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GCP – Use a GitHub repository to manage pipelines across Data Fusion instances/namespaces
Data engineers, do you struggle to manage your data pipelines? As data pipelines become more complex and involve multiple team members, it can be challenging to keep track of changes, collaborate effectively, and deploy pipelines to different environments in a controlled manner. In this post we will talk about how data engineers can manage their […]

GCP – The Aerial View API is now generally available
Aerial View gives you programmatic access to cinematic videos built with the same 3D map source used by Google Earth–and it’s now generally available. By accessing pre-rendered videos or creating new ones, developers can quickly create immersive experiences at scale for any U.S. location. Since the Preview release in May 2023, companies across industries have […]

Azure – General Availability: Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage
Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage enables organizations to detect and prevent malware distribution events with content scanning upon upload and near real-time malware detection powered by Microsoft Defender Antivirus technologies. Read More for the details.

GCP – Introducing the unified Chronicle Security Operations platform
At Google Cloud, our mission is to help organizations transform cybersecurity with frontline intelligence, expertise, and AI-powered innovation. Nowhere is this needed more than in security operations (SecOps), where understaffed and overwhelmed security teams struggle to defend against a threat landscape that is growing in volume and sophistication, often with tools that were designed in […]

Azure – Important Notice: Azure Product Retirement: End of Life Announcement of Azure Sphere classic CLI on 30 September 2024. Replace with Azure Sphere CLI
Azure Sphere support for Azure Sphere classic CLI will be retired on 30 September 2024 Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Maps Gen1 Price Tier will be retired on 15 September 2026 — transition to Azure Maps Gen2 Price Tier
Azure Maps Gen1 Price Tier will be retired on 15 September 2026 Read More for the details.

Azure – Project Azure FarmBeats will be retired on 30 Sep 2023 – transition to Azure Data Manager for Agriculture.
Project Azure FarmBeats will be retired on September 30, 2023 Read More for the details.

Azure – Retirement: Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026
Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026 – Upgrade to v3.1 general availability API version Read More for the details.

Azure – Announcing Azure FXT Edge Filer Retirement
Azure FXT Edge Filer will be end of sale on 31 December 2023 with end of support on 31 December 2026 Read More for the details.
AWS – PostgreSQL 16.0 is now available in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL 16.0 is now available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate PostgreSQL 16.0 on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. You can deploy PostgreSQL 16.0 in the Preview Environment and have the same benefits of a fully managed database, making it simpler to set up, […]