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GCP – HSBC STAR completes 4.4 billion risk calculations a day with Google Cloud solutions
The measurement of market risk — the risk of losses in positions arising from movements in market variables such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, asset prices, and volatility — is a complex big data and computational challenge for all financial institutions. Measuring it effectively requires the modeling and maintenance of hundreds of thousands of market data points […]

Azure – Retirement notice: The legacy Azure Storage Go client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024
Upgrade to the latest version of the libraries before the Legacy Azure Storage Go client libraries are retired on 13 September 2024. Read More for the details.

Azure – Retirement notice: The Azure Storage Ruby client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024
Azure Storage Ruby client libraries are being retired on 13 September 2024 – Transition to calling the Azure Storage REST API directly from your Ruby applications Read More for the details.

Azure – Retirement notice: The legacy Azure Storage Python client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024
Upgrade to the latest version of the libraries before the Legacy Azure Storage Python client libraries are retired on 13 September 2024. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Maps Render V1 APIs will be retired on 17 September 2026 – transition to Azure Maps Render V2 APIs
Azure Maps Render V1 APIs will be retired on 17 September 2026 Read More for the details.

Azure – Retirement: HTTP application routing add-on (preview) for AKS will retire 03/03/2025
Transition your ingresses to Web Application routing add-on before 3/3/2025 to avoid service disruptions. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Maps Data V1 / V2 APIs will be retired on 16 September 2024 – transition to Azure Maps Data Registry APIs
Azure Maps Data V1 / V2 APIs will be retired on 16 September 2024 Read More for the details.

Azure – Transition to using standard tests for single-step availability testing in Azure Monitor application insights by 30 September 2026
URL ping tests in the application insights feature will be retired on 30 September 2026. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Monitor Data Collection API Retirement
Support for Data Collector API feature is being discontinued. This feature allowed users to ingest custom logs into Log Analytics workspaces. DCR-based Log Ingestion API now provides similar capabilities with added flexibility of data transformation and support of secure authentication methods. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Database for MariaDB will be retired on 19 September 2025 – Migrate to Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server
Azure Database for MariaDB will be retired on 19 September 2025 Read More for the details.