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AWS – AWS Lambda adds support for Amazon CloudWatch Logs Live Tail in VS Code IDE
AWS Lambda now supports Amazon CloudWatch Logs Live Tail in VS Code IDE through the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code. Live Tail is an interactive log streaming and analytics capability which provides real-time visibility into logs, making it easier to develop and troubleshoot Lambda functions. We previously announced support for Live Tail in the […]

AWS – Amazon Neptune Database is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
Amazon Neptune Database is now available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region on engine versions 1.1.0.0 and later. You can now create Neptune clusters using R6g, R6i, T4g, and T3 instance types in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region. Amazon Neptune Database is a fast, reliable, and fully managed graph database as a service that […]

AWS – AWS Transfer Family announces reduced login latency for SFTP servers
AWS Transfer Family has reduced the service side login latency from 1-2 seconds to under 500 milliseconds. AWS Transfer Family offers fully managed support for the transfer of files over SFTP, AS2, FTPS, FTP, and web browser-based transfers directly into and out of AWS storage services. With this launch, you benefit from significantly reduced latency […]

GCP – Google Cloud named a Leader in the 2025 Forrester Data Security Platforms Wave
We’re pleased to announce that Google has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025 report. We believe this is a testament to our unwavering commitment to providing cutting-edge data security in the cloud. In today’s AI era, comprehensive data security is paramount. Organizations are grappling with increasingly sophisticated […]

GCP – Unico builds cutting-edge IDTech with Spanner Vector Search
Unico is a leading biometric verification and authentication company addressing the global challenges of identity management and fraud prevention. With nearly two decades of experience in the Brazilian market, Unico has become a reliable supplier to over 800 companies, including four of the top five largest banks and leading retailers. Since 2021, Unico has facilitated […]

AWS – Amazon API Gateway now supports HTTP APIs, mTLS, multi-level base path mappings, and WAF in additional regions
Amazon API Gateway (APIGW) now supports all features of HTTP APIs as well as Mutual TLS and multi-level base path mappings on REST APIs in the following additional Regions: Middle East (UAE), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Zurich), Europe (Spain), Israel (Tel Aviv), and Canada West (Calgary). […]

AWS – Amazon Bedrock Data Automation is now generally available
Today, we are announcing the general availability of Amazon Bedrock Data Automation (BDA), a feature of Amazon Bedrock that enables developers to automate the generation of valuable insights from unstructured multimodal content such as documents, images, video, and audio to build GenAI-based applications. By leveraging BDA, developers can reduce development time and effort, making it […]

AWS – Amazon Cognito now supports access token customization for machine-to-machine (M2M) authorization flows
Amazon Cognito now allows customers to customize access tokens for M2M flows, enabling you to implement fine-grained authorization in your applications, APIs, and workloads. M2M authorization is commonly used for automated processes such as scheduled data synchronization tasks, event-driven workflows, microservices communication, or real-time data streaming between systems. In M2M authorization flows, an app client […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch RUM introduces resource-based policy support for data ingestion access
CloudWatch RUM, which provides real-time monitoring into web application performance by tracking user interactions, now supports resource based policies that simplify access for data ingestion to RUM. With resource-based policies, you can specify which Identity and Access Management (IAM) principals have access to ingest data to your RUM app monitors— effectively which clients can write […]
AWS – AWS CodeBuild adds support for Node 22, Python 3.13, and Go 1.23
AWS CodeBuild managed images now support Node 22, Python 3.13, and Go 1.23. These new runtime versions are available in Linux x86, Arm, Windows and macOS platforms. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment. For CodeBuild managed images based on […]