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AWS – AWS announces Amazon WorkSpaces Core in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon WorkSpaces Core is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. These are isolated AWS Regions designed to host sensitive data and regulated workloads in the cloud for customers who have U.S. federal, state, or local government security and compliance requirements. For a list of regions where WorkSpaces is […]
AWS – Announcing AWS User Notifications general availability
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is announcing the general availability of AWS User Notifications, a new service that enables you to centrally setup and view notifications from AWS services, such as AWS Health events, Amazon CloudWatch alarms, or Amazon EC2 instance state changes, in a consistent, human-readable format. You can view notifications across accounts, regions, and […]
Azure – Generally available: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks
Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks is now generally available. This capability provides instant compute to users for their BI and SQL workloads, with minimal management required. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally Available: Azure Backup Server V4
V4 is the latest upgrade for Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS). Azure Backup Server can now be installed on Windows Server 2022 with SQL Server 2022 as its database. MABS V4 brings key enhancements in the areas of workload support, performance and security. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally Available: Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 NVMe-enabled VM sizes
The new NVMe-enabled VM sizes of the Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 VM offer the highest remote storage IOPS and throughput performance of any Azure VMs to date. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Console Mobile Application launches push notifications
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is announcing the general availability of of Push Notifications for the AWS Console Mobile Application. You can now use AWS User Notifications to create actionable push notifications from AWS services, such as CloudWatch, to be delivered to your mobile device when a resource requires your attention. You can then receive push […]
AWS – Amazon Kendra now supports content-based query suggestions
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location in Phoenix
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the EdgeConnex PHX01 data center in Phoenix, Arizona. 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 […]
GCP – Learn about our updated renderer for the Maps SDK for Android
We’re always looking for ways to improve your Google Maps Platform development experience on Android, so we’ve been working on an updated renderer for the Maps SDK for Android to give you access to more features and better performance. Thanks to those developers who opted in to use our updated renderer back in October 2021. […]
GCP – 3 new ways to authorize users to your private workloads on Cloud Run
More and more organizations are building applications on Cloud Run, a fully managed compute platform that lets you run containerized applications on top of Google’s infrastructure. Think web applications, real-time dashboards, APIs, microservices, batch data processing, testing and monitoring tools, data science inference models, and more. Today, we’re excited to announce that it’s easier than […]