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GCP – Insights on Cyber Threats Targeting Users and Enterprises in Mexico
Written by: Aurora Blum, Kelli Vanderlee Like many countries across the globe, Mexico faces a cyber threat landscape made up of a complex interplay of global and local threats, with threat actors carrying out attempted intrusions into critical sectors of Mexican society. Mexico also faces threats posed by the worldwide increase in multifaceted extortion, as […]
GCP – Introducing backup vaults for cyber resilience and simplified Compute Engine backups
Backing up your data has never been more critical. Faced with the unfortunate rise in ransomware attacks, many customers are choosing to add additional protection to make sure their data stays secure. Consequently, there is an increasing emphasis on security and simplicity. On the security front, the prevalence of cyber attacks, whether via ransomware or […]
AWS – AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds support for IPv6 inbound traffic to service endpoints
AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports dual-stack public service endpoints and dual-stack VPC endpoints, including VPC endpoints integrated with AWS PrivateLink. This capability allows you to configure your Elastic Beanstalk VPC endpoints to accept dual-stack incoming traffic (via IPv6 and IPV4). You can also send requests to the Elastic Beanstalk service using the AWS CLI or […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora now supports R7g Graviton3-based instance family in 15 additional regions
AWS Graviton3-based R7g database instances are now generally available for Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility and Amazon Aurora with MySQL compatibility in 15 additional regions, including US West (N. California), Canada (Central), South America (Sao Paulo), Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (London), Europe (Milan), Europe (Spain), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Seoul), […]
AWS – Secondary sensor support for AWS IoT SiteWise Edge through CloudRail
Today, we’re announcing the general availability of secondary sensor support for AWS IoT SiteWise. Through an integration with AWS Partner CloudRail, customers can now ingest data from over 12,000 sensors from vendors like ifm, SICK, Turck, and Pepperl+Fuchs using either IO-Link or Modbus TCP/IP protocols. Secondary sensors enable data collection from isolated brownfield equipment and […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 P5e instances are generally available via EC2 Capacity Blocks
Today, AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) P5e instances, powered by the latest NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPUs. Available via EC2 Capacity Blocks, these instances deliver the highest performance in Amazon EC2 for deep learning and generative AI inference. You can use Amazon EC2 P5e instances for training and […]
AWS – AWS IoT SiteWise Edge adds support for 100+ protocols through Litmus Edge
Today, we’re announcing the general availability of expanded industrial protocol support for AWS IoT SiteWise. Through a new integration with AWS Partner Litmus, customers can now ingest data from 100+ additional industrial protocols including proprietary protocols from companies like Allen-Bradley, Beckhoff, Emerson, Fanuc, Mitsubishi, Omron, and Yaskawa along with many others. Previously, ingesting data from […]
AWS – Amazon IVS Real-Time Streaming now supports RTMP ingest
Starting today, you can use RTMP (Real-Time Messaging Protocol) and the encrypted version, RTMPS, to broadcast to your Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) stages. This new protocol complements the currently supported WHIP (WebRTC-HTTP Ingestion Protocol). RTMP ingest enhances compatibility with a wide range of software and hardware encoders for increased flexibility in your broadcasting. […]
AWS – AWS Resource Access Manager now supports AWS PrivateLink
AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM) now supports AWS PrivateLink, allowing you to create and manage your resource shares from within your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) without traversing the public internet. AWS RAM helps you securely share your resources across your organization, with specific organizational units (OUs), or with individual AWS accounts. You can […]
AWS – AWS Elemental MediaConnect adds support for input thumbnail images
You can now monitor your sources and get instant visual feedback for AWS Elemental MediaConnect flows with thumbnail images via the AWS Management Console or API. Thumbnails are also available in the Workflow Monitor tool. Input thumbnails provide a visual representation of your live content. Rather than relying solely on metadata or metrics, you can […]