We are excited to announce that CloudWatch added support for Extended metrics retention, Percentile statistics on metrics, and High-Resolution Custom Metrics and Alarms in the AWS GovCloud (US) region. 

The Amazon CloudFront team is happy to announce its 99th Point of Presence with the addition of a second Edge Location in Miami, Florida. Amazon CloudFront’s 99 Points of Presence includes 88 Edge Locations and 11 Regional Edge Caches. Our network spans across 50 cities in 23 countries around the world. To learn more about Amazon CloudFront and how to get started, please visit our webpage to see our upcoming webinars. 

AWS Storage Gateway is now HIPAA eligible. If you have an executed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with AWS, you can now use Storage Gateway to store, backup and archive protected health information (PHI) on scalable, cost-effective, and secure AWS storage services, including Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier and Amazon EBS, which are also HIPAA eligible.

Nearly nine years ago, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of Amazon CloudFront, its global Content Delivery Network (CDN). What started as a novel, high-performing edge network with 14 Points of Presence has now grown to support millions of viewers around the world. Today, we are excited to announce our 100th Point of Presence (89 Edge Locations and 11 Regional Edge Caches) in one of Amazon CloudFront’s fastest growing geographies, Japan. Our 100th Point of Presence (POP) is also the fifth Edge Location in Tokyo, and our sixth in Japan. 

MoU signed by BlueTech and WEF; Organizations will work closely on technology and market trends

A transcript of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for October 30, 2017.

EPA awards over $282,000 to tribe.

WEF’s Executive Director urged congress to protect federal funding for water research in a letter.

Despite Brexit, Silicon Valley VCs are pumping money into UK tech start-ups, report London & Partners, the Mayor of London’s promotional agency. UK start-ups received £884.8m from Bay Area VCs in the first nine months of this year, compared to £342m in the whole of 2016, says the agency. Major deals include Andreessen Horowitz’s investment …

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TrendForce has produced its forecasts for 2018: 1. Tight supply, high prices to continue in DRAM market 2. AI’s influence on the semiconductor industry will expand 3. Numerous fabs in China will come on-stream. 4. OLED penetration in smartphones will increase from 28% to 33% 5. 5G deployment begins 6. Voice-based personal assistants will drive …

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