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Azure – General Availability: Performance workbooks for Azure PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
New troubleshooting experiences via monitor workbooks for Azure PostgreSQL – Flexible Server Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: PgBouncer monitoring metrics for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Monitor the PgBouncer process health for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server via Azure Monitor metrics and write custom alert rules on these metrics. Read More for the details.

Azure – Preview: JSON support for Active Geo-Replication on Azure Cache for Redis
Work with JSON-style documents synced across multiple regions. Read More for the details.

Azure – Now available: Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials
Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials is a Microsoft supported lightweight Kubernetes distribution that is fine tuned to run on edge devices with constrained resources. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Monitor integration with Azure Container Apps
You can now choose different destinations for your Azure Container Apps logs Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Machine Learning – Generally availability updates for March 2023
New features now available in GA include the ability to visualize timeseries models, and create a Compute Instance on behalf of another user. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure SQL Database offline migrations in Azure SQL Migration extension
The Azure SQL Migration extension allows offline database migrations of on-premises and cloud SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database, providing a comprehensive modernization experience in Azure Data Studio. Read More for the details.

GCP – Accelerating Ulta Beauty’s modernization with managed containerized microservices
Founding the digital store of the future With a perfectly symmetrical cat-eye toward tomorrow, Ulta Beauty has been laying the foundation for its upcoming Digital Store. This transformational, digital touchpoint delivers a redesigned, highly personalized, and compelling e-commerce experience. To do this right, Ulta Beauty requires a modern, containerized platform, an agile infrastructure to support […]

GCP – Mitigate mainframe migration risks with Dual Run
CIOs are again evaluating their mainframe investments, balancing rising operational costs and difficulty finding talent with the perceived costs and risks of moving critical applications to the cloud. Increased business agility, technical innovation, computing elasticity, customer insights, and a growing talent pool all encourage CIOs to migrate and modernize from “Big Iron” onto public cloud […]
GCP – Peacock: Tackling ML challenges by accelerating skills
At Peacock, we are acutely aware of global trends and changes in adopting machine learning (ML) techniques, particularly in the field of media and entertainment. We anticipate that, within several years, most software applications will have an element of ML and will require fine tuning of a model, putting increasing demand on ML training infrastructure. […]