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GCP – Your cloud, your way: Google Distributed Cloud Hosted is generally available
Enterprises, government organizations, and policy makers around the world want a hyperscale cloud provider that delivers a cloud on their terms — one that meets their requirements for digital sovereignty while still delivering the functionality, flexibility, and scale of cloud services. In 2020, Google Cloud introduced a digital sovereignty vision that included three distinct pillars: […]

AWS – Amazon EMR now supports Amazon EC2 C7g (Graviton3) instances
We are excited to announce the support for Graviton3-based instances in Amazon EMR. You can now use Amazon EC2 C7G instances with EMR on EC2 and Amazon EKS. AWS Graviton3 processors are the latest in the AWS Graviton processor family. They provide better compute performance, floating point performance and support DDR5 memory that provides 50% […]

AWS – Amazon Connect launches support for multiple SAML 2.0 identity providers
Amazon Connect now provides the ability to configure multiple IAM roles that can be assigned to a single user when using SAML 2.0, enabling you to support user access from multiple identity providers simultaneously. For example, if you are migrating identity providers, you can configure multiple IAM roles associated to a single user and that […]

Azure – General Availability: ASP. NET web app migration to Azure App Service using PowerShell Scripts
ASP. NET web app migration to Azure App Service using PowerShell Scripts is now generally available. Read More for the details.

GCP – In a pioneering agreement, Google Cloud and UC Riverside launch new model for research access
On March 9, we announced a collaboration with the University of California, Riverside (UCR) to modernize its enterprise infrastructure and support its cutting-edge research program. Our ambitious three-year agreement allows UCR to access Google Cloud’s state-of-the-art cloud computing resources at a fixed subscription rate. I believe this could be a paradigm shift for research in […]

Azure – General availability: Serilog Sink for Azure Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer now supports ingestion of data from .NET Applications via the Serilog Sink. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Encryption scopes on hierarchical namespace enabled storage accounts
You can now use separate encryption keys for each customer in a single hierarchical namespace enabled storage account. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Maps is now HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliant
Azure Maps ensures HIPAA compliance is achieved for protected health information (PHI), like when calculating travel time and distance from a patient’s location to the nearest healthcare facility. Read More for the details.

GCP – Using GKE workload rightsizing to find — and fix — resource utilization
Kubernetes has become the leading platform for efficiently managing and scaling containerized applications, particularly as more businesses transition to the cloud. While migrating to Kubernetes, organizations often face common challenges such as incorrect workload sizing. This can result in decreased reliability and performance of workloads, and idle clusters that waste resources and drive up costs. […]
GCP – Mr. Cooper is improving the home-buyer experience with AI and ML
As one of the largest home loan servicers in the country, Mr. Cooper has been helping people with homeownership since 1994. Believing that the process could be streamlined, we saw an opportunity to revolutionize the way people bought their dream homes, starting with transforming paper-based processes. And we believed that digitizing and automating as much […]