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Azure – Public Preview: IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Tokyo version
The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Glue Studio Job Notebooks are now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) AWS region
AWS Glue Studio Job Notebooks provide interactive job authoring in AWS Glue, which helps simplify the process of developing data integration jobs. Job Notebooks also provide a serverless, built-in interface for AWS Glue Interactive Sessions, a feature of AWS Glue that allows customers to run interactive Apache Spark workloads on demand. Read More for the […]

Azure – Public preview: Azure Cosmos DB V2 Connector for Power BI
Import data into Power BI dashboards using DirectQuery mode when filtering so aggregations can be pushed down to Azure Cosmos DB to reduce data movement and improve performance. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Encryption using CMK for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Use infrastructure encryption to add an additional layer of encryption for data at rest using customer-managed keys. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Active Directory for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Use Azure Active Directory-based authentication methods using Azure Active Directory principals, managed identities, and groups to connect and access Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server. Read More for the details.

GCP – Cloud Googler Dipty Chander is on a mission to help 1 million people from underrepresented groups learn how to code
Editor’s note: Google Cloud’s Technical Account Managers are a rare breed. People like Dipty Chander have business understanding, technical chops, great communications skills, and an extraordinary talent, which allows them to cut through complexity and deliver customer success. As if that’s not enough, Dipty is on a personal mission to bring 1 million people from […]

GCP – Redis Enterprise & Google Cloud maximize omnichannel conversion rates
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the retail landscape for sellers and consumers alike. Lockdown accelerated the pace of digital transformation and customer experience-focused initiatives. Many non-retail businesses and predominantly brick-and-mortar retailers recognized the need for online presence to engage with consumers directly and enable them to easily purchase products and services on digital channels. As a […]

AWS – Amazon Neptune announces graph-explorer, an open-source visual exploration tool for low-code users
Today, Amazon Neptune announced a new open-source low-code visual exploration tool, the graph-explorer, that is available under the Apache-2.0 license. With this launch, customers can effortlessly browse either labeled property graphs (LPG) or Resource Description Framework (RDF) data in a graph database and discover connections between data without having to write graph queries. Read More […]

AWS – Amazon RDS Performance Insights is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Performance Insights is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) Regions. Amazon RDS Performance Insights is a database performance tuning and monitoring feature of RDS and Aurora that helps you quickly assess the load on your database and determine when and where to take action. Read […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker is now available in AWS Middle East (UAE) Region
Amazon SageMaker is now available in Middle East (UAE) Region. Starting today, you can build, train, and deploy machine learning (ML) models in the region. Read More for the details.