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AWS – Amazon CloudFront announces security recommendations
You can now better protect your CloudFront distributions with AWS WAF security recommendations in the CloudFront console. CloudFront conveniently displays additional security rules for your distributions based on elements of your CloudFront configuration including path patterns or your origin type. Simply select the rules you’d like to enable and CloudFront automatically adds those rules to […]

AWS – Amazon MSK now supports fully managed data delivery to Amazon S3 using Kinesis Data Firehose
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose now integrates with Amazon MSK to offer a fully managed solution that simplifies the processing and delivery of streaming data from Amazon MSK Apache Kafka clusters into data lakes stored on Amazon S3. With just a few clicks, Amazon MSK customers can continuously load data from their desired Apache Kafka clusters […]

Azure – Public preview: AKS support for Kubernetes version 1.28
Take advantage of the latest features in Kubernetes version 1.28 with AKS. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EC2 Instance Connect now available in additional AWS Regions
Starting today, EC2 Instance Connect is also available in Middle East (Bahrain), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Africa (Cape Town), Middle East (UAE), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Europe (Milan), Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), Asia Pacific (Melbourne) regions. Amazon EC2 Instance Connect is a simple and secure way to connect to your […]

AWS – AWS Telco Network Builder is now available in 5 new AWS Regions
Today, we are announcing that AWS Telco Network Builder is now available in 5 new regions across Asia, America and Europe. AWS Telco Network Builder is now generally available in 5 additional regions: Asia Pacific (Seoul), Canada (Central), Europe (Spain), Europe (Stockholm), and South America (Sao Paulo). Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter identifies the most issue-prone resources
Starting today, OpsCenter, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, offers a new insight which automatically identifies resources with the most open operational issues (OpsItems). This insight helps cut through event noise, so that customers can focus their efforts on fixing their most issue-prone resources. Read More for the details.

Azure – GA: Node OS patching – NodeImage feature in AKS
You can have a flexible and customized strategy for node-level OS security updates. Read More for the details.

Azure – GA: Dedicated table support for AKS diagnostics logs
It is now easier and faster to query your logs. Read More for the details.

Azure – GA: AKS image cleaner
You can now automate the removal of all the unused, vulnerable images from your AKS nodes. Read More for the details.
Azure – GA: Support for Python 3.11 in Azure Functions
Develop Python 3.11 apps locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans. Read More for the details.