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AWS – Amazon DynamoDB global tables are now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
Amazon DynamoDB global tables are now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. With global tables, you can give massively scaled, global applications local access to a DynamoDB table for fast read and write performance. You also can use global tables to replicate DynamoDB table data to additional AWS Regions for higher availability and disaster […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift Data API now adds support for multi-statement query execution and parameters
The Amazon Redshift Data API enables you to painlessly access data from Amazon Redshift with all types of traditional cloud-native, and containerized, serverless web services-based applications and event-driven applications. You can use the Data API with languages supported with the AWS SDK such as Python, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Ruby, and C++. Read More for […]
AWS – AWS Lambda now supports up to 10 GB of memory and 6 vCPU cores in the Middle East (Bahrain), Asia Pacific (Osaka), and Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) regions
AWS Lambda larger functions are now available in 3 additional regions enabling customers to provision Lambda functions with a maximum of 10,240 MB (10 GB) of memory, a more than 3x increase compared to the previous limit of 3,008 MB. With larger functions, customers can now more easily use AWS Lambda for workloads such as […]
AWS – AWS Control Tower now provides support for KMS Encryption
Today, we are announcing new functionality in AWS Control Tower that provides you the option to use a single customer provided AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) key to secure the AWS Control Tower deployed services (AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config) and the associated AWS S3 data. The use of AWS KMS encryption gives you enhanced […]
AWS – You can now import your AWS CloudFormation stacks into a CloudFormation stack set
Starting today, AWS CloudFormation StackSets enables you to import existing CloudFormation stacks into a stack set. StackSets extend the functionality of stacks letting you create, update, or delete stacks across multiple AWS accounts and regions with a single operation. You can now bring your existing CloudFormation stacks into the management purview of a new or […]
GCP – The new Google Cloud region in Melbourne is now open
We opened our Sydney cloud region in 2017 and, since then, we have continued to invest and expand across Australia and New Zealand to support the digital future of organizations of all sizes. In Australia, Google Cloud supports almost A$3.2 billion in annual gross benefits to businesses and consumers. This includes A$686 million to businesses […]
AWS – Amazon CodeGuru Profiler announces new automated onboarding process for AWS Lambda functions
Today, we are excited to announce that you can now automatically setup Amazon CodeGuru Profiler on your Lambda functions from within the Lambda console. This makes it easier for you to understand your Lambda function’s runtime and optimize their performance and costs. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Service Catalog announces improvements to the Getting Started Library
Today, AWS Service Catalog is releasing a new Getting Started Library (GSL) experience that simplifies discovering best practice templates and offers better guidance for Service Catalog Administrators when they use the library. The GSL contains more than 250 AWS best practice solutions for a wide variety of technical and business problems. The Library is regularly […]
AWS – Announcing CDK Pipelines GA, CI/CD for CDK Apps
CDK Pipelines is a construct library for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) that makes it easy to set up simple or complex continuous delivery pipelines with AWS CodePipeline. With CDK Pipelines, development teams can define and share “pipelines-as-code” patterns for deploying their applications. Teams can easily add stages to their pipeline to deploy […]
GCP – Data protection in transit, in storage, and in use
In our first episode of the Cloud Security Podcast, we had the pleasure to talk to Nelly Porter, Group Product Manager for the Cloud Security team. In this interview Anton, Tim, and Nelly examine a critical question about data security: how can we process extremely sensitive data in the cloud while also keeping it protected […]