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GCP – Google Workspace earns Dutch government’s stamp of approval
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the Google Workspace blog. At Google, we are committed to the privacy and security of our customers and to fostering trust in our cloud technologies. We regularly engage with customers, privacy regulators, and policymakers around the globe to understand evolving expectations and to adapt our products accordingly. […]

AWS – AWS Config now supports 16 new resource types
AWS Config now supports 16 more resource types for services, including AWS Private Certificate Authority, AWS AppConfig, AWS App Mesh, AWS App Runner, Amazon Connect Customer Profiles, AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Kendra, Amazon Kinesis Video Streams, Amazon CloudWatch Logs, AWS Network Manager, Amazon Pinpoint, and Amazon […]

AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Multi-AZ Deployment with two readable standbys supports logical replication
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Multi-AZ Deployments with two readable standbys now supports logical replication. With logical replication, you can stream data changes from Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL to other databases for use cases such as data consolidation for analytical applications, change data capture (CDC), replicating select tables rather than the entire database, or for […]

AWS – AWS Network Firewall is now available in four additional AWS Regions
Starting today, we are launching the AWS Network Firewall service in Europe (Zurich), Europe (Spain), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Regions, enabling customers to deploy essential network protections for all their Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Textract announces updates to AnalyzeDocument – Forms
Amazon Textract is a managed machine learning service that automatically extracts text, handwriting, and data from scanned documents. We regularly improve the accuracy of the underlying machine learning models and add new features based on customer feedback. Today, we are pleased to announce accuracy enhancements for the AnalyzeDocument – Forms feature to help customers automate […]

AWS – AWS Blu Age runtime is now available packaged for easier Amazon EC2 deployment
AWS Mainframe Modernization with AWS Blu Age Runtime is now available with more flexibility in configuration of the complete stack and deployment on customers’ AWS account EC2 instances. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EKS increases pod density limits for Windows containers
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) now allows running more pods per windows node using IPv4 prefix delegation mode for Windows containers. Prefix delegation mode expands the number of secondary IPv4 addresses which could be assigned to the Elastic Network Interface (ENI) by up to 16x. With this feature, customers can run up to 250 pods […]

AWS – AWS Backup support for Amazon S3 is now available in 4 additional AWS Regions
Today, we are announcing the availability of AWS Backup support for Amazon S3 in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad, Melbourne) and Europe (Spain, Zurich) Regions. AWS Backup is a policy-based, fully managed and cost-effective solution that enables you to centralize and automate data protection of Amazon S3 along with other AWS services (spanning compute, storage, and databases) […]

AWS – PostgreSQL 16 Beta 2 is now available in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL 16 Beta 2 is now available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the pre-release of PostgreSQL 16 on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. You can deploy PostgreSQL 16 Beta 2 in the Preview Environment that has the benefits of a fully managed database, making […]
Azure – Public preview: Azure Virtual Network encryption
Azure Virtual Network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines. Read More for the details.