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GCP – Silos are for food, not data — tackling food waste with technology
While 40% of food in America goes to waste, 35 million Americans (likely even more during this pandemic) are food-insecure—meaning they are without food or not sure where future meals will come from. In addition, food waste has been called the “world’s dumbest environmental problem.” As the pandemic continues, the food system is in the […]
GCP – Bringing partner applications to the edge with Google Cloud
While organizations around the world are increasingly running core business functions in the cloud, there are still many opportunities to help businesses leverage cloud capabilities at the edge of their networks, tapping into high-speed 5G connectivity. To help organizations do so, we announced our telecommunications strategy in early 2020, including a collaboration with AT&T to […]
GCP – Google Cloud Unveils New Offerings at its Global Public Sector Summit
At our Google Cloud Public Sector Summit, December 8-9, we are shining a light on the incredible ways that government and education have been using Google Cloud. Organizations have been innovating to improve the services that they bring to their communities locally and globally, even amidst the challenges of a pandemic. It’s hard to comprehend […]
GCP – Dataform is joining Google Cloud: Deploy data transformations with SQL in BigQuery
The value of data—and the insights it contains—only continues to grow, and Google has invested in technologies to empower teams to do more with that data for more than a decade. We were honored to be named a leader in Gartner’s first-ever Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems (DBMS), and BigQuery, our cloud data […]
Azure – HoloLens 2 Development Edition expands to new markets
The Development Edition combines the capabilities of HoloLens 2 with Azure, Unity, and Pixyz to empower developers to build interactive experiences and render 3D holographic content with people, places, and things. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure Data Explorer dashboards October update
Azure Data Explorer dashboards keeps evolving constantly. In this update we cover cascading filters, clickable URLs in tables, multi-stat cards, and text font size control in stat cards. Read More for the details.
Azure – Grafana query editor for Azure Data Explorer is in public preview
With the new Grafana query builder, it is now possible to build dashboards in just a few clicks using a simple graphical experience. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Databricks now available in Azure Government
Azure Databricks is now available in US Gov Arizona and US Gov Virginia regions. Read More for the details.
Azure – Microsoft to establish new datacenter region in Denmark
The new region is anticipated to include Microsoft Azure, with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to follow. Read More for the details.
GCP – Pub/Sub makes scalable real-time analytics more accessible than ever
These days, real-time analytics has become critical for business. Automated, real-time decisions based on up-to-the-second data are no longer just for advanced, tech-first companies. It is becoming a basic way of doing business. According to IDC, more than a quarter of data created will be real-time in the next five years. The factors we see […]