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AWS – Amazon FSx for OpenZFS is now available in Europe (London), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Asia Pacific (Singapore) Regions
You can now launch Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file systems in three additional AWS Regions: Europe (London), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Asia Pacific (Singapore). Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS DataSync is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
AWS DataSync is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. DataSync can copy data to and from Network File System (NFS) shares, Server Message Block (SMB) shares, self-managed object storage, Hadoop Distributed File Systems (HDFS), AWS Snowcone, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets, Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file systems, Amazon […]

AWS – Amazon Redshift announces new enhancements for Audit Logging
Amazon Redshift now offers new enhancements for Audit Logging, which enables faster delivery of logs for analysis by minimizing latency while also adding Amazon CloudWatch as a new log destination. With this release, customers can choose to stream audit logs directly to Amazon CloudWatch, which enables customers to perform real-time monitoring. Read More for the […]

AWS – Amazon Polly Launches a new Austrian German Neural Text-to-Speech voice
Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Hannah, a new Austrian German Neural voice. Read More for the details.

GCP – From insights to robots, Speech AI use cases have exploded
It’s been five years since we launched the Google Cloud Speech-to-Text (STT) API, and we’re awed by the things our customers have done. From powering voice-controlled apps to generating captions for videos, the API processes more than 1 billion minutes of spoken language each month—enough to transcribe the entirety of the Oxford English Dictionary more […]

GCP – 4 new ways Citrix & Google Cloud can simplify your Cloud Migration
Citrix and Google Cloud empower organizations to securely deliver the apps and data people need to be as productive as possible — across a wide range of work locations and device types. Now,our growing partnership has something new to offer: a secure, flexible, and cost-effective desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) that scales up and down both quickly and […]

AWS – ACK Controllers for Amazon EKS, Amazon ECR, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3, AWS Application Autoscaling and AWS API Gateway v2 now generally available
AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) controllers for Amazon EKS, Amazon ECR, Dynamo DB, Amazon S3, AWS Application Autoscaling, and AWS API Gateway v2 are now generally available. Read More for the details.

AWS – Introducing 35 new resource types in the CloudFormation Registry
Since our last update in January 2022, AWS CloudFormation Registry has expanded to include support for 35 new resource types (refer to the complete list below) between January and March 2022. A resource type includes schema (resource properties and handler permissions) and handlers that allow API interactions with the underlying AWS or third-party services. Customers […]

AWS – Amazon Interactive Video Service console and APIs now available in four additional regions
The Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) console and APIs for control and creation of video stream resources are now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Seoul), and Europe (Frankfurt). Video ingest and delivery are available around the globe over a separate managed network of infrastructure optimized for live video. Read […]
AWS – AWS Marketplace customers can now modify their AMI and Container upfront contract pricing based subscriptions
Today, AWS Marketplace launched the ability for customers to easily upgrade and/or renew existing commitments for upfront contract pricing for AMI and Container products, which launched in Nov. 2021. Now, buyers can opt-in to auto-renew their existing contracts and/or increase the number of licenses in their commitment, allowing them to keep up with ever-changing business […]