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Azure – Generally Available: Serverless Real-Time Inference in Azure Databricks
Serverless Real-Time Inference in Azure Databricks for model serving is now generally available. Read More for the details.

Azure – Now available: “Find my partner” for Azure Data Explorer
Find partners for Azure Data Explorer. Our new partner program aims to connect customers and partners with ease. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS DataSync is now available in 3 additional AWS Regions
AWS DataSync is now available in the Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) AWS Regions. You can now use DataSync to copy data between on-premises, edge, or other cloud storage and AWS Storage services, as well as between AWS Storage services, within each of these new AWS Regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Service Management Connector for Jira Service Management customer portal
Starting today, customers can search, provision, terminate, update and use self-service actions on products from AWS Service Catalog through Atlassian’s Jira Service Management Cloud customer portal via AWS Service Management Connector. This feature enables Jira Service Management end users who are registered users of the Atlassian site but are not Jira agents to provision resources […]

AWS – AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location in Kolkata, India
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location in Kolkata, India. By connecting your network to AWS at the new Kolkata location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. Read More for the details.

GCP – Leading with digital sustainability
As a business leader today, you’re juggling a lot of priorities. You’re focused on improving productivity, protecting your company against risk, and reducing operational costs, just as you’ve always done. But you also have new, big challenges to address, from climate change to employee burnout and ongoing inflation. Balancing environmental stewardship, employee well-being, and financial […]

GCP – Application security with Cloud SQL IAM database authentication
Hardening a complex application is a challenge, more so for applications that include multiple layers with different authentication schemes. One common question is “how to integrate Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL or MySQL within your authentication flow?” Cloud SQL has always supported password-based authentication. There are, however, many questions that come with this approach: Where should […]

GCP – Black History Month: Celebrating the success of Black founders with Google Cloud: Onramp
Editor’s note: February is Black History Month—a time for us to come together to celebrate the diverse identities and perspectives that make up the Black experience. Over the next few weeks, we will highlight Black-led startups and how they use Google Cloud to grow their businesses. This feature highlights Co-founder and CEO Lateesha Thomas, and […]

GCP – Bringing alerts to Looker Mobile on iOS
Instant access to your business insights lets you take faster actions and be fully aware of changes that impact your colleagues and your customers. Looker is Google for your business data, giving you the answers you need and empowering your team to take informed actions. Today, we are bringing Looker Alerts to our iOS mobile […]
GCP – Pub/Sub Lite’s Apache Spark Structured Streaming Connector is now Generally Available
We are excited to announce that the open source Pub/Sub Lite Apache Spark connector is now compatible with Apache Spark 3.X.X distributions, and the connector is officially GA. What is the Pub/Sub Lite Apache Spark Connector? Pub/Sub Lite is a Google Cloud messaging service that allows users to send and receive messages asynchronously between independent […]