptune Database is now available in the AWS Europe (Spain) Region on engine versions 1.1.0.0 and later. You can now create Neptune clusters using R5, R5d, R6g, R6i, X2idn, T3, and T4 instance types in the AWS Europe (Spain) Region. Amazon Neptune Database is a fast, reliable, and fully managed graph database as a […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now supports cross-region inference
Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases announces support for cross-region inference, an optional feature that enables developers to seamlessly manage traffic bursts by utilizing compute across different AWS Regions. By using cross-region inference, Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base customers using RetrieveAndGenerate API will be able to get higher throughput limits and enhanced resilience during periods of peak demand. […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito user pools now offer email as a multi-factor authentication (MFA) option
Amazon Cognito has expanded multi-factor authentication (MFA) functionality to include email as an additional factor. You now have a choice of delivering one-time passwords (OTP) using email, in addition to the preexisting support for text messages (SMS) and time-based one-time passwords (TOTP). You can enable email MFA either as part of the sign in process […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift Serverless now supports higher base capacity of 1024 Redshift Processing Units
Amazon Redshift Serverless now allows you to set a higher data warehouse base capacity configuration up to 1024 Redshift Processing Units (RPUs). Amazon Redshift Serverless measures data warehouse capacity in RPUs, and you pay only for the duration of workloads run in RPU-hours on a per-second basis. Previously, the highest base capacity was 512 RPUs. […]
GCP – Want to save on GKE block storage costs? Hyperdisk Storage Pools can help
Whether you are administering traditional VMs, GKE clusters, or a combination of the two, it’s important to automate as many of your operational tasks as possible in the most cost-effective manner, and where possible, get rid of them altogether! Hyperdisk is a next-generation network attached block storage service, and Hyperdisk Storage Pools are a pre-purchased […]
GCP – How EA Sports protects their game servers with Cloud Armor
Electronic Arts (EA) is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, known for its cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies. So when EA Sports FC, a leading brand in the gaming industry, needed to choose a cloud provider to host its gaming infrastructure, they selected Google Cloud Armor to protect its game servers and […]