You can now use AWS Glue in the Canada (Central) AWS region.

We are happy to announce the release of NICE DCV (Desktop Cloud Visualization) version 2017.1.

Ingram Micro Distribution GmbH is the target of a Tridonic IP suit over the distribution of smartphones with patent-infringing LEDs; meanwhile Tridonic also just released new flexible LED light engines.

Now you can use AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) to manage SSO access to more pre-integrated business applications such as SmartSheet, Trello, and Expensify. This expands the list of already pre-integrated business applications, such as Salesforce, Google Suite, and Office 365. For the full list of business applications pre-integrated with AWS SSO, see Supported Applications .

Amazon Connect now provides a new user management API that lets you automate creation and deletion of user accounts, changes to user configurations, and updates to security settings, based on your business needs. You can also use the API to make changes to routing profiles assigned to users, which lets you easily move agents to busier queues during periods of high call volume.  To learn more see the API documentation.

Alexa for Business now lets IT administrators monitor when shared devices are deregistered from the Alexa for Business account. Shared devices are placed in common areas, such as conference rooms and building lobbies, and are managed centrally with the Alexa for Business console. By knowing when shared devices are deregistered, you can take corrective action and delete the deregistered devices from the console.  

CEO Berlien says Osram is “accelerating” its cost-cutting as it eyes long-term growth in high-tech and a shift in strategic development.

Customers can now use AWS Key Management Service (KMS) to manage encryption of data stored in the cloud by AWS Storage Gateway.  AWS KMS is a managed service that makes it easy for you to create and control encryption keys used to encrypt your data. Storage Gateway now supports AWS KMS for encryption of data stored in AWS by all gateway types. This includes virtual tapes managed by Tape Gateway, in-cloud volumes and EBS Snapshots created by Volume Gateway, and files stored as objects in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) by File Gateway. 

Amazon Transcribe is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) service that makes it easy for you to add speech-to-text capability to your applications. Amazon Transcribe now supports a feature called Channel Identification that processes audio featuring multiple channels, and produces a single transcript of the speech annotated by the channel on which it was spoken.

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) Private Certificate Authority (CA) is now available in the EU (London) Region, increasing the number of AWS Regions where ACM Private CA is available to ten. The expansion into a new AWS Region provides you more options to provision your ACM Private CA with the other AWS services you use.