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GCP – Light the way ahead: Platform Engineering, Golden Paths, and the power of self-service
Imagine that you’re a Java developer who has just joined a new company, and you’re tasked with creating a small Java service. In a DevOps model, the shared responsibility between Development and Operations teams might mean that you’ll not only be expected to write Java code, but also operations code like build pipelines and monitoring […]

Azure – Introducing Graph Semantics in Kusto, a new way to contextualize time series data
Analyze networks, connected assets and more with Kusto’s graph semantics extension to the Kusto Query Language (KQL). Find out how to contextualize your time series data in KQL, and how to leverage time-aware graphs. Read More for the details.

AWS – Get programmatic notifications for AWS Marketplace Offer Published events
Today, AWS Marketplace announces general availability for programmatic notifications to communicate relevant details to buyers and partners once an AWS Marketplace offer is successfully created and available for subscription. With this launch, buyers and partners can use AWS EventBridge to quickly ingest, filter, transform, and deliver offer lifecycle events to build new applications quickly. Read […]

AWS – ROSA now available in the Europe (Spain) Region
Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) is now available in the Europe (Spain) Region. Starting today, you can enable ROSA from the AWS Console and launch ROSA clusters in the Europe (Spain) Region. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Backup announces support for Amazon Aurora continuous backup
Today, AWS Backup announces support for Amazon Aurora continuous backup, allowing specific point-in-time restore within customers’ retention period of up to 35 days. AWS Backup is a fully managed service that centralizes and automates data protection across AWS services and hybrid workloads. With this launch, Aurora customers using AWS Backup can now meet their Recovery […]

AWS – Amazon SES email receiving service expands to 7 new regions
Today we’re thrilled to announce that Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is expanding its email receiving capabilities to 7 new regions. This expansion provides businesses and developers who deal with a high volume of emails a robust solution for swift processing. As the email receiver, SES handles underlying mail-receiving operations, such as communication with other […]

AWS – AWS NAT Gateway is now available in the AWS Los Angeles Local Zone us-west-2-lax-1a
AWS NAT Gateway is now available in the Los Angeles Local Zone us-west-2-lax-1a. AWS Local Zones is a type of AWS infrastructure deployment that places AWS compute, storage, database, and other select services closer to large population, industry, and IT centers where no AWS Region exists today. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Route 53 now supports AWS-managed prefix lists for health checks
Starting today, AWS-managed prefix lists can be used for Amazon Route 53 health checks to simplify the process of limiting inbound traffic to only the IP addresses associated with Route 53 health check servers. These prefix lists are maintained by Route 53 and contain up-to-date IP ranges for Route 53 health check servers. Read More […]

AWS – IAM roles last used and last accessed information available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
IAM roles last used and IAM last accessed information are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. IAM reports the latest timestamp when role credentials were used to make an AWS request. This information makes it easier for you to identify and remove unused roles. IAM also provides the latest timestamp when an IAM […]
AWS – Amazon Connect launches APIs to programmatically configure views in step-by-step guides
Amazon Connect now provides APIs to programmatically create and manage view resources used in step-by-step guides. View resources define what gets displayed in your agent’s UI during a step-by-step guide. With this launch, you are able to define static and dynamic content in a view, including layouts and style, which enables you to help control […]