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GCP – Introducing Datastream for BigQuery
In today’s competitive environment, organizations need to quickly and easily make decisions based on real-time data. That’s why we’re announcing Datastream for BigQuery,now available in preview, featuring seamless replication from operational database sources such as AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Oracle, directly into BigQuery, Google Cloud’s serverless data warehouse. Datastream for BigQuery is Google’s […]

GCP – Golang’s database/sql driver support for Cloud Spanner is now Generally Available
Overview Go SQL Spanner Driver is an implementation of Go’s database/sql/driver interface. Add the driver to your application to enable the use of the database/sql API with Cloud Spanner. Use spanner as driverName and a valid ConnectionString as dataSourceName: code_block[StructValue([(u’code’, u’import _ “github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner”rnrndb, err := sql.Open(“spanner”, “projects/PROJECT/instances/INSTANCE/databases/DATABASE”)rnif err != nil {rn log.Fatal(err)rn}rnrn// Print Singers with […]

AWS – Direct VPC routing for AWS Outposts rack is now available
With direct VPC routing for AWS Outposts rack, you can now directly use the VPC private IP address of an Amazon EC2 instance on Outposts rack to communicate with your on-premises network. This new direct VPC routing mode is an alternative to the Customer-owned IP (CoIP) routing mode where Outposts rack uses a separate IP […]

AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports the instance store for temporary tablespace and the Database Smart Flash Cache for M5d and R5d instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle now supports the instance store for temporary tablespaces and the Database Smart Flash Cache (flash cache) for M5d and R5d instances. M5d and R5d instances are ideal fit for applications that need access to high-speed, low latency local storage including those that need temporary storage of data for […]

AWS – AWS Config announces a price reduction up to 58% for conformance packs
We are excited to announce that AWS Config has reduced conformance pack prices by up to 58% depending on your usage levels. A conformance pack is a collection of AWS Config rules and remediation actions that can be easily deployed as a single entity in an account and a Region or across an entire organization, […]

AWS – Introducing Visual Conversation builder for Amazon Lex
Amazon Lex is a service for building conversational interfaces into any application using voice and text. With Amazon Lex, you can quickly and easily build conversational bots (“chatbots”), virtual agents, and interactive voice response (IVR) systems. We’re excited to introduce the Visual Conversation Builder, a drag and drop interface to visualize and build conversation flows in a […]

AWS – AWS Backup Audit Manager is now available in Africa (Cape Town) and Europe (Milan)
Today, we are announcing the availability of AWS Backup Audit Manager in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) and Europe (Milan) Regions. AWS Backup Audit Manager is a feature within the AWS Backup service that allows you to audit and report on the compliance of your data protection policies to help you meet your business and regulatory […]

AWS – AWS IoT Device Defender ML Detect Custom Metrics and Dimensions support
We are excited to introduce two new enhancements to AWS IoT Device Defender ML Detect, Custom Metrics and Dimensions support. ML Detect now supports monitoring of custom metrics, allowing you to evaluate operational health parameters that are unique to your fleet. Besides setting static alarms manually with Rules Detect, you can now use machine learning to […]

AWS – AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) for Nitro Enclaves now supports Apache HTTP webservers
You can now use Apache HTTP webservers with AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) for Nitro Enclaves. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now supports Amazon AppFlow connectors
Amazon Connect Customer Profiles is now available as a destination in the Amazon AppFlow console. With a few clicks, customers can now bring data from 20+ application connectors into Customer Profiles and equip contact center agents with the information needed to provide personalized customer service. Amazon AppFlow connectors allows ingestion of data such as transactions (e.g., […]