AWS Config now has a redesigned experience for discovering and setting up AWS-managed Config rules. You can now search managed rules by name, label, or description. This allows you to quickly filter rules based on services and rule descriptions. For example, you can type “EC2” in the search field to display all rules that apply to your Amazon EC2 resources.
Amazon QuickSight now available in US East (Ohio)
Amazon QuickSight is now available in US East (Ohio). New users can sign up for QuickSight with US East (Ohio) as their home region, making SPICE capacity available in the region and ensuring proximity to AWS and on-premises data sources. Existing QuickSight users can switch to US East (Ohio) via the region switcher in the User Interface to provision SPICE capacity, and to enable faster and cheaper connectivity to data sources in the region. With this launch, QuickSight is now available in US East (N. Virginia and Ohio), US West (Oregon) and EU (Ireland) regions.
PA prison to install award-winning water recycling system
Concurrent Technologies Corporation will cut prison utility costs 20% per year.
OriginClear agrees to pilot program at Sinopec Shale Gas Site in China’s Shandong Province
Regional partnership for proving program signed at provincial government ceremony.
Colorado utility successfully removes 129-year-old working water valve
It is Colorado Springs’ second oldest water valve.
New technology eliminates water and generates power for cooling
Autry Industrial, LLC introduced a patent-pending cooling process for industrial applications that consumes no water and generates power.
Gov. of Canada invests $2.2M for upgrades to water, wastewater
Town of Chibougamau to upgrade its waste water pumping stations thanks to Clean Water and Wastewater Fund.
Franklin Electric acquires US groundwater distribution companies
The company has reached an agreement to acquire controlling interests in three distributors in the U.S. professional groundwater market.
binder signs Anglia to boost UK industrial presence
The circular connector specialist binder has appointed Anglia Components as distributor for the UK and Ireland.
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Ed’s Whizzo New Wheeze
One of the many extraordinary things I’m learning about government is how many funds there are knocking about, Ed confides to his diary, I have just stumbled across a government money pot for promoting growth whose targets are so wishy-washy way that the money can be used for almost anything with no accountability and, sometimes, …
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