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Azure – Public preview: Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB unique index re-indexing
Unique indexes can now be created in existing collections with data in the API for MongoDB. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Cosmos DB autoscale RU/s entry point is 4x lower
Set autoscale on your database or container with a new scale range of 100 RU/s – 1000 RU/s. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio
Assess, receive Azure recommendations, and then migrate your SQL Server databases using the Azure SQL Migration extension in Azure Data Studio. Read More for the details.

GCP – The journey to the cloud mitigates enterprise risk
Over the past decade, cybersecurity has posed an increasing risk for organizations. In fact, cyber incidents topped the recent Allianz Risk Barometer for only the second time in the survey’s history. The challenges in combating these risks only continue to grow. Adversaries tend to be agile and are consistently looking for new ways to land […]

GCP – Broad Institute speeds scientific research with Cloud SQL
Editor’s note: The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, a nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops genomics software, needs to keep pace with the latest scientific discoveries. Here’s how they use managed database services from Google Cloud to move fast and stay on the cutting edge. The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a […]

GCP – Ucraft builds global website-builder business with the help of Google Cloud
Ucraft is an easy-to-use website builder for anyone who wants to create a unique and powerful website. We currently have around 1 million users in total, 450K active users and online business owners, bloggers, startups, designers, freelancers, and entrepreneurs grow their brands. AndGoogle Cloud has been there to help us grow our brand every step […]

GCP – Meet the people of Google Cloud: Grace Mollison, solutions architect and professional problem solver
What’s your role?I lead the EMEA team of Cloud Solutions Architects, a team responsible for supporting & scaling the efforts of hundreds of customer sales engineers, specialists, partners and customers, across a range of industries. The goal is not simply to figure out technical solutions that have others stumped, but to share complex new initiatives […]

GCP – Picture this: How the U.S. Forest Service uses Google Cloud tools to analyze a changing planet
For 117 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has been a steward of America’s forests, grasslands, and waterways. It directly manages 193 million acres and supports sustainable management on a total of 500 million acres of private, state, and tribal lands. Its impact reaches far beyond even that, offering its research and learning […]

GCP – Report: What it will take for CEOs to fund a sustainable transformation
Climate-induced wildfires, massive storms, and deadly heat waves, along with the complexities around managing sustainable supply chains and emissions reduction, have awoken the corporate world to the planet’s stark realities of climate change. Sustainability and environmental impact have become top of mind for executives across the world, with many starting to prioritize sustainable changes to […]
GCP – Using Memorystore for Redis to cache your Django applications
As you start scaling up your serverless applications, caching is one of elements that can greatly improve your site’s performance and responsiveness. With the release of Django 4.0, Redis is now a core supported caching backend. Redis is available as part of Memorystore, Google Cloud’s managed in-memory data store. For Django deployments hosted on Cloud […]