Starting today, you can take greater control of your AWS costs and resource usage with the new and enhanced features in AWS Budgets. You can now create monthly, quarterly, or annual budgets for your AWS resource usage (e.g., EC2 instance hours) or your AWS costs. In addition to accessing Budgets via the Billing & Cost Management console, you can now use the new Budgets API or command line interface to create, edit, delete, and view up to 20,000 budgets per payer account.
AWS CodePipeline Available in Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region
AWS CodePipeline is now available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) AWS region.
Amazon WorkDocs Launches Redesigned Web Client With Improved Functionality
You can now use the redesigned Amazon WorkDocs web client as the single place to manage, share, and collaborate on documents and files. The updated Amazon WorkDocs web client offers an intuitive user interface, and includes performance enhancements and improvements to navigation designed to make Amazon WorkDocs even easier to use. The redesigned web client is now available to all new and existing Amazon WorkDocs customers.
Amazon WorkSpaces is now available in the EU (Frankfurt) AWS Region
Amazon WorkSpaces is now available in the EU (Frankfurt) AWS Region. Amazon WorkSpaces is a fully managed, secure desktop computing service which runs on the AWS cloud. Amazon WorkSpaces allows you to provide your users access to the documents, applications, and resources they need from the device of their choice, including Windows and Mac computers, Chromebooks, iPads, Fire tablets, and Android tablets. Amazon WorkSpaces integrates with your existing IT systems, and you can use your corporate Active Directory to provide users with seamless access to company resources. With Amazon WorkSpaces, you pay either monthly or hourly just for the desktops you launch, which helps you save money when compared to traditional desktops and on-premises Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions.
Fracking wastewater – nothing to worry about, finds Duke University research
Multiple concerns have been raised in the past over the chemicals used and subsequent wastewater generated during the hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, process…
UF/RO membranes part of wastewater recycling plant expansion in Ajman
A wastewater recycling plant has been expanded to 9,000 m3/day in the Emirate of Ajman using ultra filtration and reverse osmosis membranes…
Northwest Pipe Company awarded section 10-11 of Integrated Pipeline Project in Texas
The pipeline will transport raw water and provide new infrastructure capacity for the area.
Calif. water utility employs water quality monitors by Aqua Metrology Systems
This is the first commercial application to use a real-time water quality monitor developed by Aqua Metrology Systems (AMS) to provide high frequency, reliable, and accurate data on hexavalent and total chromium.
Direct potable reuse study results released
Water Research Foundation is positioned to be the leader in potable reuse research, with over a dozen ongoing projects and over 40 years of research.
Xylem mobilizes pumps, equipment to help move water in aftermath of Hurricane Matthew
Xylem’s local branches in North Charleston, SC and Jacksonville, FL worked around the clock to provide rapid response dewatering capabilities to keep local infrastructure and community facilities functional during and after Matthew.