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GCP – Palantir and Google Cloud partner to power data-driven transformations in commercial industries
Enterprises of all shapes and sizes have growing amounts of data available to them, and being able to leverage that data easily and quickly for data-driven operations is increasingly critical to staying competitive. However, integrating, shaping, and analyzing data can be extremely time intensive. To help businesses accelerate their operational analytics journeys, Palantir, a leader […]

Azure – Public preview: Azure Virtual Network Manager in nine new regions
You can create an Azure Virtual Network Manager instance in nine more regions and manage your virtual networks at scale across regions, subscriptions, management groups, and tenants globally from a single pane of glass. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing enhanced integration with Service Quotas for Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB now enables you to proactively manage your account and table quotas through enhanced integration with Service Quotas. Using Service Quotas, you can now view the current values of all your DynamoDB quotas. You can also monitor the current utilization of your account-level quotas. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon DynamoDB Standard Infrequent Access table class is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon DynamoDB Standard Infrequent Access (DynamoDB Standard-IA) table class is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The DynamoDB Standard-IA table class is ideal for use cases that require long-term storage of data that is infrequently accessed, such as application logs, medical records, and financial transactions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing Bottlerocket ECS variant for NVIDIA GPUs
Today, we are announcing availability of a Bottlerocket variant that supports NVIDIA GPU-based Amazon EC2 instance types on Amazon Elastic Container Services (Amazon ECS). Bottlerocket is a Linux-based operating system that is purpose-built to run container workloads. Customers can now benefit from using the same container-focused host operating system for both their non-GPU and GPU workloads while […]

Azure – General availability: Azure WAF policy and DDoS management in Azure Firewall Manager
Azure Firewall Manager supports the ability to manage DDoS Protection plans and Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) policies for workloads and applications, within a centralized place, at scale. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Windows Admin Center in the Azure portal
Preview remote management capabilities through a single pane of glass in the Azure portal. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: ExpressRoute Direct and Circuit in different subscriptions
You can now redeem an ExpressRoute Direct authorization to create an ExpressRoute Circuit in a different subscription. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is now available in 12 additional Regions
Starting today, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) is available in 12 additional Regions: US West (N. California), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Canada (Central), Europe (Milan), Europe (Paris), Europe (Stockholm), Middle East (Bahrain), South America (São Paulo). Read More for the details.
GCP – Announcing the 2021 Google Cloud Customer Award Winners in Education and Research
We’re thrilled to celebrate this year’s seven Education and Research winners of the Google Cloud Customer Awards. The second annual Google Cloud Customer Awards program honors organizations that have succeeded in turning new ideas into realities. Google experts independently judged and scored an unprecedented number of submissions from around the world. Winners in education and research […]