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AWS – The next generation of Amazon FSx for Lustre file systems is now available in four additional AWS Regions
The next generation of Amazon FSx for Lustre file systems is now available in four additional AWS regions: Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), and Europe (Stockholm). Read More for the details.

AWS – Catalog API now supports Tag-Based Authorization of resources
Catalog API now supports tag-based authorization of resources. As a seller or a private marketplace administrator, you can now exercise IAM policy-based control over resources such as Entities and ChangeSets by tagging them and allowing/disallowing actions based on those tags. You can either add tags on resources when you create them using the StartChangeSet API action […]

AWS – AWS re:Post launches a community leaderboard
AWS re:Post is a cloud knowledge service designed to help AWS customers remove technical roadblocks, accelerate innovation, and operate efficiently. re:Post introduces a community leaderboard to recognize top contributors and give re:Post users visibility into the points they have earned and how their contributions rank within and across the community. The leaderboard cultivates a knowledge-sharing […]

AWS – Amazon S3 Object Lambda is now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) AWS Region
Amazon S3 Object Lambda is now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) AWS Region. With S3 Object Lambda, you can add your own code to S3 GET, HEAD, and LIST requests to modify and process data as it is returned to an application. You can use custom code to modify the data returned by S3 […]

AWS – Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) is now HIPAA eligible
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) is now HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) eligible. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is now generally available
The AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) for the Amazon EC2 service controller is now generally available. ACK lets you provision and manage EC2 networking resources, such as VPCs, SecurityGroups and Internet Gateways using the Kubernetes API. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Athena expands support for AWS Lake Formation fine-grained access control
You can now apply AWS Lake Formation fine-grained access control policies with all table and file format supported by Amazon Athena. Lake Formation allows for centrally managing permissions and access control for data catalog resources in your S3 data lake. You can use fine-grained access control in Lake Formation to restrict access to data in […]

Azure – Generally available: Encrypt managed disks with cross-tenant customer-managed keys
Protect your data by encrypting Premium SSD, Standard SSD, and Standard HDD managed disks with cross tenant customer-managed keys. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Quota REST APIs to manage service limits (quota)
Use Azure REST Quota APIs to manage the service limits (quotas) of Azure Virtual Machines (cores/vCPU), Networking, Azure HPC Cache, and Azure Purview services. Read More for the details.
GCP – Cloud Storage gets better system observability with customizable monitoring dashboards
Google Cloud Storage is a managed service for storing unstructured data and allowing retrieval of the data as often as users like. Because Cloud Storage is a fundamental and highly utilized service, the observability of storage is critical for storage engineers’ and administrators’ day-to-day operations. It is also critical for the scalability and sustainability of […]