The new App Service on Linux Standard plan (Basic, Standard, and Premium) is generally available. On July 1, 2018, GUID migration and name changes will take effect automatically. Source: Microsoft Azure News Name changes and GUID migration: App Service Basic and Standard plans
Logic Apps is available in the US Gov Texas region. Source: Microsoft Azure News Logic Apps available in US Gov
The PostgreSQL-compatible edition of Amazon Aurora is now available in 14 regions. With the addition of the US West (N. California) AWS Region, you have a new option for database placement, availability, and scalability. Source: Amazon Web Services News Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL Compatibility is Available in the US West (N. California) Region
Starting today, Amazon Cloud Directory enables you to add additional, optional attributes on Typed Links. Previously, Cloud Directory had the capability to add attributes to Typed Links, with a constraint that these attributes were mandatory. Now, some attributes can be optional. Source: Amazon Web Services News Amazon Cloud Directory Makes Tracking Information on Typed Links Read more about Amazon Cloud Directory Makes Tracking Information on Typed Links More Flexible[…]
Starting today, Amazon EC2 C5 instances are available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region. C5 instances, the next generation of the Amazon EC2 Compute Optimized instances powered by 3.0 GHz Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (Skylake), were introduced in November 2017. C5 instances are built using a new light-weight hypervisor, Nitro Hypervisor, which provides practically all Read more about Amazon EC2 C5 Instances Are Now Available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region[…]
Starting today, Amazon EC2 M5 instances are available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region. M5 instances, the next generation of the Amazon EC2 General Purpose compute instances, were introduced in November 2017 to offer a balance of compute, memory, storage and networking resources for a broad range of customers’ workloads. Source: Amazon Web Services News Read more about Amazon EC2 M5 Instances Are Now Available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region[…]
Azure Container Instances enables multiple features in the newest API release, such as YAML support for deployment/export via AZ CLI 2.0, Log Analytics integration, secure environment variables, and liveness probes. Source: Microsoft Azure News Azure Container Instances: June updates
Introduction Using Docker to containerize your applications and services can give you some security benefits out of the box, but a default Docker installation still has room for some security-related configuration improvements. The Center for Internet Security, a non-profit whose mission is to promote internet security best-practices, created a step-by-step checklist for securing Docker. Subsequently, Read more about How To Audit Docker Host Security with Docker Bench for Security on Ubuntu 16.04[…]
Cognitive Services Speech SDK 0.4.0 has been released with additional functionalities of audio input stream support and detailed output format support, along with bug fixes. Source: Microsoft Azure News Cognitive Services Speech SDK June 2018 update
AWS Elemental MediaLive now makes channel alerts available within the detail view of a running channel. This real-time information reduces the latency of alarms and enables you to remedy issues more quickly. There alerts are also available via Amazon CloudWatch Events. For more informatiion, visit the AWS Elemental MediaLive documetnation pages. Source: Amazon Web Services Read more about AWS Elemental MediaLive Adds Channel Alerts To The Console[…]