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AWS – AWS Application Migration Service now available in Israel (Tel Aviv) region
Starting today, you can use AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) to migrate and modernize your applications in Israel (Tel Aviv) region. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS CloudFormation StackSets is now available in AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
AWS CloudFormation has expanded the availability of StackSets to AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region. With this launch, customers can deploy their stack sets to and from this newly supported AWS Region. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Firewall Manager is now available in Israel (Tel Aviv) region
AWS Firewall Manager is now available in Israel (Tel-Aviv) region, bringing AWS Firewall Manager to a total of 30 AWS commercial regions, 2 GovCloud regions, and all Amazon CloudFront edge locations. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Sagemaker Data Wrangler now supports S3 access points
Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler now supports S3 access points for previewing and importing data to SageMaker Data Wrangler and as a destination for data exported from SageMaker Data Wrangler. Preparing high quality data for ML is often complex and time consuming as it requires aggregating data across various sources and formats using different tools. With SageMaker […]

AWS – AWS Elemental MediaConvert now available in the Osaka and Melbourne regions
AWS Elemental MediaConvert is now available in both the Asia Pacific (Osaka) and Australia (Melbourne) regions, giving customers two additional options for configuring and submitting MediaConvert jobs using the console or API endpoints. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS re:Post launches an enhanced search experience
AWS re:Post is a cloud knowledge service that provides customers the technical guidance they need to innovate faster and improve operational efficiency with AWS. Today, re:Post launches an enhanced search experience to help users locate answers and discover articles more quickly. When submitting a search query, users are presented search results in a consolidated view of […]

GCP – Five sessions IT Pros can’t miss at Next ‘23 (and a bevy of hidden pop culture references)
Warning: this blog post is laden with pop culture references. Be on the lookout. Pop quiz, hotshot: you’re an IT Professional or Architect and you’re attending Google Cloud Next ‘23 but you’re not sure what the five coolest sessions are going to be? What do you do? Well, good news: if you’ve been asking yourself […]

GCP – 10 must-attend sessions for data professionals at Google Cloud Next ‘23
Google Cloud Next ‘23 kicks off August 29! A global community of builders, innovators, developers, learners, and leaders will come together to shape the future of cloud computing. And this year’s event will be packed with exciting updates for data professionals, from keynotes by Google Cloud experts to customer and technical breakouts. If you want […]

GCP – Calling all DevOps, IT Ops, Platform Engineers and SREs: 5 can’t-miss breakout sessions at Next ‘23
Calling all DevOps, IT Ops, Platform Engineers, and Site Reliability Engineers (SREs): Google Cloud Next is just around the corner, and we’ve got a smorgasbord of sessions for you to enjoy. Whether you’re an industry veteran or just starting your journey in the world of cloud operations, these five breakout sessions are a must-see. Covering […]
Azure – Retirement: Azure Container Apps preview API versions 2022-06-01-preview and 2022-11-01-preview
If you’re using Azure Resource Manager API version 2022-06-01-preview or 2022-11-01-preview to manage Azure Container Apps, please update your API requests to use version 2023-04-01-preview or later. Read More for the details.