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AWS – Announcing incremental export to S3 for Amazon DynamoDB
Today, Amazon DynamoDB announces the general availability of incremental export to S3, that allows you to export only the data that has changed within a specified time interval. With incremental exports, you can now export data that was inserted, updated or deleted, in small increments. You can export changed data ranging from a few megabytes […]

AWS – Amazon Connect Contact Lens launches permission for agents to view their own contacts
Amazon Connect Contact Lens now supports a new permission to provide agents with access to only the contacts that they handled, within the contact search page in the Amazon Connect UI. Today, Amazon Connect has permissions that enable contact center managers to access contacts handled by agents in their teams and evaluate agent performance. With […]

AWS – Amazon EMR Serverless introduces application-wide default job configurations
Amazon EMR Serverless is a serverless option that helps data analysts and engineers to run open-source big data analytics frameworks such as Apache Spark and Apache Hive without configuring, managing, and scaling clusters or servers. We are happy to announce that starting today, you can set default configurations at the application level, allowing you to […]

AWS – Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 3.5.1
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 3.5.1 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 3.5.1 includes several bug fixes and new features that improve performance. Key features include the introduction of new rack-aware partition assignment for consumers. Amazon MSK will continue to use and manage Zookeeper for quorum […]

AWS – AWS Global Accelerator now supports endpoints in four additional AWS Regions
Starting today, AWS Global Accelerator supports application endpoints in four additional AWS Regions – Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich) and Israel (Tel Aviv), expanding the number of supported AWS Regions to twenty-eight. Read More for the details.

GCP – Google is a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management
We’re excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management with Google Cloud being evaluated. Google was positioned highest in Ability to Execute of all vendors evaluated and we believe this validates the success of our mission to be the best place for customers […]

Azure – Ungated Public Preview: Azure API Center
We’re thrilled to share that Azure API Center is now open for everyone to try during our ungated public preview! Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Braket now provides real-time visibility into quantum task and hybrid job queues
Amazon Braket, is a fully managed service that makes it easy for customers to get started with quantum computing. Starting today, customers can have real-time visibility into device queue lengths and the individual queue positions for their Quantum Tasks and Hybrid Jobs, providing greater transparency into when their workloads will run. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Chime SDK meetings API endpoints are now available in six new regions
Amazon Chime SDK lets developers add real-time audio and video to their web and mobile applications. Amazon Chime SDK meetings API endpoints used to create and manage meetings are now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada (Central), and Europe (London) regions. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon QuickSight launches contextual row subtotals for pivot tables
Amazon QuickSight introduces the ability to add contextual row subtotals in pivot tables for easier understanding and improved presentation. Authors can now customize subtotal labels by appending the group name, enabling clearer association and understanding. For instance, if the current group is “North America,” users can rename their subtotals as ‘North America Total,’ ‘Total for […]