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Azure – Generally available: Virtual Machine level disk bursting supports additional VM types
Handle unforeseen disk traffic spikes smoothly without the need to overprovision your virtual machine with virtual machine level disk bursting. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) additional regions available
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) is now available in the Central US, South Central US, West Central US, and West US regions to distribute your Postgres database. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) new certifications
New compliance certifications are now available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Machine Learning February 2022 announcements
New features now available in public preview include automatic time series ID detection for automation, automatedML model’s training code generation, and move Azure Machine Learning workspaces between subscriptions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing Automatic Workload Management for Amazon Redshift Concurrency Scaling
Amazon Redshift now offers more efficient query processing for Redshift Concurrency Scaling clusters. Concurrency Scaling automatically adds and removes capacity to handle unpredictable demand from thousands of concurrent users. Automatic Workload Management(AutoWLM) is designed to process queries more efficiently and is now enabled with Concurrency Scaling clusters. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Resource Access Manager achieves PCI DSS Compliance
AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM) is now a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant service. AWS RAM helps you securely share your AWS resources across AWS accounts or within your organization or organizational units (OUs) in AWS Organizations, or with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles and IAM users for […]

GCP – Central States CIO Pat Moroney’s parting thoughts on transformation, cloud and feeding the pigeons
Corner office or not, everyone seemed to need a break after 2021. Just like everyone else who spent the last two years juggling work-life balance, CIOs are among those deciding to call it quits. The following is a transcript of an interview with Patrick Moroney, former CIO at Central States Funds, a provider of health […]

GCP – Think serverless: tips for early-stage startups
As Google Cloud has become a choice for more startups, I’ve experienced an increase in founders asking how they should think about cloud services. Though each startup is different and requirements may vary across industries and regions, I’ve seen a few core best practices that help startups to succeed—as well as several traps to avoid. […]

GCP – 6 SAP companies driving business results with BigQuery
Digital technology promises transformative results. Yet, it’s not uncommon to encounter potholes and speed bumps along the way. One area that frequently trips up businesses is putting data into action. It can be extraordinarily difficult to take advantage of the right data at exactly the right time — in real time — to drive decision-making. […]
GCP – Black History Month: Celebrating the success of Black founders with Google Cloud: DOSS
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. This feature highlights DOSS and its […]