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GCP – Beam moves to Google Cloud to drive efficacy of government safety net programs
At Beam, we’re building the next-generation digital social safety net. Our platform is used by state and local governments, community based organizations, and universities to administer public benefits and cash assistance programs. Our partners are able to drive low-friction application processes, tackle time-consuming eligibility determination processes, and disburse critical payments to vulnerable populations. Recently, we […]

GCP – What’s new for the Google Cloud global front end for web delivery and protection
The Google Cloud global front end is a solution we launched last year as part of Cross-Cloud Network that helps customers deliver and protect internet-facing web services using the same technologies, infrastructure, and teams that we use for our own Google web services. By leveraging the power of our global Cross-Cloud Network, it can do […]

GCP – Architecting a blockchain startup with Google Cloud
Editor’s note: Today’s post includes content from our Google Cloud Technical Guides for Startups video series, which includes detailed guides to support startups along every step of the growth journey. Watch the entire series on-demand on the Google Cloud Tech channel or directly on our website — and don’t forget to subscribe to stay up […]

GCP – FQDN filtering in Cloud Next Generation Firewall: A complete guide
Ever struggled with managing firewall rules for sites like Google? In the past, it meant manually listing every single IP address associated with your domain. Talk about a headache! But guess what? Things just got a whole lot easier! With the new FQDN feature in Cloud Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), you can simply specify the […]

GCP – Delivering the best of Google AI with Chromebook Plus
Chromebook Plus laptops are built to deliver powerful AI experiences at a better value Last year, we introduced Chromebook Plus, a category of Chromebooks designed to offer up to 2x more processing power, memory and storage,1 along with software and AI capabilities that make handling advanced workloads a breeze. Today, we are announcing the next […]

Azure – Announcing General Availability of Graph Semantics in Kusto
The Graph Semantics extension to Kusto is now generally available. Users are encouraged to integrate this tool into their production workflows to enhance understanding of complex datasets and uncover hidden patterns. Read More for the details.

Azure – Preview: Introducing Reporting Capabilities for Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery is introducing reporting capabilities to enable your BCDR Admin get rich insights into your estate protected with Site Recovery for audit and tracking purposes. These reports are highly customizable and are available out of box on Business Continuity Center, Recovery Service Vault and Backup Center. These reports provide historical evidence on failover […]

Azure – Monitor effectively using Azure Monitor for Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery (ASR) now surfaces default alerts via Azure Monitor for critical events such as replication health turning unhealthy, failover failures, agent expiry, and so on. You can monitor these alerts via the Azure Business Continuity Center, Azure Monitor dashboard, or your Recovery Services vault and route these alerts to various notification channels of […]

Azure – Public preview: Azure NetApp Files application volume group for Oracle
Application volume group for Oracle is designed to greatly simplify the deployment of Azure NetApp Files volumes required to install and operate Oracle databases on Azure virtual machines at enterprise scale, with optimal performance and according to best practices. Read More for the details.
Azure – Visual Studio Code extension for sAzure Web PubSub now in preview
New option helps developers manage Web PubSub resources Read More for the details.