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GCP – Recap of what’s new with Cloud Spanner (at Google Cloud Next ’23)
The last few weeks were very exciting for users of Cloud Spanner, Google’s fully managed, horizontally scalable database that offers up to 99.999% availability. We had several big announcements leading up to and at Google Cloud Next ‘23: breaking data silos between transactional and analytical data using Data Boost, integration with Google’s always-on, generative AI […]
AWS – Amazon Connect outbound campaigns is now generally available in the Europe (Frankfurt) Region
Amazon Connect now supports outbound campaigns in the Europe (Frankfurt) AWS region making it easier to proactively communicate across voice, SMS, and email for use cases such as delivery notifications, marketing promotions, appointment reminders, or debt collection. Communication capabilities include features such as point-of-dial checks, calling controls for time of day, time zone, number of […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 now supports Block Public Access for Amazon Machine Images
Amazon EC2 now supports AMI Block Public Access (BPA), an account-wide setting that allows customers to block public sharing of Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) in a region. Customers managing AMIs at-scale now have a simple and proactive way of safeguarding their AMIs from inadvertent access by unauthorized users. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Serverless extends auto-scaling to handle high query rates
We are excited to announce that Amazon OpenSearch Serverless has expanded its auto-scaling capabilities to efficiently handle tens of thousands of query transactions per minute. With this new feature, you can rely on OpenSearch Serverless to help handle unpredictable surges in your search and query traffic. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EMR on EKS now supports Amazon Linux 2023
We are excited to announce support for Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) on Amazon EMR on EKS. Customers can now use AL2023 as the operating system together with Java 17 as Java runtime to run Spark workloads on Amazon EMR on EKS. This provides customers a secure, stable, high-performance environment to develop and run their applications as […]
AWS – Knowledge base for Amazon Bedrock connects foundation models to your data sources
Today, we are announcing knowledge base for Amazon Bedrock in preview that lets you connect your organization’s private data sources to foundation models (FMs) to enable retrieval augmented generation in your generative AI applications to deliver more relevant and contextual FM responses. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is now available in Israel (Tel Aviv)
Starting today, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) is available in Israel (Tel Aviv) region. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS AppSync WebSockets-based subscriptions for real-time updates support nested filtering
AWS AppSync is a fully managed service that enables developers to build digital experiences based on real-time data. With AppSync, you can configure data sources to push and publish real-time data updates to subscribed clients. AppSync handles connection management, scalability, fan-out and broadcasting, allowing you to focus on your application business needs instead of managing […]
Azure – Generally available: Higher default value for Azure Functions Event Hubs max batch size
Starting with version 6.0.0 of the Azure Functions Event Hubs extension, a higher default value of 100 will be used for max batch size Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing post-launch actions framework for AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) now allows you to define actions that run automatically after launching recovery instances, empowering you to automate any action you need to run after an instance has successfully launched. Read More for the details.