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Azure – Public Preview : Crash Consistent VM Restore points
For Azure partners and customers seeking to develop business continuity and disaster recovery solutions, crash-consistent VM restore points serve as feature-rich building blocks, offering an agentless solution available natively on the Azure platform. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL supports Microsoft AD authentication in AWS GovCloud (US) regions
Authentication with Microsoft Active Directory for Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Mainframe Modernization service is now PCI DSS Compliant
AWS Mainframe Modernization is now Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant, enabling customers to use AWS Mainframe Modernization for applications that store, process, and transmit information for use cases such as payment processing that are subject to PCI DSS. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public Preview: Vector search, a feature of Azure Cognitive Search
With Vector search, Developers can store, index, and deliver search applications over vector representations of organizational data including text, images, audio, video, and more. Read More for the details.
Azure – New Extended Security Updates (ESUs) enabled by Azure Arc
At Inspire, we are announcing Extended Security Updates (ESUs) enabled by Azure Arc. Customers will be able to purchase and seamlessly deploy ESUs through Azure Arc in on-premises or multicloud environments, right from the Azure portal. Read More for the details.
AWS – Llama 2 foundation models from Meta now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
Starting today, Llama 2 foundation models from Meta are available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, a machine learning (ML) hub that offers pretrained models, built-in algorithms, and pre-built solutions to help you quickly get started with ML. You can deploy and use Llama 2 foundation models with a few clicks in SageMaker Studio or programmatically through the […]
GCP – Google Cloud and CyberGRX collaborate to help scale and accelerate cloud assessments
Risk managers know there is one assessment type that’s foundational for every risk management program: the vendor risk assessment. Understanding the risk posture of your vendors and third parties, including your cloud providers, is an important part of an effective risk management program. While collecting and analyzing information can often be time-consuming for risk managers, […]
GCP – Build your cloud career with our summer learning list of no-cost training
You may have your summer reading list. Now it’s time for your summer learning list! We’ve compiled the top no-cost courses and labs from Google Cloud Skills Boost to help you on your cloud career path. Build the in-demand cloud skills for top cloud roles, while also boosting your resume with credentials to validate your […]
GCP – Access to Looker data models from Power BI now generally available
Data is critical to the decision-making process across most types of organizations, but connecting people to the data they need in their workflow can be a challenge. Our vision — to enable users to access and leverage trusted metrics based on accurate, up-to-date, data through the tools they already use — becomes even more real […]
Azure – General availability: Partial document update in the Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK
Modify just the required fields without having to replace the whole document with partial document update in the Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK. Read More for the details.