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Azure – Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Brazil Southeast
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in Brazil Southeast region. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure VM backup: General availability updates for Dec, 2022
Azure VM backup now takes a SQL COPY_ONLY_FULL snapshots in SQL Virtual machines to avoid reset of Log sequence numbers and reduce snapshot delays Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer Synapse Link
Now in public preview: managed ingestion from Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer in near real time. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Capture Event Hubs data with Stream Analytics no-code editor in Delta Lake format
Stream Analytics no-code editor now supports capturing Event Hubs data into ADLS gen2 with Delta Lake format. Read More for the details.

GCP – Solving the biggest global retail challenges with Google Cloud and Teamwork Commerce
Editor’s note: To kick off the new year and in preparation for NRF The Big Show, we invited partners from across our retail ecosystem to share stories, best practices, and tips and tricks on how they are helping retailers transform during a time that continues to see tremendous change. Please enjoy this entry from our […]

GCP – Processing W2 & Payslips is now even simpler with Document AI
Documents like payslips and W2s are crucial to processes such as employment and income verification for mortgage loans, personal loans, personal finance, and benefits processing. Unfortunately, efficiently extracting data from these documents at scale can be challenging and time-consuming, with many organizations relying on manual examination of documents or automated approaches that don’t adequately capture […]

GCP – Announcing the GA of BigQuery multi-statement transactions
Transactions are mission critical for modern enterprises supporting payments, logistics, and a multitude of business operations. And in today’s modern analytics-first and data-driven era, the need for the reliable processing of complex transactions extends beyond just the traditional OLTP database; today businesses also have to trust that their analytics environments are processing transactional data in […]

GCP – Secure your life sciences data from the ground up
With the rapid growth in the quantity of healthcare data available, organizations are able to unlock deeper insights, advance innovation, and increase experimentation. The sector is now in a position to take advantage of cloud technology to accelerate clinical trials, expand research and development, and optimize supply chains. However, more sensitive patient data comes with […]

GCP – CISO Survival Guide: Vital questions to help guide transformation success
Part of being a security leader whose organization is taking on a digital transformation is preparing for hard questions – and complex answers – on how to implement a transformation strategy. In our previous CISO Survival Guide blog, we discussed how financial services organizations can more securely move to the cloud. We examined how to […]
GCP – Seamlessly export Pub/Sub Lite messages to Pub/Sub
Connecting one messaging system to another messaging system can be difficult. While many options exist, such as managed connectors, DIY connectors, and Dataflow jobs, we’re always exploring ways to make moving data even simpler. Today, the Pub/Sub Lite team is excited to introduce export subscriptions that can write messages from a Lite topic directly to […]