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AWS – AWS Gateway Load Balancer is now available in the US East (Ohio), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and EU (Frankfurt and Stockholm) Regions
Starting today, AWS Gateway Load Balancer is available in the US East (Ohio), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and EU (Frankfurt and Stockholm) regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now supports data sources from Amazon S3
Amazon Connect Customer Profiles is a feature of Amazon Connect and automatically brings together customer information from multiple applications into a unified customer profile, delivered to agents at the beginning of the customer interaction. It now supports ingestion of customer data from homegrown and third- party applications with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), in […]

Azure – Event Hubs on Azure Stack Hub for disconnected scenarios is now generally available
Supports streaming events via Event Hubs for disconnected scenarios on Azure Stack Hub. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Backup: Operational backup for Azure Blobs is now in public preview
Operational backup for Azure Blobs gives you a managed data protection solution for block blobs in your storage accounts. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Backup for SAP HANA: Incremental backup is now generally available
Create cost-effective, faster backup policies with weekly full and daily HANA incremental and protect even large HANA databases. Read More for the details.

GCP – A timely new approach to certifying clean energy
Google Cloud operates the cleanest cloud in the industry. It’s a leadership role we’re incredibly proud of and one that requires continued investment and evolution in the way we consume and track our energy usage around the world. When we announced that Google aims to operate on 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2030, we committed to […]

GCP – Building the future of work with Google Workspace
Since we launched Google Workspace last October, we’ve heard from many of our customers—from global enterprises to small businesses—about the new ways they’re connecting, creating, and collaborating, often across living rooms, time zones, and continents. This response propels us on our mission to build for the future with a solution that’s flexible, helpful, and inspires […]

GCP – Announcing Assured Controls and expanded Data Regions coverage for Google Workspace
As Google Workspace rapidly introduces new collaboration tools to help organizations embrace the Future of Work, we want to further empower our admins with the tools they need to control their data according to their organizational requirements and business goals. Helping admins achieve these information governance goals is a critical part of earning and maintaining […]

AWS – Amazon EKS now supports adding KMS envelope encryption to existing clusters to enhance security for secrets
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) now allows you to implement envelope encryption of Kubernetes secrets using AWS Key Management Service (KMS) keys for existing EKS clusters. Envelope encryption adds an addition, customer-managed layer of encryption for application secrets or user data that is stored within a Kubernetes cluster. Implementing envelope encryption is considered a security […]
GCP – 21 Google Cloud tools, each explained in under 2 minutes
Need a quick overview of Google Cloud core technologies? Quickly learn these 21 Google Cloud products—each explained in under two minutes. 1. BigQuery in a minute Storing and querying massive datasets can be time consuming and expensive without the right infrastructure. This video gives you an overview of BigQuery, Google’s fully-managed data warehouse. Watch to […]