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Azure – Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late September 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late September 2022. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure SQL Database Hyperscale reverse migration to general purpose tier
Easily move your previously migrated databases on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale back to the general purpose tier. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure SQL—General availability updates for late September 2022
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late September 2022. Read More for the details.

GCP – Lufthansa increases on-time flights by wind forecasting with Google Cloud ML
The magnitude and direction of wind significantly impacts airport operations, and Lufthansa Group Airlines are no exception. A particularly troublesome kind is called BISE: it is a cold, dry wind that blows from the northeast to southwest in Switzerland, through the Swiss Plateau. Its effects on flight schedules can be severe, such as forcing planes […]

GCP – Synopsys helps semiconductor designers accelerate chip design and development on Google Cloud
Google Cloud and Synopsys Inc are partnering to help semiconductor companies drive Electronic Design Automation (EDA) innovation in the cloud to accelerate time to market, and lower costs across the entire semiconductor product life cycle. Synopsys is the industry’s largest provider of EDA technology used in the design and verification of integrated circuits, or semiconductor […]

GCP – Introducing Cloud Logging – Log Analytics, powered by BigQuery
Logging is a critical part of the software development lifecycle allowing developers to debug their apps, DevOps/SRE teams to troubleshoot issues, and security admins to analyze access. Cloud Logging provides a powerful pipeline to reliably ingest logs at scale and quickly find your logs. Today, we’re pleased to announce Log Analytics, a new set of […]

AWS – Amazon Kendra releases Dropbox connector
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Starting today, AWS customers can use the Amazon Kendra Dropbox connector to index and search documents from Dropbox data source. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EC2 Is4gen and Im4gn Instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) region
Starting today, Amazon EC2 Is4gen and Im4gn instances, the latest generation storage-optimized instances, are available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) region. Is4gen and Im4gn instances are built on the AWS Nitro System and are powered by AWS Graviton2 processors. They feature up to 30TB of storage with the new AWS Nitro SSDs that are custom-designed by […]

AWS – AWS Cost Categories now support retroactive rules application
AWS Cost Categories now support retroactive application of cost category rules. Previously, while creating a cost category, the rules applied from the start of current month. Similarly, while editing a cost category rule, the changes applied from the start of current month. With this launch, while creating a cost category, you can apply cost category rules […]
AWS – Amazon DevOps Guru for RDS now available in seven more regions
Amazon DevOps Guru for RDS is now available in the Europe (London and Paris), Asia Pacific (Mumbai and Seoul), US West (N. California), South America (São Paulo), and Canada (Central) regions. Read More for the details.