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Azure – Public preview: Azure Load Testing support for user specified JMeter properties
Azure Load Testing preview now supports user specified JMeter properties, making load tests more configurable. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Load Testing supports splitting input data across test engines
You can now configure your test to automatically split large input data evenly across the test engine instances. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure SDK for Go
The Azure SDK for Go has received a major update and data plane support for new services like Identity, Key Vault, Service Bus, and Tables. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Databricks available in new regions
Sweden Central and West Central US regions added to Azure Databricks. Read More for the details.

GCP – How Google Cloud can help secure your software supply chain
With the recent announcement of Assured Open Source Software service, Google Cloud can help customers secure their open source software by providing them with the same open source packages that Google uses. By getting security assurances from using these open source packages, Google Cloud customers can enhance their security posture and build their own software […]

GCP – Palexy empowers retailers to increase in-store sales with the help of Google Cloud
Many people are again crowding store aisles as they look for their favorite products and eagerly try on clothing, shoes, and jewelry. Although some shoppers purchase multiple items, others leave the store empty handed. As retailers know, there are many possible reasons why some people only window shop. Perhaps a favorite item is too expensive, […]

GCP – Google Cloud supports higher education with Cloud Digital Leader program
College and university faculty can now easily teach cloud literacy and digital transformation with the Cloud Digital Leader track, part of the Google Cloud career readiness program. The new track is available for eligible faculty who are preparing their students for a cloud-first workforce. As part of the track, students will build their cloud literacy […]

GCP – Secure, Scalable, Discoverable Research Environment with Simplified Chargeback
Healthcare data is being generated at an exponential rate, currently representing an estimated 30% of the world’s data1. The volume, speed, and variety of the data that is created can make it quite difficult for researchers and academic professionals to consume, analyze, and share insights at scale. At Google Cloud, we’re helping bring researchers scalable […]

AWS – AWS Application Migration Service now supports automated application modernizations
AWS Application Migration Service is announcing support for new automated application modernizations. AWS Application Migration Service allows you to quickly rehost applications on AWS. It automatically converts your source servers from physical, virtual, or cloud infrastructure to run natively on AWS. Read More for the details.
GCP – Even more pi in the sky: Calculating 100 trillion digits of pi on Google Cloud
Records are made to be broken. In 2019, we calculated 31.4 trillion digits of π — a world record at the time. Then, in 2021, scientists at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons calculated another 31.4 trillion digits of the constant, bringing the total up to 62.8 trillion decimal places. Today we’re announcing […]