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AWS – Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow version 2.4 with Python 3.10
You can now create Apache Airflow version 2.4 environments on Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) with Python 3.10 support. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Apache log4J2 sink to Azure Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer now supports ingestion of data from Apache Log4j 2. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EC2 C5n instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Osaka)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C5n instances are available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Osaka). C5n instances, powered by 3.0 GHz Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (Skylake) and based on the AWS Nitro System, offer customers up to 100Gbps networking for network-bound workloads, while continuing to take advantage of the security, scalability and […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 R6i instances are now available in additional regions
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R6i instances are available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Osaka), Middle East (Bahrain), and Africa (Cape Town). R6i instances are powered by 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz. These instances come with always-on memory encryption using Intel Total Memory […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 R6g, R6gd, and M6gd instances are now available in additional regions
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R6g instances are available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Osaka). R6gd instances are available in AWS Regions Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Seoul) and Europe (Stockholm). M6gd instances are available in AWS Regions Asia Pacific (Osaka) and Africa (Cape Town). These instances are powered by AWS Graviton2 processors, […]

Azure – General Availability: Azure Sphere support for European Data Boundary
Azure Sphere Security Service EU data processing and storage is now generally available. Read More for the details.

GCP – Kicking off 2023 with a new startup accelerator focused on climate change
After the momentum of COP27 and the increasing commitments to climate solutions from nations and corporations throughout 2022, we’re excited to enter a more sustainable 2023. As more organizations navigate the necessary, sustainability-driven business transformations on the horizon, they’re looking for new tools and technology to help them. We believe the global startup ecosystem plays […]

GCP – Imagine the possibilities: Exploring industry use cases for Google Distributed Cloud Edge Appliance
While many organizations are driving digital transformation by migrating to the cloud, there are some industries, geographies, and use cases that require a different approach to cloud modernization. Regulated industries such as healthcare, insurance, pharmaceutical, energy, telecommunication, and banking have stringent data residency and sovereignty requirements. Other industries need to meet local data processing requirements, […]

GCP – Hype or Trend? 7 API management use cases rising in prominence
Paper currency — which started gaining prominence in the 1600s — changed the face of global economics and ushered in a new era of international monetary regulation. The primary reason currency created such disruption was its ability to standardize the “medium of exchange”. APIs created a similar effect in the world of technology and digitalization […]
GCP – New year, new skills – How to reach your cloud career destination
Cloud is a great place to grow your career in 2023. Opportunity abounds, with cloud roles offering strong salaries and scope for growth as a constantly evolving field.1 Some positions do not require a technical background, like project managers, product owners and business analysts. For others, like solutions architects, developers and administrators, coding and technical […]