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AWS – Deploy scale-out SAP HANA deployments using AWS Launch Wizard and Amazon EC2 x2idn/ r6i instances
AWS Launch Wizard now allows you to deploy SAP HANA in a scale-out architecture using Amazon EC2 x2idn and r6i instances. Customers can deploy up to 16 nodes (1 primary node and 15 secondary nodes) using these instance types. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing availability of AWS Outposts rack in Panama
AWS Outposts rack can now be shipped and installed at your data center and on-premises locations in Panama. Read More for the details.

GCP – More support for structured logs in new version of Go logging library
The new version of the Google logging client library for Go has been released. Version 1.5 adds new features and bug fixes including new structured logging capabilities that complete last year’s effort to enrich structured logging support in Google logging client libraries. Here are few of the new features in v1.5: Faster and more robust […]

AWS – Amazon WorkMail now supports invoking Lambdas to fetch availability (free/busy)
Amazon WorkMail now supports invoking AWS Lambda for user availability, through Custom Availability Provider Lambdas (CAP Lambdas). CAP Lambdas are a new way for WorkMail to get availability information from external availability sources. A customer can use these CAP Lambdas to give WorkMail access to availability information for users on other calendaring providers they own, […]

AWS – AWS Migration Hub Refactor Spaces can now enable and disable active routes
Today, AWS announced the ability to toggle routes on and off when using AWS Migration Hub Refactor Spaces. This feature lets customers create inactive routes which can be activated after creation once the route’s targeted service is ready to receive traffic. Customers can use route toggling to fine-tune their routing approach and deliver just-in-time route […]

AWS – AWS Database Migration Service now supports IBM Db2 z/OS as a source
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) now supports IBM Db2 z/OS as a source for the full load operational mode. Using AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT), you can convert schemas and code objects from IBM DB2 z/OS to Aurora MySQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, MySQL and PostgreSQL targets. Once you have the schema and objects in a format […]

AWS – AWS Database Migration Service now supports Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL as a target
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) has expanded functionality by adding support for Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL as a target. Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL is a new translation layer for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition that enables Aurora to understand commands from applications written for Microsoft SQL Server. Using AWS DMS, you can now perform full load migrations to […]

Azure – Public preview: Microsoft Purview data sharing
Microsoft Purview data sharing for in-place data sharing for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS Gen2) and Azure Blob Storage is now in public preview. Read More for the details.

GCP – Find your solution more easily with our new Solution Finder
Last October we rolled out a new web experience to help you better understand the products and solutions best suited for your projects, connect you directly to the developer documentation for each product to get started quickly, and help you visualize usage and associated costs to have a better idea of what to expect before […]
GCP – What GKE users need to know about Kubernetes’ new service account tokens
When you deploy an application on Kubernetes, it runs as a service account — a system user understood by the Kubernetes control plane. The service account is the basic tool for configuring what an application is allowed to do, analogous to the concept of an operating system user on a single machine. Within a Kubernetes […]