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Azure – Generally available: JetStream DR for AVS supports Azure NetApp Files datastores
JetStream DR enables cost-effective disaster recovery by consuming minimal resources at the DR site and using cost-effective cloud storage. JetStream DR now also automates recovery to Azure NetApp Files datastores. Read More for the details.

GCP – Scalable Matchmaker Performance with Cloud Memorystore for Redis Read Replicas
Online games have grown in popularity lately, and with the influx of players in multiplayer games, meeting the increased demand is a known issue within the gaming industry. We developed Open Match, an open source multiplayer matchmaking framework, to solve this issue by providing core services commonly found in most matchmaking services and hosting them […]

AWS – Amazon Chime SDK now supports signaling client in C++
Amazon Chime SDK now supports connecting an open source signaling client implementation in C++. The Amazon Chime SDK lets developers add intelligent real-time audio, video, and screen share to their web and mobile applications. WebRTC is a common library for video conferencing applications, and the Amazon Chime SDK provides WebRTC based media clients in JavaScript, […]

AWS – AWS Graviton2-based Amazon EC2 C6gd instances now available in South America (São Paulo) region
Starting today, Amazon EC2 C6gd instances are available in South America (Sao Paulo) region. C6gd instances are ideal for compute-intensive workloads such as high performance computing (HPC), batch processing, ad serving, video encoding, gaming, scientific modelling, distributed analytics, and CPU-based machine learning inference. The local SSD storage provided on these instances will benefit applications that […]

GCP – Leveling up your data analysis skills as a student
If you’re a college student like me and are gearing up to enter the “big kids” job market, as I like to call it, then you’ve probably been wondering (or worrying) about how to get ahead of the curve and stand out amongst your peers. When I think about which high-value fields to target for […]

GCP – Getting Started with BigQuery (for Students!)
If you’re a college student like me and are gearing up to enter the “big kids” job market, as I like to call it, then you’ve probably been wondering (or worrying) about how to get ahead of the curve and stand out amongst your peers. When I think about which high-value fields to target for […]

AWS – Amazon MemoryDB for Redis is now HIPAA eligible
Amazon MemoryDB for Redis is now a HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) eligible service. You can now use MemoryDB to store, process, and access protected health information (PHI) and power secure healthcare and life sciences applications. MemoryDB is a fully managed, Redis-compatible, in-memory database that provides low latency, high throughput, and durability at […]

AWS – Now capture AWS Site-to-Site VPN connection logs using Amazon CloudWatch
Today, AWS Site-to-Site VPN enables publishing VPN connection logs to CloudWatch, providing you with deeper visibility into your VPN setup to help you quickly troubleshoot and resolve VPN connectivity issues. Read More for the details.

AWS – Smithy Interface Definition Language (IDL) 2.0 is now generally available
Smithy Interface Definition Language (IDL) 2.0 is now generally available. Smithy is Amazon’s next-generation API modeling language that is based on our experience building tens of thousands of APIs and generating SDKs. Using IDL 2.0, developers can now author Smithy models and generate code from Smithy models in a simpler, more intuitive way. Read More […]
AWS – AWS Control Tower customized log retention
AWS Control Tower now provides the ability to customize the retention policy for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets that store your AWS Control Tower CloudTrail logs. AWS Control Tower uses AWS CloudTrail to record logs of actions made by users, roles or AWS services. These logs are stored in Amazon S3 buckets, which […]