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GCP – Announcing Version 4.0 of the Maps and Places SDKs for iOS
Today, we released new versions of Maps and Places SDKs for iOS. With version 4.0, both SDKs now support apps for devices running a minimum version of iOS 10 and the Places SDK got a handful of improvements providing a more intuitive API and better support for Swift developers. iOS 10+ Dropping support for older […]

GCP – Redivis makes research data accessible, experiences collaborative with BigQuery
Understanding the data we collect is essential—it allows us to identify trends and uncover answers about our world. However, stories in our data frequently go untold. Large datasets are hard to share between research communities due to their size, security restraints, and complexity. Even if these datasets are accessible to users, the tools needed to […]

GCP – Modernizing enterprise data warehousing with Actian Avalanche on Google Cloud
Increasingly, businesses are looking to the cloud to derive more value out of their business data. At Google Cloud, we’re committed to providing customers choice across technology, solutions, and partnerships. Our work with HCL Technologies is an example of this. HCL, which launched its Google Cloud Business Unit in 2019, is helping organizations across industries […]

GCP – Cache is king: Announcing lower pricing for Cloud CDN
Organizations all over the world rely on Cloud CDN for fast, reliable web and video content delivery. Now, we’re making it even easier for you to take advantage of our global network and cache infrastructure by reducing the cost of Cloud CDN for your content delivery going forward. First, we’re reducing the price of cache […]

GCP – Sharing our data privacy commitments for the AI era
More and more companies want to adopt the latest cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies, but they are subject to an increasing array of data privacy regulations. This is an important concern for customers, who are interested in using AI and ML systems to drive better business outcomes while complying with new […]

GCP – Rémy Cointreau drives customer centricity with SAP on Google Cloud
Imagine the challenge of supply chain planning and meeting changing consumer needs when you have products that can take up to one-hundred years to produce. That’s the case for Rémy Cointreau, a family-owned maker of fine spirits whose roots go back to 1724. With rapidly evolving consumer expectations and heavy competition from premium beverage brands, […]

GCP – Smile with new user-friendly SQL capabilities in BigQuery
October happens to be the month to celebrate World Smile Day when Harvey Ball, the inventor of the smiley face declared this day as such to give people a reason to smile. This month, BigQuery users have a lot of new reasons to smile about with the release ofnew user-friendly SQL capabilities now generally available. […]

AWS – Amazon EKS now supports Kubernetes version 1.18
Kubernetes is rapidly evolving, with frequent feature releases and bug fixes. Highlights of the Kubernetes 1.18 release include Topology Manager reaching beta status, a new beta of Server-side Apply, and a new IngressClass resource for the Ingress specification which makes it simpler to customize Ingress configuration. Additionally, you can now configure the behavior of horizontal […]

Azure – Azure Virtual Machines DCsv2-series expanding within Europe, United Kingdom and United States
Confidential computing DCsv2-series virtual machines (VMs) are now available in North Europe, UK West, US West. Read More for the details.
Azure – New alert query examples topic in Log Analytics
The logs experience was recently updated with examples queries for common log alerts. Read More for the details.