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GCP – Investing $1 billion in digital connectivity to Japan
Today, we’re announcing a $1 billion investment in digital connectivity to Japan, which includes the expansion of the Pacific Connect initiative and delivers two new subsea cables, Proa and Taihei. In collaboration with several partners — including KDDI, ARTERIA, Citadel Pacific, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) — these cables will create […]
AWS – AWS Neuron introduces speculative decoding
Today, AWS announces the release of Neuron 2.18, introducing stable support (out of beta) for PyTorch 2.1 and adding support for speculative decoding with Llama-2-70B sample in Transformers NeuronX library. Read More for the details.
Azure – New RBAC roles for Azure savings plan for compute now available
Today, we are please to announce the availability of 3 new role-based access control (RBAC) roles for Azure savings plan. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Red Hat OpenShift April 2024 updates
New features include support for ARO in Azure Terraform provider, ability to bring your own NSG, new GPU instance types for Day 2 operations, and more! Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Verified Permissions is available in four additional regions
Amazon Verified Permissions is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) and (US-West) Regions, AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) and Canada West (Calgary). The service provides fine-grained authorization for the applications that you build, allowing you to implement permissions as policies rather than application code. Your application calls Verified Permissions to authorize access to APIs and […]
Azure – Public Preview: Mirroring Azure Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric
Get near-real time analytics on your Azure Cosmos DB data in Microsoft Fabric with zero-ETL. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Defender for Cloud supports Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
You can now protect Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public Preview: Long-term retention for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
The feature will allow you to retain/manage backups for up to 10 years in the standard tier according to your compliance and auditing needs. Read More for the details.
Azure – General Availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server networking with Azure Private Link
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports Private Endpoints in General Availability. Read More for the details.
Azure – General Availability: Virtual private network (VPN) with Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra
For enhanced security in your virtual network architectures where outbound connectivity is not allowed. Read More for the details.