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Azure – General availability: Computed properties in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
Computed properties make it easy to write NoSQL query logic once and reference it many times! Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB cross-region disaster recovery (DR)
Cross region DR allows you to switch to another region in case of an outage. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: DiskANN vector indexing and search in Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL
Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL built-in vector search powered by DiskANN is in public preview. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Go SDK
The Azure Cosmos DB Go SDK is now available with improved support for global distribution. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Change from serverless to provisioned capacity mode
Easily change the capacity mode of an Azure Cosmos DB account from serverless to provisioned capacity using Azure portal or Azure CLI without any hassle. Read More for the details.

Azure – General Availability: Azure Cosmos DB Vercel integration
We’re excited to announce Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel Generally Available. Read More for the details.

GCP – How Facturation.net migrated Azure VMs to Google Cloud in one weekend
Facturation.net is a leading Canadian provider of a cloud-based invoicing and billing software. With many customers in Canada, its mission is to help doctors and their administrative staff with their medical billing and provide customized software and services. “As our business grew, we realized that our existing Azure infrastructure was no longer meeting our needs. […]

GCP – How partners can augment solution development with gen AI
Meeting client timelines and quality standards is a long-standing challenge for Google Cloud Partners, especially when navigating large legacy codebases, unfamiliar languages, and multiple tools. Partner projects frequently involve code integration across multiple languages — including legacy ones — posing challenges for manual analysis and limiting the effectiveness of automation tools. Further, ensuring reliable error […]

GCP – More flexibility for your Dataflow jobs with new controls for latency versus cost
Dataflow Streaming Engine users know that there’s no such thing as an “average” streaming use case. Some customers have strict latency requirements that must be met even during traffic spikes. Others are more concerned with cost and want to run their streaming pipelines as efficiently as possible. The question is: Do you prefer lower peak […]
GCP – Holes in Your Bitbucket: Why Your CI/CD Pipeline Is Leaking Secrets
Written by: Mark Swindle While investigating recent exposures of Amazon Web Services (AWS) secrets, Mandiant identified a scenario in which client-specific secrets have been leaked from Atlassian’s code repository tool, Bitbucket, and leveraged by threat actors to gain unauthorized access to AWS. This blog post illustrates how Bitbucket Secured Variables can be leaked in […]