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AWS – AWS SAM CLI announces preview of Rust build support
The AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) Command Line Interface (CLI) now announces the preview of sam build support for building and packaging serverless applications developed in Rust. The AWS SAM CLI is a developer tool that makes it easier to build, test, package, and deploy serverless applications. Developers building serverless applications with Rust used cargo-lambda […]

AWS – Autocomplete suggestions are now available on AWS Marketplace search
Today, we launched Autocomplete suggestions for AWS Marketplace search. With this feature, users that visit the AWS Marketplace website or console would get search suggestions within the search bar as they type. User queries show up as bolded prefixes within the Autocomplete suggestions which they can select to complete their query and see the results […]

AWS – AWS Lambda now supports Amazon DocumentDB change streams as an event source
AWS Lambda now supports Amazon DocumentDB change streams as an event source. The change streams feature in Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) provides a time-ordered sequence of change events that occur within your cluster’s collections. Customers can now consume these events in their serverless applications built on Lambda. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS SimSpace Weaver now supports AWS IAM Identity Center
Today, we are excited to announce our v1.12.1 AWS SimSpace Weaver app SDK update. This update enables support for AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On) and the ability to use temporary credentials to start, stop, and manage simulations. AWS SimSpace Weaver is a fully managed compute service that helps customers deploy large […]

AWS – Amazon Redshift announces general availability of ROLLUP, CUBE, and GROUPING SETS in GROUP BY clause
Amazon Redshift now supports new SQL functionalities including ROLLUP, CUBE, and GROUPING SETS, to simplify building multi-dimensional analytics applications. ROLLUP, CUBE, and GROUPING SETS simplifies data warehouse migrations by offering the commonly used syntax across databases. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports major version PostgreSQL 15
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL now supports the latest major version PostgreSQL 15. New features in PostgreSQL 15 include the SQL standard “MERGE” command for conditional SQL queries, performance improvements for both in-memory and disk-based sorting, and support for two-phase commit and row/column filtering for logical replication. The PostgreSQL 15 release also adds […]

AWS – VMware Cloud on AWS now available in Middle East (Bahrain) Region
Today we are announcing the availability of VMware Cloud on AWS in the AWS Bahrain region. This marks the 23rd AWS region to offer VMware Cloud on AWS, providing customers with a faster and more efficient way to migrate their VMware-based workloads to the cloud. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Lambda Powertools for .NET is now generally available
AWS Lambda Powertools, an open-source developer library, now supports .NET to help you incorporate Well-Architected Serverless best practices into your .NET Lambda function code as early and as fast as possible. Read More for the details.

GCP – How geospatial services can help improve financial outcomes, customer experiences, and operational efficiency
There are few technologies that have become an essential part of everyday life as quickly as geospatial services. The same technology behind the digital maps that transformed the way we shop, commute, and travel, can also have a huge impact on business operations and outcomes. It can influence everything from logistics to location expansion planning […]
Azure – Public preview: Tiering capability for premium block blob storage
Tier data seamlessly within a premium blob account depending on access patterns to optimize costs. Read More for the details.