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GCP – Google Cloud and MongoDB expand partnership to support startups
Scale your Startups from ideation to growth with MongoDB Atlas on Google Cloud. By providing an integrated set of database and data services and a unified developer experience, MongoDB Atlas on Google Cloud lets companies at all stages build applications that are highly available, performant at global scale, and compliant with the most demanding security […]

Azure – Generally available: App Insights Extension for Azure Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets
Application insights extension enables easy to use application monitoring for IIS-hosted .NET Framework and .NET Core applications running on Azure VMs and VM scale sets. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EC2 I3 Bare Metal Instance is now available in the Middle East (Bahrain) region
Starting today, storage optimized Amazon EC2 I3 bare metal instance is now also available in Middle East (Bahrain) region. Amazon EC2 I3 instances (i3.metal) provides your applications with direct access to the compute and memory resources of the underlying next generation AWS hardware and software infrastructure. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS announces new competition structure for the 2023 Season
Today, AWS launches the 2023 season of the award-winning AWS DeepRacer League – where developers of all skill levels advance their knowledge of machine learning (ML) and compete in the world’s first global autonomous racing league! Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Glue 4.0 now supports Streaming ETL
AWS Glue now supports Streaming ETL in version 4.0, a new version of AWS Glue that accelerates data integration workloads in AWS. AWS Glue 4.0 upgrades data integration engines, including an upgrade to Apache Spark 3.3.0 and to Python 3.10. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Elemental MediaConvert now supports enhanced color processing
AWS Elemental MediaConvert now has enhanced color processing features along with support for new color formats. As High Dynamic Range (HDR) content becomes more common, the ability to convert between Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) and HDR has also become important. While high-value content is commonly created using HDR color, most legacy, user-generated, and mass-produced content […]

Azure – Generally Available: Model Serving on Azure Databricks
Model Serving on Azure Databricks is now generally available Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Application Composer is now generally available
AWS Application Composer helps you simplify and accelerate architecting, configuring, and building serverless applications. You can drag, drop, and connect AWS services into an application architecture by using the AWS Application Composer browser-based visual canvas. AWS Application Composer helps you focus on building by maintaining deployment-ready infrastructure as code (IaC) definitions, complete with integration configuration […]

AWS – Delegated administrator for AWS Organizations launches in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
We are excited to launch delegated administrator for AWS Organizations to help you delegate the management of your Organizations policies, enabling you to govern your AWS organization and member accounts with increased agility and decentralization. You can now allow member accounts to manage policy types specific to their needs. By specifying fine-grained permissions, you can […]
AWS – AWS Resource Explorer supports 12 new resource types
AWS Resource Explorer supports 12 more resource types from services including Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), AWS Lambda, and Amazon ElastiCache. Read More for the details.