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Azure – General Availability: Support for pg_hint_plan and semver extensions in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Use the newly available pg_hint_plan extension to tweak PostgreSQL execution plans and semver extension to do semantic versioning in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server. Read More for the details.

Azure – General Availability of Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server on Azure VMware Solution
Customers can now take advantage of the unlimited virtualization licensing capability included with the SQL Server Software Assurance with Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server on Azure VMware Solution. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Database connections support in Azure Static Web Apps
You can now make REST or GraphQL requests to a built-in `/data-api` endpoint to retrieve and modify contents of a connected database, without having to write backend code. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview – Backup for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Backup is announcing public preview of Backup for AKS allowing customers to protect their applications by providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Storage Gateway is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) and AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Regions
AWS Storage Gateway expands availability to the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) and AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Regions enabling customers to deploy and manage hybrid cloud storage for their on-premises workloads. Read More for the details.

GCP – Be threat ready for 2023: Join us for Google Cloud Security Talks in March
At Google Cloud, our north star for security success today is to help customers apply cloud-scale, modern security everywhere they operate. As part of our mission to help customers achieve these objectives, we host a quarterly digital discussion event, Google Cloud Security Talks, where we bring together experts from the Google Cloud family and across […]

GCP – Introducing time-bound Session Length defaults to improve your security posture
Google Cloud provides many layers of security for protecting your users and data. Session length is a configuration parameter that administrators can set to control how long users can access Google Cloud without having to reauthenticate. Managing session length is foundational to cloud security and it ensures access to Google Cloud services is time-bound after […]

GCP – Google Cloud and Nokia accelerate Cloud RAN vision with first end-to-end L3 data call
On the eve of Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, we announced that we can now run radio access network (RAN) functions as software on Google Distributed Cloud Edge (GDC Edge), providing cloud service providers (CSPs) with a common and agile operating model that extends from the core of the network to the edge, for […]

GCP – Optimize PyTorch training performance with Reduction Server on Vertex AI
As deep learning models become increasingly complex and datasets larger, distributed training is all but a necessity. Faster training makes for faster iteration to reach your modeling goals. But distributed training comes with its own set of challenges. On top of deciding what kind of distribution strategy you want to use and making changes to […]
GCP – Women’s History Month: Celebrating the success of women founders with Google Cloud: DRESSX
Editor’s note: March is celebrated as Women’s History Month in the US. At Google, we’re proud to celebrate women from all backgrounds and are committed to increasing the number of women in the technology industry. Over the next few weeks, we will showcase women-led startups and how they use Google Cloud to grow their businesses. […]