AWS CDK releases v1.117.0 – v1.120.0 with improved support for Amazon Kinesis Firehose, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Cognito, and more

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedAWS CDK releases v1.117.0 – v1.120.0 with improved support for Amazon Kinesis Firehose, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Cognito, and more During August, 2021, 4 new versions of the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, .NET and Go were released (v1.117.0 through v1.120.0). These releases include multiple additions to the Kinesis Firehose Construct…

Federated authentication to Amazon Redshift using AWS Single Sign-On

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedFederated authentication to Amazon Redshift using AWS Single Sign-On Managing database users through identity federation allows you to manage authentication and authorization procedures centrally. Amazon Redshift, a fast, fully managed cloud data warehouse, provides browser-based plugins for JDBC/ODBC drivers, which helps you easily implement identity federation capabilities added with multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure…

Securely Ingest Industrial Data to AWS via Machine to Cloud Solution

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedSecurely Ingest Industrial Data to AWS via Machine to Cloud Solution As a manufacturing enterprise, maximizing your operational efficiency and optimizing output are critical factors in this competitive global market. However, many manufacturers are unable to frequently collect data, link data together, and generate insights to help them optimize performance. Furthermore, decades of competing…

Boost your network security with new updates to Azure Firewall

By Dustin Ward

This post was co-authored by Eliran Azulai, Principal Program Manager, Azure Networking. Today, we are announcing new Azure Firewall capabilities as well as updates for August 2021. Azure Firewall supports US West 3, Jio India West, and Brazil Southeast. Auto-generated self-signed certificates for Azure Firewall Premium SKU. Secure Hub now supports Availability Zones. Deploy Azure…

Improve availability with zone-redundant storage for Azure Disk Storage

By Dustin Ward

As organizations continue to accelerate their cloud adoption, the need for reliable infrastructure is critical to ensure business continuity and avoid costly disruptions. Azure Disk Storage provides maximum resiliency for all workloads with an industry-leading zero percent annual failure rate and single-instance service-level agreements (SLA) for all disk types, including a best-in-class single-instance SLA of…