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AWS – AWS Marketplace introduces free trials for SaaS usage-based pricing products
AWS Marketplace is announcing free trials for SaaS usage-based pricing products, an extension of the free trials for SaaS contracts experience that was introduced on May 31, 2022. With free trials in AWS Marketplace, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) can grow their business by reducing sign up friction and providing prospects a first-hand experience of the […]

AWS – Amazon Neptune Serverless is now available in 5 additional AWS Regions
Amazon Neptune Serverless is now available in the Canada (Central), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Europe (Frankfurt), and Europe (Stockholm) AWS Regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Storage Gateway introduces Terraform modules for Amazon S3 File Gateway
AWS Storage Gateway introduces Terraform modules for deploying Amazon S3 File Gateways in VMware environments. You can now leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate and streamline the provisioning and configuration of Amazon S3 File Gateways, providing users with a faster, repeatable, and secure deployment option that can scale. Read More for the details.

GCP – Google named a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems
We’re excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems, for the third year in a row. We believe this recognition is a testimony to Google Cloud’s vision and strong track record of delivering continuous product innovation, especially in areas like open […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 M6a and C6a instances now available in five additional regions
Starting today, the general-purpose Amazon EC2 M6a instances and compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C6a instances are now available in US West (N. California), Asia Pacific (Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo), and Europe (London) regions. M6a and C6a instances are powered by third-generation AMD EPYC processors with an all-core turbo frequency of up to 3.6 GHz. M6a instances deliver […]

AWS – AWS IoT is now available in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region
We’re excited to announce availability of AWS IoT Core and AWS IoT Device Management in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region. The AWS Middle East (UAE) Region is the second Region in the Middle East, in addition to the Middle East (Bahrain) Region. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon ECS now supports container port ranges for port mapping
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now enables you to configure port ranges for your container as part of the port mapping. Port mappings (specified in the container definition) allow containers to access ports on the host container instance to send or receive traffic. In addition to individual ports, Amazon ECS now allows your application […]

AWS – AWS IQ launches public profiles for companies
AWS Partners and consulting firms can now create an AWS IQ profile for their company and connect with AWS customers. Customers can message the Partner directly and connect to receive immediate help. Partners can choose to respond as a company or as an individual who works for the company when engaging with customers. Any Partner […]

AWS – Introducing the new Amazon EMR Console
You can now use the newly re-designed Amazon EMR console. Amazon EMR is the cloud big data solution for petabyte-scale data processing, interactive analytics, and machine learning using open-source frameworks such as Apache Spark, Apache Hive, and Presto. The new re-designed console introduces a new simplified experience to launch and manage clusters running big data […]
AWS – Amazon Personalize extends limits to support more users and longer histories of interactions
We are excited to announce that Amazon Personalize has extended limits to support datasets with up to 100 million users and 3 billion interactions. Amazon Personalize enables developers to improve customer engagement through personalized product and content recommendations – no ML expertise required. Amazon Personalize trains custom models for each customer using their unique data. […]