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AWS – Amazon Athena is now available in Asia Pacific (Taipei)
We are excited to announce that Amazon Athena is now available in Asia Pacific (Taipei). Athena is a serverless, interactive query service that makes it simple to analyze petabytes of data using SQL, without requiring infrastructure setup or management. Athena is built on open-source Trino and Presto query engines, providing powerful and flexible interactive query […]
AWS – Amazon Connect can now include agent activities from third-party applications when evaluating agent performance
Amazon Connect can now integrate agent activities from third-party applications as Connect Tasks, which can be evaluated alongside work completed in Connect, providing managers with a unified application for quality management. You can programmatically ingest activities from third-party applications (such as application processing, social media posts, etc.) as completed Tasks within Connect, capturing details relevant […]
AWS – ARC zonal autoshift practice now supports on-demand runs and balanced capacity pre-checks
Zonal autoshift practice runs take place once a week to ensure your application is ready for a zonal shift. Now with on-demand practice runs, you can trigger a practice run anytime you want to and validate your application’s preparedness. When a practice run is started, a pre-check will be performed to ensure your application has […]
AWS – Amazon Simple Email Service is now available in three new AWS Regions
Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) is now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Middle East (UAE), and Europe (Zurich) Regions. Customers can now use these new Regions to leverage Amazon SES to send emails and, if needed, to help manage data sovereignty requirements. Amazon SES is a scalable, cost-effective, and flexible cloud-based email service […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: The global threats facing EU healthcare
Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for June 2025. Today, Thiébaut Meyer and Bhavana Bhinder from Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO discuss our work to help defend European healthcare against cyberattacks. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. If you’re reading this […]
GCP – Protecting the Core: Securing Protection Relays in Modern Substations
Written by: Seemant Bisht, Chris Sistrunk, Shishir Gupta, Anthony Candarini, Glen Chason, Camille Felx Leduc Introduction — Why Securing Protection Relays Matters More Than Ever Substations are critical nexus points in the power grid, transforming high-voltage electricity to ensure its safe and efficient delivery from power plants to millions of end-users. At the core of […]
GCP – Google Cloud Networking 101: Quick Reference Guide
In the world of Google, networking is the invisible backbone supporting everything from traditional applications to cutting-edge AI-driven workloads. If you’re a developer navigating this complex landscape, understanding the underlying network infrastructure is no longer optional—it’s essential. This guide cuts through the complexity, offering short, easy-to-digest explanations of core networking terms you need to know. […]
AWS – Amazon Q Developer Java upgrade transformation CLI is now generally available
We would like to announce the general availability of Amazon Q Developer Java upgrade transformation CLI (command line interface). Using the CLI, customers can invoke Q Developer’s transformation capabilities from the command line and perform Java upgrades at scale. The following capabilities are available: Java application upgrades from source versions 8, 11, 17, or 21 […]
AWS – Research and Engineering Studio on AWS Version 2025.06 now available
Today we announce Research and Engineering Studio (RES) on AWS Version 2025.06, which introduces significant improvements to instance bootstrapping, security configurations, and logging capabilities. This release streamlines the RES deployment process, enhances security controls for infrastructure hosts, adds Amazon CloudWatch logging for virtual desktop instances (VDI), and provides new customization options. RES 2025.06 features a […]
AWS – AWS HealthOmics announces automatic input parameter interpolation for Nextflow workflows
Today, AWS HealthOmics introduces automatic interpolation of input parameters for Nextflow private workflows, eliminating the need for manual parameter template creation. This enhancement intelligently identifies and extracts both required and optional input parameters directly from workflow definitions, along with their descriptions. AWS HealthOmics is a HIPAA-eligible service that helps healthcare and life sciences customers accelerate […]