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AWS – AWS Control Tower is now available in AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
Starting today, customers can use AWS Control Tower in the AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region. With this launch, AWS Control Tower is available in 23 AWS Regions and the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. AWS Control Tower offers the easiest way to set up and govern a secure, multi-account AWS environment. It simplifies AWS experiences by […]

AWS – AWS Compute Optimizer now supports licensing cost optimization for Microsoft SQL Server
AWS Compute Optimizer now recommends licensing optimization opportunities for Microsoft SQL Server workloads on Amazon EC2. With this launch, AWS Compute Optimizer can provide automated recommendations for downgrading SQL Server Edition for your EC2 SQL Server license included and bring-your-own-license (BYOL) instances to reduce licensing cost. Read More for the details.

GCP – Announcing the Pollen API: Providing actionable info about airborne pollen levels worldwide
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our Next ’23 series sharing the latest Google Maps Platform news from the global exhibition of inspiration, innovation, and education. To learn more about our new products, join the What’s New with Google Maps Platform session tomorrow from 11 – 11:45 a.m. PDT. According to the World Health […]

GCP – Powering the future with our new Solar API
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our Next ’23 series sharing the latest Google Maps Platform news from the global exhibition of inspiration, innovation, and education. To learn more about our new products, join the What’s New with Google Maps Platform session tomorrow from 11 – 11:45 a.m. PDT. The global energy crisis, higher […]

GCP – Introducing the Air Quality API: Promoting resilience to a changing climate
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our Next ’23 series sharing the latest Google Maps Platform news from the global exhibition of inspiration, innovation, and education. To learn more about our new products, join the What’s New with Google Maps Platform session tomorrow from 11- 11:45 a.m. PDT. According to the World Health Organization, […]

GCP – Going beyond the map: Introducing Environment APIs
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our Next ’23 series sharing the latest Google Maps Platform news from the global exhibition of inspiration, innovation, and education. To learn more about our new products, join the What’s New with Google Maps Platform session tomorrow from 11 – 11:45 a.m. PDT. When it comes to the […]

AWS – Monitor SAP NetWeaver Standard Deployment with CloudWatch Application Insights
Amazon CloudWatch Application Insights now offers observability of SAP NetWeaver applications deployed with Standard System Deployment architecture. This launch builds on our observability of multi-app deployments on a single instance. Application Insights helps customers gain insights for their SAP and non-SAP applications, databases and AWS resources by making it easy to set up and monitor […]

AWS – Amazon SNS now supports sending SMS from Israel (Tel Aviv)
Customers that use Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) can now host their applications in Tel Aviv region, and send text messages (SMS) to consumers in more than 200 countries and territories. Using Amazon SNS, customers can send a message directly to one phone number, or multiple phone numbers at once by subscribing those phone […]

AWS – AWS Elemental Link and MediaLive add KLV metadata support
You can now use AWS Elemental Link and AWS Elemental MediaLive to ingest and deliver KLV metadata from a MediaLive channel. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager now supports additional Linux operating system versions
Patch Manager, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, now supports instances running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.7, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, Rocky Linux 8.6, 8.7, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, and Oracle Linux 8.6, 8.7, 9.0, 9.1, and 9.2. Patch Manager enables you to automatically patch instances with both security-related and other types of updates across your […]