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GCP – How McKesson used Google Cloud to rethink their database architecture
Editor’s note: We’re hearing today from pharmaceutical and pharmacy technology giant McKesson about how their teams modernized siloed infrastructure to use data better. Here’s how they did it.McKesson Corporation is a global leader in healthcare supply chain management solutions, retail pharmacy, community oncology and specialty care, and healthcare information solutions. Every day, McKesson delivers one-third […]

GCP – The world’s unpredictable, your databases shouldn’t add to it
The ability for your business to tackle the unpredictable has only become more critical for success—whether it’s contending with quick shifts in supply chains, running entirely through online channels, or handling unexpected surges in customer demand. At the core of being able to support this are the databases backing your business and powering applications. And […]

Azure – General Availability: Azure Kubernetes Service node image upgrade
Users can now initiate a targeted upgrade to agent nodes for a given node pool to pull the latest available node updates and patches without requiring a full cluster upgrade Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Ephemeral OS disk support in AKS
AKS now supports ephemeral OS disk for AKS agent nodes in public preview. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Resource Health support in AKS
You can now easily see when your AKS resources were unavailable due to any problems encountered as well as under any maintenance operation. Read More for the details.