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AWS – AWS Mainframe Modernization supports new regions, AWS CloudFormation, AWS PrivateLink, AWS Key Management Service
Today, we would like to announce enhancements to AWS Mainframe Modernization service including an expansion to 5 new regions and support for AWS CloudFormation, AWS PrivateLink, and AWS Key Management Service (KMS) resulting in repeatable deployment, and greater security and compliance. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon ECS Service Connect now available in the AWS China (Beijing) and AWS China (Ningxia) Regions
Amazon Elastic Container Services (Amazon ECS) launches a new networking capability called Service Connect in the AWS China (Beijing) and AWS China (Ningxia) Regions. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Yocto recipes for IoT Edge 1.4 LTS
Announcing refreshed recipes for IoT Edge to build the latest 1.4 LTS release. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EMR on EKS now supports Nvidia RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark
Amazon EMR on EKS now supports accelerated computing over graphics processing unit (GPU) instance types using Nvidia RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark. The growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in analytics has increased the need for processing data quickly and cost efficiently with GPUs. Nvidia RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark helps customers […]

AWS – Amazon Neptune now supports “Concise Bounded Description” queries for SPARQL query language
Amazon Neptune version 1.2.0.2 now supports the W3C RDF CBD (Concise Bounded Description) for the SPARQL query language. The Concise Bounded Description of an RDF resource (that is, a node in an RDF graph) is the smallest subgraph of leaf nodes that are not blank (anonymous resource, a node with no URI). A CBD query […]

AWS – AWS Cloud WAN helps simplify security inspection with Appliance Mode support
Starting today, AWS Cloud WAN supports Appliance Mode feature, giving you the ability to deploy stateful network appliances in an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and forward network traffic to the correct appliance for security inspection. Appliance Mode simplifies centralized deployment of security appliances in a VPC and allows using multiple Availability zones (AZs) for […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth synthetic data now supports dynamic 3D environments
Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth synthetic data, a premium tailored service to generate labeled synthetic data, now supports dynamic 3D environments. We now provide support for full 3D scenes, 3D depth maps, multiple cameras in a scene, moving objects on a conveyor belt, and generation of auto-labeled video data. These features enable synthetic data generation for […]

Azure – General availability: Improved geo-replication for Azure Cache for Redis
Utilize new functionality that makes passive geo-replication more seamless and transparent. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: JSON support in Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise tiers
Gain powerful tools for working with JSON formatted data in Azure Cache for Redis through the RedisJSON module. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public Preview: Materialized view for Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra
Experience even greater compatibility for native Apache Cassandra with materialized view. Read More for the details.