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Azure – ND-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2022
Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2022. Read More for the details.

Azure – Multi-step web tests will be retired on 31 August 2024
Transition to custom availability tests in Application Insights by 31 August 2024. Read More for the details.

Azure – Retiring version Async 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK on 31 August 2024
Update to Java Async 2.x to Java SDK 4.x by 31 August 2024. Read More for the details.

Azure – Hard coded IP address for Azure Site Recovery will be retired on 31 August 2024
Hard coded IP for Azure Site Recovery will be retired on 31 August 2024 – transition to using service tags. Read More for the details.

GCP – Converging architectures: Bringing data lakes and data warehouses together
Historically, data warehouses have been painful to manage. The legacy, on-premises systems that worked well for the past 40 years have proved to be expensive and they had many challenges around data freshness, scaling, and high costs. Furthermore, they cannot easily provide AI or real-time capabilities that are needed by modern businesses. We even see […]

GCP – Optimize training performance with Reduction Server on Vertex AI
As deep learning models become more complex and the size of training datasets keeps increasing, training time has become one of the key bottlenecks in the development and deployment of ML systems. Even if you have access to a GPU, with a large dataset it can take days or weeks for a deep learning model […]

GCP – Shift security left with on-demand vulnerability scanning
Detection and remediation of security vulnerabilities before they reach deployment is critical in a cloud-native world. This makes scanning for vulnerabilities early and often an important part of continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) processes. The earlier a problem is detected, the fewer downstream issues will occur. The process of checking for vulnerabilities earlier in development […]

GCP – Introducing Prediction Private Endpoints for fast and secure serving on Vertex AI
One of the biggest challenges when serving machine learning models is delivering predictions in near real-time. Whether you’re a retailer generating recommendations for users shopping on your site, or a food service company estimating delivery time, being able to serve results with low latency is crucial. That’s why we’re excited to announce Private Endpoints on […]

GCP – How APIs are shaping the future of retail
Today, retail customers have more digital-first, convenient ways of shopping than ever before. And APIs are one of the critical pieces of technology that have made this possible by giving retailers the ability to transform their systems and processes in an efficient and quick way. APIs have allowed retailers to be more accessible to their […]
AWS – AWS IoT Core now supports MQTT retained messages
Retained messages is a standard MQTT feature that provides an easy way for you to store the latest important message on a topic for future subscribers. With AWS IoT Core, you can now use retained messages to easily push configuration information or important updates to devices without knowing exactly when they will come online. Read […]