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GCP – New ways to secure Chrome from the cloud with Chrome Browser Cloud Management
IT and security teams have a lot on their plate – from supporting the transition to new work environments, to preventing an increasing number of security attacks. And as more and more work is done in the browser, it’s important for IT and security professionals to look at the browser as a critical piece of […]

GCP – Ready, set, launch! Cloud Spanner makes application launches easier with warmup and benchmarking tool.
Cloud Spanner is a fully managed relational database with unlimited scale, strong consistency, and up to five 9s of availability. To achieve the powers of consistency, scale and availability by default Cloud Spanner has a built-in mechanism to automatically shard your database and provide a transparent and seamless experience. Spanner is a distributed database and […]

AWS – AWS Transfer Family announces enhancements to workflows
Today, AWS Transfer Family is pleased to announce enhancements to the managed workflows capability, which can save you even more time in automating file processing steps such as moving and renaming files, retaining source files for archival, dynamically routing files to user-specific folders, and deploying and monitoring workflows using AWS CloudFormation and AWS CloudWatch metrics. Read […]

Azure – General availability: Localization available in Azure Purview
The Azure Purview UX team has localized Azure Purview studio to 18 languages. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Application Gateway mutual authentication
Enable frontend mutual authentication and listener specific SSL policies on Application Gateway, now generally available. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Cost Management anomaly detection for subscriptions
Azure Cost Management offers subscription cost anomaly detection within the cost analysis preview to raise awareness and help identify unexpected changes in cost. Read More for the details.

GCP – How BBVA’s Google Cloud Training Program achieved record-breaking attendance
Editor’s note: A pioneer in the financial industry, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) has become “the digital bank of the 21st century,” in part by using Google Cloud as a foundation for its technological innovation. Years into their collaboration, BBVA and Google Cloud developed a customized training program—Ninja Cloud Academy—that would offer bank employees an opportunity to learn more about the technology and how it applies […]

GCP – Four ways Google Cloud Marketplace simplifies buying cloud software
Discovering, purchasing, and managing solutions on Google Cloud has never been easier thanks to Google Cloud Marketplace, where you can explore thousands of enterprise-ready products and services that integrate with Google Cloud. Marketplace simplifies buying solutions from Google and top software vendors as all purchases are seamlessly added to your existing Google Cloud invoice, so […]

GCP – From watersheds to Koala habitats – tackling ecosystem restoration with data
Protecting the earth’s ecosystems from further degradation and improving outcomes for the wildlife and communities that rely on them needs to be a focus for the next decade of climate action. Ecosystem restoration is proving to be a powerful solution to slow and prevent the worst impacts of climate change, prevent 60% of predicted species […]
GCP – Black History Month: Celebrating the success of Black founders with Google Cloud: Paerpay
Editor’s note: February is Black History Month—a time for us to come together to celebrate the diverse set of experiences, perspectives, and identities that make up the Black experience. Over the next few weeks, we will highlight Black-led startups and how they use Google Cloud to grow their businesses. Today’s feature highlights restaurant payments company […]