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Azure – Project Azure FarmBeats will be retired on 30 Sep 2023 – transition to Azure Data Manager for Agriculture.
Project Azure FarmBeats will be retired on September 30, 2023 Read More for the details.

Azure – Retirement: Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026
Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026 – Upgrade to v3.1 general availability API version Read More for the details.

Azure – Announcing Azure FXT Edge Filer Retirement
Azure FXT Edge Filer will be end of sale on 31 December 2023 with end of support on 31 December 2026 Read More for the details.

AWS – PostgreSQL 16.0 is now available in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL 16.0 is now available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate PostgreSQL 16.0 on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. You can deploy PostgreSQL 16.0 in the Preview Environment and have the same benefits of a fully managed database, making it simpler to set up, […]

AWS – CodePipeline support for GitLab Groups
You can now use repositories in your project in a GitLab.com Group to build, test, and deploy code changes using AWS CodePipeline. Connect your GitLab.com account using AWS CodeStar Connections, and use the connection in your pipeline to automatically start a pipeline execution on changes in your repository. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Cloud Map now supports AWS PrivateLink
AWS Cloud Map now supports AWS PrivateLink. You can now use AWS PrivateLink to privately access AWS Cloud Map APIs from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) without exposing your data through public internet. Creating VPC Endpoints incurs charges. See the AWS PrivateLink pricing page for more information. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon CodeCatalyst now supports IP address access restrictions in GitHub Enterprise Cloud
Today, AWS announces that using Amazon CodeCatalyst with source repositories hosted in GitHub is now compatible with IP address access restrictions in GitHub Organizations. This ensures that CodeCatalyst is compatible with all features in GitHub Enterprise Cloud. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EMR on EKS now supports managed Apache Flink (Public Preview)
Today, we are excited to announce that Amazon EMR on EKS now supports managed Apache Flink, available in public preview. With this launch, customers who already use EMR can run their Apache Flink application along with other types of applications on the same Amazon EKS cluster, helping improve resource utilization and simplify infrastructure management. For […]

GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: Early September 2023
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for September 2023. I’ll be talking about what I’m looking forward to at this year’s mWISE Conference, which opens its doors on Monday in Washington, D.C. It’s one of the most unique conferences a security professional or business leader can attend. You can register to attend the conference […]
GCP – Introducing dynamic topic destinations in Pub/Sub using Dataflow
Pub/Sub plays a key role in powering data streaming insights across a number of verticals. With the increasing adoption of streaming analytics, we’re seeing companies with more complex and nuanced use cases. One particular use case for using Pub/Sub is being able to ingest data from multiple various teams and data sources, sort that data […]