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GCP – Gartner names Google a leader in 2021 Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services report
Gartner has named Google a Leader in its 2021 Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services. We believe this recognition is based on Gartner’s evaluation of Google Cloud’s language, vision, conversational, and structured data services and solutions for developers. Gartner’s recognition is also a reflection of the confidence and satisfaction that customers have in our […]

GCP – SAP customers transform documents into data with OpenText on Google Cloud
An enterprise environment generates a staggering number of documents—contracts, orders, invoices, and receipts, to name a few. Each requires proper governance to store and manage over its lifetime. For SAP customers, attaching these documents to each transaction is relatively easy, but their sheer volume increases database size and slows performance. An Enterprise Information Management (EIM) […]

AWS – AWS Glue DataBrew extends its datasets to support files without an explicit file extension or a header row
AWS Glue DataBrew extends its datasets to support files without an explicit file extension or a header row. Often times, extensionless files are tricky to work with and require visually exploring the data to understand it. Similarly, customers often work with files without an explicit row that defines the header in the file. In both […]

Azure – General availability: Announcing private Azure Marketplace
Private Azure Marketplace, now generally available, streamlines your operations saving you time. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Key Vault CSI driver support in Azure Kubernetes Service
Azure Key Vault provider for Secrets Store CSI driver allows you to get secret contents stored in an Azure Key Vault instance. Azure Key Vault simplifies the task of securing and using cryptographic keys and other secrets with AKS. With this new feature, you can use the Secrets Store CSI driver interface to mount secrets […]

AWS – Four new digital training offerings for AWS End User Computing
We’re excited to introduce four new digital training offerings that help you learn how to plan, deploy, secure, and manage cloud-based desktops and applications. The offerings are designed for desktop or virtual desktop infrastructure managers, IT administrators, and technical professionals interested in cloud-based virtualization. These free self-paced courses and curriculums include presentations, interactive e-learning modules, […]

GCP – Announcing the Risk Protection Program: Moving from Shared Responsibility to Shared Fate
At Google Cloud, our mission is to enable organizations around the world to transform their business using digital technology. We want to make it easy for organizations to transition even their most sensitive workloads onto our platform, and that includes navigating risk management in the ever-evolving cloud-native environment. Working closely with customers to deliver better […]

GCP – Delivering the industry’s most Trusted Cloud
Google Cloud is a leader in security, and with the recent revelations about the attacks on the software supply chain impacting governments and other organizations, customers need confidence in the providers to whom they entrust their mission-critical processes and information assets. At Google Cloud, we defend your data against threats and fraudulent activity using the […]

AWS – Announcing the newly expanded AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is announcing the launch of Asia Pacific (Osaka) as a standard AWS Region, expanding Osaka from its design as a Local Region. The number of Availability Zones (AZs) in Asia Pacific (Osaka) is increasing from one to three, the service portfolio is expanding, and new pricing options are available. Read More […]
Azure – Azure Sphere OS version 21.02 Update 1 is now available for evaluation
This update to the evaluation release of 21.02 includes a security fix. Read More for the details.