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AWS – Amazon Security Lake is now generally available
Today, AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Security Lake. This service automatically centralizes security data from AWS environments, SaaS providers, on-premises environments, and cloud sources into a purpose-built data lake stored in your account. Security Lake makes it easier to analyze security data, gain a more comprehensive understanding of security across your entire organization, and […]

AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL supports Optimized Reads on Multi-AZ deployment option with two readable standby database instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL now supports Amazon RDS Optimized Reads for up to 50% faster query processing compared to previous generation instances on Multi-AZ deployment option with two readable standby database instances. Optimized Read-enabled instances achieve faster query processing by placing temporary tables generated by MySQL on the local NVMe-based SSD […]

AWS – Invoice Summary is now available
Today, AWS announces the launch of the Invoice Summary feature. This feature offers additional configurations to AWS customers to reduce the overall size of the AWS Invoices. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Direct Connect new location in Bogotá, Colombia
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Equinix BG1 Bogotá data center in Bogotá, Colombia. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. Read More […]

AWS – Amazon AppStream 2.0 announces support for DCV Extension SDK
Starting today, Amazon WorkSpaces now provides support for the DCV Extension Software Development Kit (SDK). This SDK allows customers and independent software vendors (ISVs) to build custom extensions for AppStream 2.0 which is powered by DCV technology. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer bindings for Azure Functions
Azure Data Explorer Bindings for Azure Functions (Public Preview) Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: NLog Sink for Azure Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer now supports ingestion of data from .NET Applications via the NLog Sink. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Sphere version 23.05 is delayed, new OS will be issued to Retail Eval
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location in Santiago, Chile
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Cirion data center in Santiago, Chile. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. Read More for the […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Plus now supports human feedback and fine-tuning data for Generative AI
Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Plus now enables customers to prepare high-quality, large-scale training datasets to fine-tune foundation models to perform human-like generative AI tasks. It also allows skilled humans to review model outputs to align them with human preferences. Additionally, it enables application builders to customize models using their industry or company data while preparing training […]