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AWS – AWS Transfer Family now supports changing identity provider type on a server
AWS Transfer Family now enables you to change your server’s identity provider (IdP) type without service interruption. This enhancement gives you more control and flexibility over authentication management in your file transfer workflows, enabling you to adapt quickly to changing business requirements. AWS Transfer Family provides fully managed file transfers over SFTP, FTP, FTPS, AS2, […]
AWS – New Amazon CloudWatch metrics to monitor EC2 instances exceeding I/O performance
Today, Amazon announced two new Amazon CloudWatch metrics that provide insight into when your application exceeds the I/O performance limits for your EC2 instance with attached EBS volumes. These two metrics, Instance EBS IOPS Exceeded Check and Instance EBS Throughput Exceeded Check, monitor if the driven IOPS or throughput is exceeding the maximum EBS IOPS […]
AWS – AWS Lambda increases maximum payload size from 256 KB to 1 MB for asynchronous invocations
AWS Lambda increases asynchronous invocations maximum payload size from 256 KB to 1 MB, allowing customers to ingest richer, complex payloads for their event-driven workloads without the need to split, compress, or externalize data. Customers invoke their Lambda functions asynchronously using either Lambda API directly, or by receiving push-based events from various AWS services like […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio supports Amazon Athena workgroups
Data engineers and data analysts using Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio can now connect to and run queries with pre-existing Amazon Athena workgroups. This feature enables data teams to run SQL queries in SageMaker Unified Studio with the default settings and properties from existing Athena workgroups. Since Athena workgroups are used to manage query access and […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now provides granular permissions for conversation recordings and transcripts
Amazon Connect now provides granular permissions to access conversation recordings and transcripts in the UI, giving administrators greater flexibility and security control. Contact center administrators can now separately configure access to recordings and transcripts, allowing users to listen to calls while preventing unauthorized copying of transcripts. The system also provides flexible download controls, enabling users […]
AWS – Amazon Connect outbound campaigns supports preview dialing for greater agent control
Amazon Connect outbound campaigns now offers a preview dialing mode that gives agents more context about a customer before placing a call. Agents can see key customer information—such as name, account balance, and prior interactions—and choose the right moment to call. Campaign managers can tailor preview settings and monitor performance through new dashboards that bring […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora DSQL is now available in Europe (Frankfurt)
Starting today, Amazon Aurora DSQL is now available in Europe (Frankfurt). Aurora DSQL is the fastest serverless, distributed SQL database with active-active high availability and multi-Region strong consistency. Aurora DSQL enables you to build always available applications with virtually unlimited scalability, the highest availability, and zero infrastructure management. It is designed to make scaling and […]
AWS – AWS Outposts 2U server is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Outposts 2U server is now supported in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions. Outposts 2U server is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to on-premises or edge locations with limited space or smaller capacity requirements for a truly consistent hybrid experience. It is delivered […]
GCP – A practical guide to Google Cloud’s Parameter Manager
Every development team wants to build robust, secure, and scalable cloud applications, and that often means navigating complexity — especially when it comes to configuration management. Relying on hard-coded configurations and keys is a common practice that can expose sensitive security details. To move faster and stay secure, developers should use a centralized, secure service […]
GCP – Reimagine global network connectivity with Cross-Site Interconnect, now GA
For modern enterprises, network connectivity is the lifeblood of the AI era. But today’s technology landscape has challenges that are pushing traditional networking models to their limits: Aggressive cloud migrations and investments in colocation spaces: Organizations are grappling with complex, high-capital expenditure requirements to interconnect global environments from multiple vendors. Shifting network capacity demands: The […]