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AWS – Amazon SNS now supports additional usage metrics in Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) has introduced additional usage metrics in Amazon CloudWatch for the following service quotas: ‘Topics per Account’, ‘Filter Policies per Account’, and ‘Pending Subscriptions per Account’. Under the ‘AWS/Usage’ namespace, you can now view the ‘ApproximateNumberOfTopics’, ‘ApproximateNumberOfFilterPolicies’, and ‘ApproximateNumberOfPendingSubscriptions’ metrics to monitor your usage of these Amazon SNS resources. Moreover, […]

AWS – Amazon RDS Optimized Writes for MySQL and MariaDB now supports r5 database instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Optimized Writes now supports r5 database (DB) instances. With Amazon RDS Optimized Writes you can improve the write throughput for Amazon RDS for MySQL and MariaDB workloads by up to 2x at no additional cost. This is especially useful for write-intensive database workloads, commonly found in applications such as […]

AWS – AWS SimSpace Weaver SDK for Python now available
Today we’re excited to announce the release of the AWS SimSpace Weaver SDK for Python to make it easier for simulation developers building Python based simulation projects to integrate with SimSpace Weaver. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS SDK for SAP ABAP is now available in Amazon Web Services China Regions
The AWS SDK for SAP ABAP is now generally available in Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS AppSync provides an improved module and functions for JavaScript DynamoDB resolvers
AWS AppSync is a managed service that makes it easier to build scalable APIs that connect applications to data. With AppSync, API developers can write resolvers to define the business logic that connects their AppSync GraphQL and Pub/Sub APIs to data. Developers use AppSync to interact with data sources like Amazon DynamoDB tables by writing […]

AWS – AWS Step Functions streamlines the authoring experience in Workflow Studio
AWS Step Functions is introducing enhancements to Workflow Studio, a visual workflow designer in the AWS console, which includes a streamlined transition between the visual builder and code, making it faster and easier to build workflows. To get started quickly, you can also choose from a collection of starter projects for common use cases and […]

AWS – PostgreSQL 16 Release Candidate 1 is now available in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL 16 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the pre-release of PostgreSQL 16 on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. You can deploy PostgreSQL 16 RC1 in the Preview Environment and have the same benefits of a fully […]

AWS – Amazon QuickSight launches scaled shared folders for asset sharing at scale in a multi-tenant setup
Amazon QuickSight now supports scaled shared folders for multi-tenant setup that enables you to share QuickSight asset dashboards, analyses, datasets and datasources at scale with all your tenants at once. Prior to this launch, you could share a folder with up to hundred tenants at a time and had to create copies of folders and assets […]

GCP – Introducing Duet AI in Apigee API Management and Application Integration
For years, Google Cloud’s Apigee API Management has been helping customers around the globe build APIs for diverse use cases, environments, and scale. Now, with the help of generative AI, we are reimagining the way APIs and integrations are developed, making it easier for both seasoned and new developers to seamlessly manage communications within their […]
Azure – Public Preview: Azure Log Alerts support for Azure Resource Graph (ARG)
We are now introducing support for running queries also on Azure Resource Graph (ARG) tables, and even joining data between Azure Resource Graph (ARG) data sources from your Log Analytics workspace and Application Insights resources in a single query. Read More for the details.