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AWS – Amazon QuickSight adds hide collapsed columns control for Pivot table
Amazon QuickSight now offers the hide collapsed column control to help users better manage collapsed columns in their pivot tables. Authors can use this control to automatically hide collapsed row header fields, eliminating the need for unnecessary scrolling and making pivot tables look more compact and organized. To learn more, click here. Read More for […]

AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports OpenSearch version 2.5
You can now run OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards version 2.5 in Amazon OpenSearch Service. With OpenSearch 2.5, OpenSearch Service adds several new features and enhancements such as support for Security Analytics, support for Point in Time Search, improvements to observability and geospatial functionality. Read More for the details.

GCP – Understand and trust data with Dataplex data lineage
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Dataplex data lineage — a fully managed Dataplex capability that helps you understand how data is sourced and transformed within the organization. Dataplex data lineage automatically tracks data movement across BigQuery, BigLake, Cloud Data Fusion (Preview), and Cloud Composer (Preview), eliminating operational hassles around manual […]

GCP – Casper on Google Cloud: A secure and flexible Web3 option for developers
Casper Labs announced a collaboration with Google Cloud that will allow developers to launch public and/or private Casper nodes directly from Google Cloud. This enables a much more seamless and highly secure process for the millions of developers who want to build in blockchain environments without having to learn new, highly specialized programming languages. Additionally, […]

GCP – Built with BigQuery: How Sift delivers fraud detection workflow backtesting at scale
Sift is one of the leaders in digital trust and safety, that empower digital disruptors of Fortune 500 companies to unlock new revenue without risk using machine learning to provide fraud detection services. Sift dynamically prevents fraud for many abuse categories through industry-leading ML-based technology, expertise, and an impressive global data network of over 70 […]

GCP – Sumitovant more than doubles its research output in its quest to save lives
Here at Sumitovant, we’re developing next-generation therapies for treating cancer, life-threatening immune disorders in infants, women’s health issues, and other medical conditions. Thankfully, increasing access to anonymized medical data, pharmaceutical studies, clinical trial results, and other third-party data sources gives our medical teams and physician customers more information than ever before about treatments’ efficacy and […]

GCP – Six benefits of using Service Directory in your environment
Want to know what Service Directory is and why you should be using it in your Google Cloud environment? Service Directory is a managed service that gives you a single place to publish, discover, and connect services.Among the many reasons to use Service Directory, here are six of my favorite key benefits: #1 Single place […]

GCP – Meet the inaugural class of the Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change in Europe
Research supported by Google and conducted by Implement Consulting shows that digital technologies are critical to facilitating energy and emissions savings. Startups working on groundbreaking technologies for adaptation and climate solutions have an important role to play in accelerating climate action. At Google, we want to foster a thriving ecosystem for startups advancing sustainability via […]

Azure – Public preview: Accelerated Connections for Network Virtual Appliances now in Azure Marketplace
Accelerated Connections is a new product that enhances Accelerated Networking enabled vNICs, enabling customers to increase connections per second and improve performance in multiple active connection scenarios. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location in Auckland, New Zealand
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location in Auckland, New Zealand. By connecting your network to AWS at the new Auckland 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.