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AWS – AWS Launch Wizard now adds programmatic deployments through APIs and Cloudformation templates
AWS Launch Wizard now enables customers to programmatically deploy workloads on AWS using Application Programming Interface (API) or CloudFormation templates while still leveraging built-in automation and best practice recommendations. With this launch, customers now have a choice to deploy third-party applications on AWS such as SQL Server – SingleNode, HA, or FCI, SAP, and all […]
AWS – Amazon RDS now supports M6gd and R6gd database instances in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports AWS Graviton2-based M6gd and R6gd database instances in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. With this regional expansion, M6gd instances are now available for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB in US East (Ohio, N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Hong […]
AWS – Amazon DataZone introduces fine-grained access control
Today, Amazon DataZone has introduced fine-grained access control, providing data owners granular control over their data at row and column levels. Customers use Amazon DataZone to catalog, discover, analyze, share, and govern data at scale across organizational boundaries with governance and access controls. Data owners can now restrict access to specific records of data, instead […]
AWS – AWS Lambda adds support for runtime management controls in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Lambda now supports runtime management controls in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The operational simplicity of automatic runtime updates is one of the features customers most like about Lambda. This release provides customers running critical production workloads with more visibility and control over when runtime updates are applied to their functions. For each runtime, […]
AWS – AWS Lambda introduces new controls to make it easier to search, filter, and aggregate Lambda function logs
AWS Lambda announces advanced logging controls that enable you to natively capture logs in JSON structured format, adjust log levels, and select the Amazon CloudWatch log group for your Lambda functions. You can now capture your Lambda logs in JSON structured format without having to bring your own logging libraries. JSON format allows logs to […]
AWS – Amazon Q Developer is now generally available (GA) in the Visual Studio IDE
Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. launches the general availability of Amazon Q Developer in the Visual Studio IDE, available as part of the AWS Toolkit extension. You can now chat with Amazon Q about your project and ask Amazon Q to scan your project for security vulnerabilities. Amazon Q Developer helps simplify the software development […]
GCP – Common GKE networking problems, and how to troubleshoot them
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) offers a powerful and scalable way to orchestrate containerized applications. Yet, as with any distributed system, networking complexities can present challenges, leading to connectivity issues. This blog post delves into common GKE networking problems, providing step-by-step troubleshooting techniques to address them. Here are some common GKE connectivity issues that we see: […]
GCP – Prompting best practices for BigQuery data canvas
Traditionally, having strong knowledge of SQL has been a critical job requirement for data professionals. Lately, however, generative AI is helping data professionals of all skill levels use natural language prompts to do a variety of data tasks, democratizing access to data and insights and promoting collaboration. In the BigQuery ecosystem, Gemini is the foundation […]
GCP – Understanding BigQuery data canvas: how to easily transform data into insights with AI
BigQuery data canvas, a Gemini in BigQuery feature, is a revolutionary data analytics tool that simplifies the entire data analysis journey — from data discovery and preparation to analysis, visualization, and collaboration — all in one place, all within BigQuery. BigQuery data canvas leverages natural language processing to let you can ask questions about your […]
AWS – AWS Private CA is now available in the Beijing and Ningxia Regions in China
AWS Private Certificate Authority (AWS Private CA) is now available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and in the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. AWS Private CA is a managed, highly-available, cloud certificate authority (CA) with private keys secured in AWS-managed hardware security modules (HSMs). By using AWS Private CA, […]