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AWS – AWS Lambda adds support for Ruby 3.2 in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Lambda now supports Ruby 3.2 as a managed runtime and a container base image in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Developers creating serverless applications in Lambda with Ruby 3.2 can take advantage of new features such as endless methods, a new Data class, improved pattern matching, and performance improvements. For more information on Lambda’s […]
AWS – AWS Lambda adds support for Java 17 in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Lambda now supports Java 17 as a managed runtime and a container base image in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Developers creating serverless applications in Lambda with Java 17 can take advantage of new language features including Java records, sealed classes and multi-line strings. The Lambda Java 17 runtime also has numerous performance improvements. […]
AWS – AWS Lambda adds support for Python 3.10 in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Lambda now supports Python 3.10 as a managed runtime and a container base image in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Developers creating serverless applications in Lambda with Python 3.10 can take advantage of numerous Python language enhancements to make code more readable and maintainable. These include pattern matching for data structures, parenthesized context managers […]
Azure – Public Preview: Network Observability add-on on AKS
Enable network observability add-on on AKS clusters to gain insights into how your cluster operate and to identify potential problems before they cause outages or performance degradation. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS launches AWS AppSync abstraction
Serverless application developers can now build AppSync powered applications in AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) with the new AWS::Serverless::GraphQLApi resource abstraction. AWS AppSync is a managed service that makes it easier to build scalable APIs that connect applications to data with a GraphQL endpoint. Before today, SAM customers had to work through a learning […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports minor versions 2014 GDR, 2016 GDR, 2017 CU31 GDR, and 2019 CU20
New minor versions of Microsoft SQL Server are now available on Amazon RDS for SQL Server, offering performance and security fixes. Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports the new minor versions for SQL Server 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019 on the Express, Web, Standard, and Enterprise Editions. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing the AWS Amplify UI Builder Figma plugin
AWS Amplify announces the UI Builder Figma plugin, empowering design and development teams to seamlessly collaborate within a Figma file. Use this plugin with the Amplify UI kit to easily theme your components, upgrade to new UI kit versions, and generate and preview React code from your designs directly in Figma. Read More for the […]
AWS – Amazon Connect reduces toll free rates for Australia and New Zealand
Amazon Connect has reduced prices for Toll Free (TFN) rates for Australia and New Zealand in the Asia Pacific (Sydney) region. This includes reductions of Australia TFN inbound minutes by 54% from $0.0540/min to $0.025/min and New Zealand TFN inbound minutes by 52% from $0.2205/min to $0.1069/min. Read More for the details.
GCP – What’s new in Assured Workloads: Region expansion, TLS version restrictions, new supported services
To maximize the benefits of digital transformation, organizations need to be comfortable bringing sensitive and regulated workloads to the cloud. Assured Workloads is a modern cloud solution that allows our customers to run regulated workloads in many of Google Cloud’s global regions. Core to our strategy for Assured Workloads is to build security and compliance […]
GCP – Build better budgets using folders and organizations
TL;DR – Google Cloud budgets are now easier to customize, allowing you to scope costs by folders or organizations instead of the entire billing account or choosing specific projects. The best way to keep an eye on your Google Cloud costs is by creating budgets. We’ve written about what budgets are and how to create […]