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GCP – Save the Date: Google Cloud Next ‘23 is back August 29 – 31
Google Cloud Next is back in person August 29–31, 2023, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Make the most of this must-attend event, where you can: Learn about the latest Google advancements in AI, data, security, productivity, and more Explore keynotes, breakout sessions, and demos Take part in hands-on labs, training, and certification opportunities […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch now simplifies metric extraction from structured logs
Amazon CloudWatch now supports metric extraction from structured logs using Embedded Metric Format (EMF) without requiring customers to provide special header declaration while publishing logs. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Athena releases data source connector for Google Cloud Storage
Starting today, you can use Amazon Athena to query data in Google Cloud Storage. With Athena’s data source connectors, you can run SQL queries on data stored in relational, non-relational, object, and custom data sources without the need to move data to S3 or learn a new query dialect. Google Cloud Storage is a managed service […]

AWS – AWS CloudTrail Lake now supports ingestion of activity events from non-AWS sources
AWS CloudTrail Lake now supports ingesting activity events from non-AWS sources, making CloudTrail Lake a single location to immutably store user and API activity events for auditing and security investigations across AWS and hybrid environments. You can consolidate activity events from AWS and non-AWS sources – such as in-house applications and SaaS applications running in […]

AWS – Amazon MemoryDB for Redis Announces 99.99% Availability Service Level Agreement
Amazon MemoryDB for Redis now offers an availability Service Level Agreement (SLA) of 99.99% when using a Multi-Availability Zone (Multi-AZ) configuration. Previously, MemoryDB offered an SLA of 99.9% for Multi-AZ configurations. With this launch, MemoryDB has updated its Multi-AZ SLA to provide 10x higher levels of availability. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Polly launches two new US English NTTS voices
Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech, allowing you to create applications that talk, and build entirely new categories of speech-enabled products. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Ruth and Stephen, two new US English neural Text-to-speech (NTTS) voices. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon ElastiCache for Redis announces 99.99% availability Service Level Agreement
Amazon Elasticache for Redis now offers an availability Service Level Agreement (SLA) of 99.99% when using a Multi-Availability Zone (Multi-AZ) configuration. Previously, ElastiCache for Redis offered an SLA of 99.9% for Multi-AZ configurations. With this launch, ElastiCache for Redis has updated its Multi-AZ SLA to provide 10x higher levels of availability. Read More for the […]

AWS – AWS Systems Manager announces integration of Automation with Change Calendar
Today, we are excited to announce integration of Systems Manager Automation with Systems Manager Change Calendar. Customers can now reduce the risks associated with changes to their production environment by allowing Automation runbooks to run during an allowed time window. With this feature, users in your account can only run automations during the time periods […]

AWS – Amazon AppFlow announces 4 new data connectors
Amazon AppFlow announces the release of 4 new connectors that include Braintree, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle HCM and Zoho CRM. Amazon AppFlow is continually expanding its catalog of connectors to popular SaaS applications and these four new data connectors make it easier for customers to access their data for use cases across marketing, eCommerce, customer […]
AWS – AWS announces Credential Guard support for Windows instances on Amazon EC2
Amazon Web Services(AWS) today announced support for Credential Guard, a Windows Virtualization Based Security (VBS) feature. Credential guard uses VBS isolation to prevent the extraction of Windows login credentials from OS memory. When Credential Guard is turned on, login credentials cannot be used from another host or after a user has logged out. With the […]