Starting today, customers can launch MariaDB version 10.1 instances on Amazon RDS. They can also upgrade their existing Amazon RDS for MariaDB database instances from version 10.0 to 10.1 using either the console or API.

This major update to the NIST 800-53 Quick Start (published earlier this year) deploys a standardized environment that helps support additional NIST-based security requirements on the AWS cloud. Specifically, it helps organizations with workloads that fall in scope for any of the following:

• National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) SP 800-53 (Revision 4)
• NIST SP 800-171
• The OMB Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) Initiative – FedRAMP Overlay (pilot)
• The DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG)

Starting today, you can create cross-region read replicas for Amazon Aurora. This allows you to serve read traffic from your users in different geographic regions and increases your application’s responsiveness. 

Water technologists at Xylem have developed what they are calling “the world’s first pumping system with integrated intelligence.”

A transcript of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for May 30, 2016. 

The contract will provide services to approximately 340,000 homes and businesses throughout the region.

Desalination capacity is expected to grow by 8 per cent annually to 140 million m3/d by 2020, new research shows.

The BBC micro:bit educational controller module is to be commercially available in the UK for £12.99. Distributor element14 has a 15 month contract to manufacture and distribute micro:bit in the UK. It also has plans to sell the product overseas at some stage. Element14 is announcing pre-order facilities for consumers and will be the exclusive …

BBC micro:bit goes on sale today for £12.99

The Aerospace & Defence Forum 2016 hosted by National Instruments takes place on Tuesday 14th June at the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Madejski Stadium, Reading, UK. It is a free-to-attend conference presenting trends and technologies for aerospace, defence, security and space systems. The programme includes: Morning keynote address from Dr. Marco Lisi, manager and scientist, …

NI runs free aerospace technology forum in Reading

Today, the Euros 62 million European research project SemI40 (“Power Semiconductor and Electronics Manufacturing 4.0”) – in which 37 partners from five countries will carry out research into developing autonomous factories – was launched. SemI40 will focus on “smart production” and “cyber-physical production systems” in the next three years with secure data traffic playing a …

SemI40 kicks off to develop robot factories