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AWS – Amazon EC2 Is4gen and Im4gn Instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region
Starting today, Amazon EC2 Is4gen and Im4gn instances, the latest generation storage-optimized instances, are available in Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region. Based on the AWS Nitro System, Im4gn and Is4gen instances are powered by Arm-based AWS Graviton2 processors and are build using AWS Nitro SSDs which enable up to 60% lower latency and up to 75% […]

AWS – Avoid runaway queries and improve query resiliency to spot interruptions with PrestoDB and Trino on EMR 6.8
Amazon EMR supports PrestoDB and Trino for running interactive SQL analytics over large datasets across multiple data sources. Today, we’re excited to announce the latest PrestoDB and Trino updates included in EMR release 6.8. Read More for the details.

AWS – Introducing the AWS Control Tower delivery and AWS Control Tower ready program
AWS Control Tower provides the easiest way to set up and govern a secure, multi-account AWS environment, and reduces the complexity and time required to establish governance supporting multiple AWS accounts. We are excited to introduce AWS Control Tower Delivery Partners offering consulting services on AWS Control Tower, and AWS Control Tower Ready Partners offering […]

AWS – Introducing the Amazon OpenSearch Service delivery program
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the new Amazon OpenSearch Service Delivery specialization for AWS Partners that help customers perform interactive log analytics, real-time application monitoring, website search, and more. Amazon OpenSearch Service manages software installation, upgrades, patching, scaling (up to 3 PB), and cross-region replication with no downtime. Amazon OpenSearch Service is […]

AWS – Introducing the Amazon EKS Delivery Program
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is thrilled to announce the new Amazon EKS Service Delivery specialization to highlight AWS Partners with consulting offerings that have demonstrated proven capabilities to architect, run, and operate containerized workloads on Amazon EKS. Amazon EKS Delivery partners play a crucial role in the customer journey as customers navigate modernization of legacy […]

AWS – AWS Cloud Control API is now available in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region
AWS Cloud Control API has expanded its availability to the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region. Cloud Control API is a set of common application programming interfaces (APIs) that is designed to make it easy for developers to manage their cloud infrastructure in a consistent manner and leverage the latest AWS capabilities faster. Using Cloud Control […]

AWS – Amazon QuickSight launches Customer Managed Keys (CMK) for SPICE data encryption
Amazon QuickSight launches new capability for account administrators to use Customer Managed Keys (CMK) to encrypt and manage SPICE datasets. Previously, QuickSight fully manages the protection of customer-data stored inside of the QuickSight service. Using the new Customer Managed Keys (CMK) capability will benefit QuickSight users to 1/ be able to revoke access to SPICE datasets with […]

GCP – An annual roundup of Google Data Analytics innovations
October 23rd (this past Sunday) was my 5th Googleversery and we just wrapped up an incredible Google Next 2022! It was great to see so many customers and my colleagues in person this year in New York City. This blog is an attempt to share progress we have made since last year (4th year anniversary […]

AWS – Announcing Amazon EMR Hive improvements: Metastore check (MSCK) command optimization and Parquet Modular Encryption
Hive users run Metastore check command with the repair table option (MSCK REPAIR table) to update the partition metadata in the Hive metastore for partitions that were directly added to or removed from the file system (S3 or HDFS). When run, MSCK repair command must make a file system call to check if the partition […]
AWS – Announcing general availability of SQL Notebooks support in Amazon Redshift Query Editor
Amazon Redshift introduces a new way to work on multiple SQL queries by organizing them into a single Notebook with documentation, visualization, and collaboration capabilities. The new SQL Notebook interface available in Amazon Redshift Query Editor v2 allows users such as data analysts and data scientists to run data analytics more efficiently by keeping relevant queries […]