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AWS – Amazon S3 File Gateway now supports DOS attributes
Amazon S3 File Gateway now supports capturing, retaining, and enforcing DOS attributes listed in file metadata. Previously, files copied to the gateway were copied without this common metadata (Archive, Hidden, Read Only, and System). Support for DOS attributes is intended for users who want to hide files or folders, enforce read only access at the […]

AWS – AWS Fault Injection Simulator announces increased quotas for target resources
AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS) now supports higher resource quotas and quota adjustment using AWS Service Quotas. Quotas, also referred to as limits, are the maximum values for the resources, actions, and items in an AWS account. Previously, a maximum of 5 resources could be targeted by an FIS action. Now, you can adjust the […]

AWS – AWS CodeBuild is now available in AWS Middle East (UAE) Region
AWS CodeBuild is now available in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. With CodeBuild, you don’t need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers. CodeBuild scales continuously and processes […]

AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service announces enhanced dry run for configuration changes
Amazon OpenSearch Service now lets you validate configuration changes before applying them to your clusters. With the enhanced dry run option, Amazon OpenSearch Service checks for validation errors that might occur when deploying your configuration changes and provides a summary of these errors, if any. The dry run feature will also indicate whether a blue/green […]

AWS – Amazon MWAA is now PCI DSS compliant
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) is now Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant. Amazon MWAA is a managed orchestration service for Apache Airflow that makes it easier to set up and operate end-to-end data pipelines in the cloud. Customers can now use Amazon MWAA to manage workflows that store, process, […]

AWS – Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports enforcing SSL/TLS connections
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB supports encrypted SSL/TLS connections to the database instances. Starting today, you can enforce SSL/TLS client connections to your Amazon RDS for MariaDB database instance for enhanced transport layer security. To enforce SSL/TLS, enable the require_secure_transport parameter (disabled by default) through the Amazon RDS Management Console, the AWS CLI […]

GCP – How to do multivariate time series forecasting in BigQuery ML
Companies across industries rely heavily on time series forecasting to project product demand, forecast sales, project online subscription/cancellation, and for many other use cases. This makes time series forecasting one of the most popular models in BigQuery ML. What is multivariate time series forecasting? For example, if you want to forecast ice cream sales, it […]

AWS – Amazon ECS announces the new default console experience
Today, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) launched a new console experience for all users. The new Amazon ECS console makes it easier to deploy containerized applications, and configure load balancing, networking, and monitoring. The new Amazon ECS console also provides users with new workflows for effective operations and troubleshooting. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch launches cross-account Metric Streams
Amazon CloudWatch announces support for cross-account Metric Streams. With Metric Streams, you can create a continuous, near real-time stream of metrics to a destination of your choice. With this new capability you can include metrics that span across multiple AWS accounts within an AWS region in a single Metric Stream. This helps to reduce the number […]
GCP – Accelerating the grocery pickup experience with Google Maps Platform
Editor’s note: Today’s guest post comes from Craig Hutler, Digital Product Manager, Kroger. To better serve its customers, Kroger began working with Google Maps Platform to create the On My Way initiative, a process to streamline the curbside pickup experience and put food into customers’ hands faster. With an increase in customer demand for pickup, […]