Topic: aws
AWS launches a MongoDB-compatible database service, Amazon DocumentDB
AWS has announced a new document database service to support MongoDB workloads. Amazon DocumentDB can be used to “store, retrieve, and manage semi-structured data.” With the new database, developers will still be able to use the same MongoDB code, drivers, and tools, but will also enjoy improved performance, scalability, and availability, all while not worrying … continue reading
SD Times news digest: ActiveState’s new open-source automation features, Amazon acquires CloudEndure, and Square’s In-App Payments SDK
ActiveState has added new beta features to its platform. According to the company, the new features will help “automatically build, certify and resolve open source language.” Specific features include the ability to select a set of packages from ActiveState’s inventory to create on-demand builds, automated Python builds, automatic dependency resolution, commit-based build history, and integrated … continue reading
Amazon goes deeper with serverless
Amazon is bolstering its serverless solution AWS Lambda with new serverless development features. The company announced Lambda Layers and Lambda Runtime API at its re:Invent conference this week. Lambda Layers is a new feature for managing code and data across multiple functions. According to Amazon, it’s very common to have code shared across functions whether … continue reading
Amazon announces new machine learning services and analytic solutions at AWS re:Invent
Amazon is tackling everything from analytics to machine learning and time series forecasting at its AWS re:Invent 2018 conference this week. The company made a number of new announcements to help developers to get started with non-virtual environments, artificial intelligence, and gain deeper insights. Amazon Firecracker allows for microVMs to be launched in non-virtual environments … continue reading
AWS re:Invent: Sumo Logic teams up with AWS, Software AG Cloud, TigerGraph Cloud and new PagerDuty integrations
AWS re:Invent 2018 is in full swing this week with industry leaders and attendees coming together to talk about how to improve productivity, security and more in the cloud. Already, Amazon has made big developer announcements such as new IoT capabilities and a new robotics application development platform. In addition to the Amazon Web Services … continue reading
AWS introduces new developer service for building robotics applications
Amazon Web Services is envisioning a future where robots are a part of our everyday lives, whether through doing tedious household chores, distributing inventory in warehouses or inspecting high-voltage wires in dangerous environments. To support the creation of these robots, the company is introducing the AWS RoboMaker, a new developer software for developing, testing and … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Amazon S3 leaks, Flexera AdminStudio 2018 R3, and Databricks Apache Spark 2.4 support
AWS has added four new controls to S3 to help prevent leaks. Amazon S3 buckets and objects are private by default, but settings can be changed that make them public. “We want to make sure that you use public buckets and objects as needed, while giving you tools to make sure that you don’t make … continue reading
New Relic introduces APM support for AWS Lambda
New Relic has announced a number of new features to help organizations adopt modern architectures, including new APM support for AWS Lambda. Application monitoring for AWS Lambda will provide improved visibility into function invocations, event sources, and connected services. This will enable DevOps teams to more quickly build and deploy applications using AWS functions-as-a-service, New … continue reading
Managed CockroachDB launches as a geo-distributed database-as-a-service
In an effort to make data easy, Cockroach Labs has released a fully hosted and fully managed version of CockroachDB. Cloud agnostic and available on both AWS and GCP, Managed CockroachDB will enable development teams to focus on building scalable applications without having to worry about infrastructure operations. While the team believes that getting started … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Firefox Monitor, new Watson services, and Salesforce and AWS partnership expands
Mozilla has announced the release of Firefox Monitor, which will notify people when they have been part of a data breach. Users can get started by looking up their email and finding out if it has been part of a past data breach. They can then sign up to be notified if a breach ever … continue reading
Amazon Aurora Serverless now generally available
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a new serverless solution for starting, scaling and shutting down database capacity. Amazon Aurora Serverless was first announced as a preview last year at re:Invent. The solution is now generally available, and designed as an on-demand, auto-scaling service without having to provision, scale and manage servers. “More and more … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Rookout’s debugging solution for Electron, Embarcadero’s free community editions and the VirtualLink specification
Debugging company Rookout has announced it is bringing its remote live debugging solution to Electron. Electron is an open-source framework for building web solutions with JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Rookout’s debugging solution will enable developers to gain insights into the data and code from a live Electron app, rather than having to gain the insights … continue reading
