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Azure – Azure Stream Analytics tools for Visual Studio Code now supports Visual Studio Codespaces
Azure Stream Analytics tools for Visual Studio Code now supports Visual Studio Codespaces. Read More for the details.

GCP – Admin Essentials: Publishing custom extensions for the enterprise
IT administrators often need to manage extensions to protect and enable their employees who use Chrome. I’ve written about the different methods of managing third-party extensions, but sometimes enterprises want to create their own custom extensions, so they can meet the exact needs of their users. Once the extension is created, the question becomes: How […]

GCP – New research on how Google Cloud certifications are transforming careers and businesses
Getting the most from cloud technologies means organizations need the right talent with the right combination of skills. However, 86 percent of IT leaders report that the shortage of cloud computing skills will slow down their 2020 cloud projects. To find the cloud skills they need, companies are increasingly turning to industry-recognized certifications: 93 percent […]

GCP – New Compute Engine A2 VMs—first NVIDIA Ampere A100 GPUs in the cloud
Machine learning and HPC applications can never get too much compute performance at a good price. Today, we’re excited to introduce the Accelerator-Optimized VM (A2) family on Google Compute Engine, based on the NVIDIA Ampere A100 Tensor Core GPU. With up to 16 GPUs in a single VM, A2 VMs are the first A100-based offering […]

GCP – How an API-powered digital ecosystem can drive innovation and efficiency
Worldwide, businesses are adapting to the new market conditions by transforming their current operating models to meet the new consumer demands and improve productivity, all while still focusing on achieving growth. In this new era, taking an outside-in approach to digital business ecosystems can help organizations harness their existing resources and relationships to drive new […]

AWS – Amazon ECS announces the Increase Service Quota limits
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) today increased the default service quotas for ECS tasks per service and services per cluster. You can now launch up to 2,000 tasks per ECS service and 2,000 services per ECS cluster up from 1,000 each. Read More for the details.

AWS – EC2 Image Builder can now produce and distribute encrypted AMIs
EC2 Image Builder is now integrated with AWS Key Management Service (KMS) and enables customers to build and distribute Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) that are encrypted with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) encryption. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Transit Gateway now supports more granular CloudWatch Metrics for improved network monitoring
Today we are announcing the availability of more granular CloudWatch metrics for improved network monitoring on the AWS Transit Gateway. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Web Services announced Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) support for MySQL and PostgreSQL databases on AWS Outposts
Amazon Web Services announced Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) support for MySQL and PostgreSQL databases on AWS Outposts. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Virtual WAN: Multiple capabilities and new partners now generally available
Today we are announcing the General Availability of multiple enhancements in Azure Virtual WAN, including hub-to-hub, custom routing and transit capabilities. Read More for the details.