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Azure – Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Node.js 18
You can now use the latest version of Node.js with Azure Functions. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: New storage backend for Durable Functions — Microsoft Netherite & MSSQL
You can now use storage providers other than Azure Storage for Durable Functions. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Digital Twins in West US 3, Qatar, Japan, and Korea
Azure Digital Twins is now available in 14 Azure regions worldwide including West US 3, Qatar Central, Japan East, and Korea Central. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: Azure Digital Twins
Public preview: User-assigned managed identities for routing events for Azure Digital Twins Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS CloudFormation StackSets gives quick access to list of Regions for stack instances of a stack set
Today, AWS CloudFormation StackSets adds a new parameter in DescribeStackSet API to improve visibility to the list of Regions where a given stack set is deployed. You can now access the list of Regions directly through your management or delegated administrator AWS account. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports new minor versions 14.6, 13.9, 12.13, 11.18, and 10.23
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL minor versions 14.6, 13.9, 12.13, 11.18, and 10.23. We recommend you upgrade to the latest minor version to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions of PostgreSQL, and to benefit from the bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality added by the PostgreSQL community. […]

GCP – How Arvind Fashions Ltd leads the fashion industry with powerful data analytics on BigQuery
Arvind Ltd has been in the apparel industry for more than 90 years, with its retail powerhouse Arvind Fashions Ltd being the backbone of well-known names in the retail fashion industry in India. Arvind Fashions Ltd (Arvind) has seen significant growth in its portfolio with new franchises being added every year. The six high conviction […]

GCP – Mandiant now supports Attack Surface Management for Google Cloud
When we closed the Mandiant acquisition in September 2022, we set the expectation that we’d be investing heavily in cybersecurity offerings that can help customers mitigate risk. In the short time since our two companies came together, we’ve aimed to do just that. Today, we are announcing Mandiant Attack Surface Management for Google Cloud, which […]

GCP – How Meesho migrated a petabyte of data into Cloud CDN with zero downtime
Meesho is an Indian online marketplace that serves millions of customers every day. Recently, the company decided to adopt a multi-cloud strategy, leveraging Google Cloud’s scalable and reliable infrastructure to drive operational efficiency, modernize and scale for growth. To do so, they needed to migrate billions of static files and images to Google Cloud, to […]
GCP – Monitor gce instances with prometheus and ops agent
If you’ve worked in the operations space for the last 5+ years, you’ve likely heard of or have started using Prometheus. The proliferation of Prometheus for time series metrics formatting, querying and storage across the open source world and enterprise IT has been shockingly fast, especially with teams using Kubernetes platforms like Google Kubernetes Engine […]