Amazon MSK Connect now supports updating connector plugins and worker configurations
Amazon MSK Connect now allows in-place updates for custom connector plugins and worker configurations. This eliminates the need to delete and recreate connectors, preserving committed offsets during updates.
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Monte Carlo's Terraform provider is now on the OpenTofu registry
Monte Carlo has published its Terraform provider and agent modules to the OpenTofu registry, enabling users to manage Monte Carlo infrastructure as code using OpenTofu.
REST API v2 (Public preview): onboard Monte Carlo from your AI tool, Terraform or a script
Monte Carlo's REST API v2 is now in public preview, enabling automated onboarding and deployment of collection agents via scripts, Terraform, or AI tools.
Gemini-powered Explore summaries in Looker are generally available
The ability to generate summaries of Looker Explores using Gemini assistance is now generally available.
Dashboard relationships are now generally available
Dashboard relationships, which enable multi-fact data models in AI/BI dashboards, are now generally available.
Looker bullet chart visualization is generally available
The bullet chart visualization type is now generally available in Looker, allowing users to evaluate metric performance against targets and thresholds.
Xero connector is available in Beta
The managed Xero connector is now available in beta for Databricks Lakeflow Connect, supporting incremental ingestion of accounting data.
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Amazon MSK Connect now supports pausing and resuming connectors
Amazon MSK Connect now allows users to pause and resume connectors in place, preserving configuration and offsets without needing to delete and recreate them.
Amazon Kinesis Video Streams now supports VPC endpoints with AWS PrivateLink
Amazon Kinesis Video Streams now supports interface VPC endpoints powered by AWS PrivateLink , providing private connectivity from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).
AWS Transform now supports Apache Kafka migration assessments for Amazon MSK
You can now use AWS Transform agentic migration assessments to evaluate the migration of on-premises Apache Kafka clusters to Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) .
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams announces Service-Managed Partition Keys for simplified data ingestion
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams now supports service-managed partition keys for On-Demand Standard and On-Demand Advantage streams, automatically distributing records across shards without requiring customers to specify partition keys to publish data.