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AWS – Amazon ElastiCache simplifies password rotations with Secrets Manager
You can now efficiently manage and rotate passwords for Amazon ElastiCache for Redis clusters using AWS Secrets Manager. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Connect launches API for monitoring live contacts
Amazon Connect now provides an API to programmatically initiate supervisor monitoring on an ongoing contact. Today, contact center supervisors can monitor live conversations between agents and customers by selecting which conversations to monitor via the real-time metrics page in Amazon Connect. Using the new MonitorContact API, businesses can now build custom supervisor dashboards that include […]
GCP – How the year’s final Google Cloud Security Talks will ready you for security and cloud success in 2023
As we help our customers evolve their security approaches for the cloud era, two key objectives based on Google’s experience defending our own infrastructure and systems, emerge: trust nothing and detect everything. These can seem like daunting tasks for even the most capable security teams, especially in today’s challenging threat environment. But next month, our […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Autopilot now supports batch inference in Amazon SageMaker Studio
Amazon SageMaker Autopilot now supports batch/offline inference within Amazon SageMaker Studio so you can run batch predictions on machine learning (ML) models. SageMaker Autopilot automatically builds, trains and tunes the best ML models based on your data, while allowing you to maintain full control and visibility. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Security Hub now supports bidirectional integration via AWS Service Management Connector for Atlassian’s Jira Service Management Cloud
Staring today, customers can detect and resolve AWS security findings from AWS Security Hub via AWS Service Management Connector. This integration is built using Atlassian Forge for Atlassian’s Jira Service Management (JSM) Cloud. AWS Security Hub helps customers to perform security best practice checks, aggregate alerts and enables automated remediation. It enables users to view […]
AWS – AWS Service Management Connector now supports provisioning AWS Service Catalog products in Atlassian’s Jira Service Management Cloud
Starting today, customers can search, request and provision products from AWS Service Catalog via AWS Service Management Connector. This integration is built using Atlassian Forge for Atlassian’s Jira Service Management (JSM) Cloud. With this connector, administrators can use existing AWS Service Catalog configurations, including curated products, portfolios, constraints, and tagging, and expose them to JSM […]
AWS – Amazon WorkSpaces announces version 2.0 of WorkSpaces Streaming Protocol
Amazon WorkSpaces announces general availability of version 2.0 of the WorkSpaces Streaming Protocol (WSP) host agent. WSP is a high performance cloud-native streaming protocol designed to enable your users to access a highly responsive remote desktop experience and features such as 2-way audio video and smart card support. Read More for the details.
AWS – Build event-driven applications with AWS CloudFormation StackSets event notifications in Amazon EventBridge
Today, AWS CloudFormation StackSets launches event notifications via Amazon EventBridge. You can trigger event-driven actions after creating, updating, or deleting your CloudFormation stack sets. You can achieve this without developing or maintaining custom solutions that periodically poll for changes in your CloudFormation stack sets deployments via CloudFormation APIs. With this launch, you can build your […]
AWS – AWS IoT Device Management now supports up to twelve query terms for more granular search and monitoring
We are excited to announce that AWS IoT Device Management Fleet Indexing now supports up to twelve query terms. AWS IoT Device Management is a fully managed service that helps you search, organize, monitor, and remotely manage IoT devices at scale. Read More for the details.
GCP – Does the internet need sunscreen? No, submarine cables are protected from solar storms
To the casual observer, the Sun is constant and unchanging. But in fact, this nearly perfect ball of plasma regularly spits large quantities of superheated gas into interplanetary space, creating solar storms that wreak havoc on the Earth’s magnetic field as they approach and pass through the atmosphere. These geomagnetic disturbances are visible in polar […]