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AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service (successor to Amazon Elasticsearch Service) announces support for Cross-Cluster Replication
Amazon OpenSearch Service (successor to Amazon Elasticsearch Service) now supports cross-cluster replication, enabling you to automate copying and synchronizing of indices from one domain to another at low latency in same or different AWS accounts or Regions. With cross-cluster replication, you can achieve high availability for your mission critical applications with sequential data consistency. Read […]

AWS – Amazon Braket offers D-Wave’s Advantage 4.1 system for quantum annealing
You can now access D-Wave’s Advantage 4.1 quantum annealing system on Amazon Braket, the AWS quantum computing service. According to D-Wave, the new Advantage quantum processing unit (QPU) has more than 5,000 active qubits with 15-way connectivity to enable researchers and developers to explore larger and more complex quantum optimization problems. Read More for the […]

AWS – Amazon Location Service adds change detection to tracking
Today, Amazon Location Service is adding distance-based filtering of device position updates. Read More for the details.

GCP – Standing out to customers through the Partner Differentiation journey
Differentiation brings great customer experiences and repeatable business Customers are looking for best-in-class, highly skilled experts that can serve as a trusted advisor through their transformation. Finding the right partner, at the right time, in the right location, with proven skills and experience is the secret to a high impact innovation journey. The Google Cloud […]

Azure – South Africa North Availability Zones now generally available
Azure Availability Zones are now generally available in the South Africa North region. These three new zones provide customers with options for additional resiliency and tolerance to infrastructure impact. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing general availability of VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
We are announcing the general availability of VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts, a jointly-engineered solution that delivers VMware Cloud on AWS as a fully managed experience to virtually any datacenter, co-location space, or on-premises facility with AWS Outposts. It runs VMware’s enterprise-class Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) software on dedicated AWS Nitro System-based EC2 bare metal […]

GCP – 10 ways Google Cloud IaaS stands out
When you choose to run your business on Google Cloud you benefit from the same planet-scale infrastructure that powers Google’s products such as Maps, YouTube, and Workspace. We have picked 10 ways in which Google Cloud Infrastructure services outshine alternatives in the market in how they simplify your operations, save money, and secure your data. […]

GCP – Service orchestration on Google Cloud
Going from a monolithic architecture to microservices has clear benefits, including reusability, scalability, and ease of change. Most of the time, business problems are solved by coordinating multiple microservices. This coordination is based on event-driven architectures, which can be implemented via two approaches: choreography and orchestration. Click to enlarge Service choreography and service orchestration Service […]

Azure – Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for September 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in September 2021. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Applied AI Services | Latest public preview enhancements to Azure Form Recognizer
Azure Form Recognizer now offers a pre-built version of the service in preview for document extraction as well as the following capabilities in preview: signature detection, hotel receipts processing, and deeper extraction of content from US driver’s licenses. In addition, the service is now easier to use with Form Recognizer Studio and new REST APIs. […]