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AWS – Announcing Open Data on AWS Data Exchange
Anyone can now search and find publicly available data sets on AWS Data Exchange along with more than 3,000 existing data products from category-leading data providers across industries, all in one place. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS App2Container now supports Azure DevOps for setting up a CI/CD pipeline
AWS App2Container (A2C) now supports Azure DevOps for setting up a CI/CD pipeline to automate building and deploying container applications on AWS. With this release, customers can leverage App2Container to automate the setup of Azure DevOps service pipeline for managing automated build and deployment of containerized applications. App2Container automates the build pipeline setup by installing […]
AWS – AWS Well-Architected Tool adds multiple enhancements to custom lenses
AWS Well-Architected Tool now allows customers to preview custom lens content before publishing, add additional URLs to helpful resources and improvement plans, and use tags to assign metadata to their custom lenses. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon QuickSight launches custom subtotals at all levels and ability to show/ hide column for pivot table
Amazon QuickSight launches custom subtotals at all levels on Pivot Table. QuickSight authors can now customize how subtotals are displayed in Pivot Table, with options to display subtotals for last level, all levels or selected level. This customization is available for both rows and columns. To learn more about custom subtotals, see here. Read More […]
AWS – AWS WAF Captcha is now generally available
AWS WAF Captcha is now available for all customers. AWS WAF Captcha helps block unwanted bot traffic by requiring users to successfully complete challenges before their web request are allowed to reach AWS WAF protected resources. You can configure AWS WAF rules to require WAF Captcha challenges to be solved for specific resources that are […]
AWS – Amazon ECR now supports AWS PrivateLink in AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
Today, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) launched the support for AWS PrivateLink in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. Now you can access Amazon ECR API from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) in Osaka region without using public IPs and without requiring the traffic to traverse across the internet. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS WAF adds support for inspecting multiple request headers
AWS WAF now supports evaluating multiple headers in the HTTP request, without the need to specify each header individually in AWS WAF rules. You can also use this new capability to easily inspect all cookies in the HTTP request, without the need to specify each cookie in WAF rules. This capability helps you protect your […]
GCP – Using the Node.js Cloud Client Libraries
Beyond running your mission-critical serverless apps at global scale, Google Cloud provides a vast array of products that you can leverage to add valuable features to your apps. Use Node.js Cloud Client Libraries to reduce and simplify the amount of JavaScript or TypeScript code you need to write for accessing a product through its Application […]
GCP – Accelerating AI/ML adoption in the public sector: Three ways to get started
This is part one of a two-part series with practical tips to start your AI/ML journey. Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are creating more personalized and easier digital experiences for constituents. According to recent studies, 92% of U.S. citizens1 report that improved digital services would positively impact their view of government. At the […]
GCP – The latest accessibility updates in the Maps JavaScript API
In recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day last month, I wanted to provide a follow-up to last year’s work and share more recent updates to improve accessibility in the Maps JavaScript API and Maps Embed API. Our work since last year has continued to focus on some fundamental improvements in the Embed API, including ‘tab’ […]