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AWS – Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP now provides additional performance metrics and an enhanced monitoring dashboard
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, an AWS service that provides the only complete, fully managed NetApp ONTAP file systems in the cloud, now provides additional Amazon CloudWatch performance metrics for improved visibility into file system activity and enhanced monitoring dashboards with performance insights and recommendations . You can use the new metrics and dashboards to […]

AWS – New self-service Vendor Insights onboarding experience for AWS Marketplace sellers
AWS Marketplace sellers can now utilize a new, simplified onboarding process to create Vendor Insights security profiles, reducing the time it takes to make their product profiles visible to prospective buyers. AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights allows customers to complete third-party software risk assessments in days instead of months. Sellers with AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights profiles […]

AWS – Announcing Amazon GameLift support for instances powered by AWS Graviton3 processors
We are excited to announce that Amazon GameLift now supports the latest generation of compute-optimized AWS Graviton instances. Amazon GameLift is a fully-managed service that allows developers to quickly manage and scale dedicated game servers for multiplayer games. Graviton-based instances are powered by the latest AWS Graviton3 processors and deliver up to 25% higher performance […]

AWS – Announcing Amazon EC2 Hpc7a instances
AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Hpc7a instances. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Hpc7a instances, powered by 4th generation AMD EPYC processors, deliver up to 2.5x better performance compared to Amazon EC2 Hpc6a instances. Hpc7a instances feature 2x higher core density (up to 192 cores), 2.1x higher memory bandwidth throughput, […]

AWS – AWS DeepRacer Student launches educator playbooks
Introducing AWS DeepRacer Student educator playbooks – the perfect tool for educators to seamlessly integrate foundational machine learning (ML) curriculum and labs into their classrooms for students 16 years and older. With educator playbooks, educators can easily upskill students in the basics of ML through the excitement of racing autonomous vehicles. Read More for the […]

AWS – Amazon Lex now supports Confirmation slot type
AWS announces the general availability of the Confirmation slot type for Amazon Lex that enables developers to effectively capture “Yes” and “No” responses from users. Amazon Lex is a service for building conversational interfaces into any application, using voice and text. With Amazon Lex, you can quickly and easily build sophisticated natural language conversational bots (“chatbots”), […]

AWS – AWS Client VPN now supports Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
Starting today, customers can use AWS Client VPN in Israel (Tel Aviv) Region. You can now provide VPN access to your remote workforce to securely access resources in the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS Performance Insights enhanced console experience in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) Performance Insights now provides an enhanced console experience to view performance monitoring metrics for Amazon RDS databases in AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) Regions. It consolidates information from Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon RDS Performance Insights to provide a comprehensive view of your database’s health. This removes the need […]

GCP – At Sanmina, ChromeOS checks every box for cost, flexibility, and easy maintenance
Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Manesh Patel, Senior Vice President and CIO for Sanmina, a global supply chain manager and manufacturer of high-reliability products in industries such as communications, medical, defense, and aerospace. Sanmina is using ChromeOS to manage critical operations processes and improve employee efficiency. Sanmina products are complex and often perform critical […]
Azure – Public Preview: Custom NFSv4.1 ID Domain in Azure NetApp Files
Non-LDAP volumes can now be configured to use a custom authentication ID Domain that matches your NFS environment. Read More for the details.