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AWS – AWS Storage Gateway is now available in AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
AWS Storage Gateway expands availability to the AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region enabling customers to deploy and manage hybrid cloud storage for their on-premises workloads. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Athena is now available in AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
With today’s release, Amazon Athena and its latest features and benefits are available in the AWS Israel (Tel-Aviv) Region. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EC2 C7gd, M7gd, and R7gd instances now available in Europe (Frankfurt) region
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7gd, M7gd, and R7gd instances with up to 3.8 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage are available in Europe (Frankfurt) region. They have up to 45% improved real-time NVMe storage performance than comparable Graviton2-based instances. These Graviton3-based instances with DDR5 memory are built on the AWS […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker Model Cards now supports cross account sharing of model cards
You can now use Amazon SageMaker Model Cards with AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM) to securely share model cards from your AWS account with a different AWS account, and also view, modify, and export (PDF) model cards shared with your account. Cross-account support of SageMaker Model Cards facilitates governance and collaboration by enabling you to view, […]

AWS – AWS DataSync is now available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) region
AWS DataSync is now available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) region. You can now use DataSync to copy data between on-premises, edge, or other cloud storage and AWS Storage services, as well as between AWS Storage services in the Israel (Tel Aviv) region. Read More for the details.

AWS – Manage Cost Allocation Tags with Last-Updated and Last-Used timestamps
AWS Cost Allocation Tags now has two additional metadata fields, Last Used Month and Last Updated Date. You can use these fields to know when tag keys were last used or updated. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Backup is now available in Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
Today, we are announcing the availability of AWS Backup in the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region. AWS Backup is a fully-managed, policy-driven service that allows you to centrally automate data protection across multiple AWS services spanning storage, compute, databases, and hybrid workloads. Using AWS Backup, you can centrally create and manage immutable backups of your application […]

AWS – Announcing AWS Dedicated Local Zones
AWS Dedicated Local Zones are a type of AWS infrastructure that is fully managed by AWS, built for exclusive use by you or your community, and placed in a location or data center specified by you to help comply with regulatory requirements. Dedicated Local Zones can be operated by local AWS personnel and offer the […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker announces new Rolling Deployment endpoint update option
We are excited to announce that customers can now update their Amazon SageMaker Endpoints using a rolling deployment strategy. Rolling deployment makes it easier for you to update fully-scaled endpoints that are deployed on hundreds of popular accelerated compute instances. Read More for the details.
GCP – Talk to the map: How CARTO is making GIS more conversational using BigQuery
Editor’s note: The post is part of a series showcasing our partners, and their solutions, that are Built with BigQuery. For decades, organizations have relied on Geographic Information Systems (GISs) to combine analytics with geospatial data to inform their data-driven strategies. This includes industries like telecommunications, where GISs can determine the optimal locations to deploy […]