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AWS – Amazon FSx for OpenZFS now supports full-copy volumes to make it easier to clone and experiment with your data
Amazon FSx for OpenZFS now supports full-copy volumes to make it easier to clone and experiment with your data, enabling you to quickly capture the results of your cloning-based testing for long-term use. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Microsoft Azure Communication Services Telephony capabilities in Denmark and UK
Customers in Denmark and the UK can now purchase Toll-Free and Geographic phone numbers. Read More for the details.

GCP – Simplify data processing and data science jobs with Serverless Spark, now available on Google Cloud
Most businesses today choose Apache Spark for their data engineering, data exploration and machine learning use cases because of its speed, simplicity and programming language flexibility. However, managing clusters and tuning infrastructure have been highly inefficient, and a lack of an integrated experience for different use cases are draining productivity gains, opening up governance risks […]

GCP – Gaming Industry Trends 2022: Millions more players, billions more streams
Editor’s note: This post was originally published in TechPulse Belgium, where Jack Buser, Google Cloud’s director for Gaming Industry Solutions, shared his trends for the industry this year. The year 2022 will hold many surprises, but there’s already one near certainty: By this time next year there will be millions more gamers worldwide. It’s thanks […]

GCP – Unlock collaboration with Google Workspace Essentials
More than 3 billion users stay in touch, share ideas, and get more done together in Google Workspace, across apps like Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and more. And starting today, we’re rolling out a new version designed to help people bring the apps they know and love to use in their personal lives […]

Azure – General Availability: IoT Edge monitoring with Azure Monitor
Use the latest IoT Edge Metrics collector module to send metrics to Azure Monitor and leverage updated visualizations to monitor and troubleshoot your IoT Edge devices. Read More for the details.

GCP – Save the date for Google Cloud Next: October 11–13, 2022
We’re excited to announce that Google Cloud Next returns on October 11–13, 2022. Join us for keynotes from industry luminaries and engage live with Google developers. Explore dynamic content across various learning levels, and dive deep into technologies and solutions spanning the Google Cloud and Google Workspace portfolios. Participate in breakout sessions, demos, and hands-on […]

AWS – Amazon Redshift default IAM role is now available in additional AWS regions (KIX, CPT, MXP)
Amazon Redshift now simplifies the use of other services such as Amazon S3, Amazon SageMaker, AWS Lambda, Amazon Aurora, and AWS Glue by allowing customers to create an IAM role from the Redshift console and assigning it as the default IAM role while creating an Amazon Redshift cluster. The default IAM role helps simplify SQL […]

AWS – Amazon Comprehend launches model copy for custom Comprehend
Amazon Comprehend now supports model copy functionality which allows customers to copy Comprehend custom classification or custom entity recognition models from a source AWS account to a designated target AWS account in the same AWS region. Enterprise customers and AWS partners often use multiple AWS accounts that are provisioned based on development phases (e.g. build, test, stage, […]
Azure – General Availability: The Azure Sphere OS 22.01 release is cancelled
The next release of Azure Sphere will be version 22.02. Read More for the details.