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Azure – Public preview: Azure SQL updates for early-August 2023
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-August 2023 Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure SQL updates for early-August 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-August 2023. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: PostgreSQL 15 support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now provides support for PostgreSQL 15 across all Azure regions. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Autoscale IOPS in Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
Effortlessly scale your storage IOPS to match workload demands with the autoscale IOPS feature in Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Lake Formation is now available in two additional AWS Regions
AWS Lake Formation is a service that allows you to set up a secure data lake in days. A data lake is a centralized, curated, and secured repository that stores your data, both in its original form and prepared for analysis. A data lake enables you to break down data silos and combine different types of […]

AWS – Improved AWS Backup performance for Amazon S3 buckets
AWS Backup for Amazon S3 now improves the speed of backups by up to 10x for buckets with more than 300 million objects. This performance improvement enables you to speed up your initial S3 backup workflow and back up buckets with more than 3 billion objects. AWS Backup is a policy-based, fully managed and cost-effective […]

AWS – AWS Transit Gateway is now available in Israel (Tel Aviv) AWS Region
AWS Transit Gateway is now available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) AWS Region with AWS Direct Connect. AWS Transit Gateway enables customers to connect thousands of Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) and their on-premises networks using a single gateway. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Resource Access Manager is now available in the AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
You can now use AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM) in the AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon SQS announces increased throughput quota for FIFO High Throughput mode
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) announces an increased quota for a high throughput mode for FIFO queues, allowing you to process up to 9,000 transactions per second, per API action in US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Frankfurt) regions. For Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific […]
AWS – AWS Database Migration Service enhanced homogeneous migrations now supports MariaDB
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) makes homogeneous migrations simpler with built-in native database tooling. Today, in addition to supporting MySQL and PostgreSQL, this feature now supports MariaDB. Built-in native database tooling with homogeneous data migrations provides simple and performant like-to-like migrations with minimal downtime. Read More for the details.