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AWS – Amazon EventBridge event delivery latency metric now in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
The Amazon EventBridge Event Bus end-to-end event delivery latency metric in Amazon CloudWatch that tracks the duration between event ingestion and successful delivery to the targets on your Event Bus is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions. This new IngestionToInvocationSuccessLatency allows you to now detect and respond to event […]

AWS – AWS Control Tower launches configurable managed controls implemented using resource control policies
Today we are excited to announce the launch of AWS managed controls implemented using resource control policies (RCPs) in AWS Control Tower. These new optional preventive controls help you centrally apply organization-wide access controls around AWS resources in your organization. Additionally, you can now configure the new RCP and existing service control policies (SCP) preventive […]

AWS – AWS Partner CRM Connector Adds Partner Central API Support
Starting today, the AWS Partner CRM Connector further simplifies co-sell actions between Salesforce and AWS Partner Central through APN Customer Engagement (ACE) integration. Partners can now share and receive AWS opportunities faster through the Partner Central API, use multi-object mapping to simplify related field mapping and reduce redundant data between Salesforce and ACE Pipeline Manager, and receive […]

AWS – Split cost allocation data for Amazon EKS now supports metrics from Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights
Starting today, you can use CPU and memory metrics collected by Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights for your Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) clusters in split cost allocation data for Amazon EKS, so you can get granular Kubernetes pod-level costs and make it available in AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR). This provides more granular cost […]

AWS – Centrally manage root access in AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Today, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is launching a new capability allowing customers to centrally manage their root credentials, simplify auditing of credentials, and perform tightly scoped privileged tasks across their AWS member accounts managed using AWS Organizations. Now, administrators can remove unnecessary root credentials for member accounts in AWS Organizations and then, if […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker now provides new set up experience for Amazon DataZone projects
Amazon SageMaker now provides a new set up experience for Amazon DataZone projects, making it easier for customers to govern access to data and machine learning (ML) assets. With this capability, administrators can now set up Amazon DataZone projects by importing their existing authorized users, security configurations, and policies from Amazon SageMaker domains. Today, Amazon […]

GCP – How cloud and AI are bringing scale to corporate climate mitigation and adaptation
Climate change is the biggest challenge our society faces. As scientists, governments, and industry leaders gather in Baku, Azerbaijan for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, a.k.a. COP29, it’s incumbent upon all of us to find innovative solutions that can drive impact at a global scale. The gravity of climate change requires solutions that […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 G6 instances now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Starting today, the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) G6 instances powered by NVIDIA L4 GPUs are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. G6 instances can be used for a wide range of graphics-intensive and machine learning use cases. Customers can use G6 instances for deploying ML models for natural language processing, language […]

AWS – AWS Backup now supports resource type and multiple tag selections in backup policies
Today, AWS Backup announces additional options to assign resources to a backup policy on AWS Organizations. Customers can now select specific resources by resource type and exclude them based on resource type or tag. They can also use the combination of multiple tags within the same resource selection. With additional options to select resources, customers […]
GCP – Dataproc Serverless: Now faster, easier and smarter
We are thrilled to announce new capabilities that make running Dataproc Serverless even faster, easier, and more intelligent. Elevate your Spark experience with: Native query execution: Experience significant performance gains with the new Native query execution in the Premium tier. Seamless monitoring with Spark UI: Track job progress in real time with a built-in Spark […]