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Azure – Generally available: Azure Databricks Delta Live Tables
Build reliable, maintainable, and testable data processing pipelines with Delta Live Tables. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Customize application text labels in Azure IoT Central
You can now replace ‘Device’ label in your Azure IoT Central application with your preferred text. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: DNS reservations to prevent subdomain takeover in Cloud Services deployments
As a preventive measure, DNS record is reserved for seven days to allow clean-up of dangling DNS domains or reclaim from same Azure Active Directory tenant only. Read More for the details.

GCP – How Domino’s Indonesia delivers across a vast archipelago with Google Maps Platform
Editor’s note: Today’s blog post is from Mayank Singh, Chief Digital Officer and VP Marketing and IT at pizza delivery group Domino’s Indonesia. He explains how Google Maps Platform is enabling their business to optimize their operations and supporting the franchise’s ambitious expansion strategy in one of the world’s most exciting emerging markets. When I […]

GCP – What’s new with Cloud EKM
Google Cloud External Key Manager (Cloud EKM) lets you protect your cloud data with encryption keys that are stored and managed in a third-party key management system outside Google Cloud’s infrastructure. This feature allows you to achieve full separation between your encryption keys and your data stored in the cloud, making you the ultimate arbiter […]

GCP – BeReal builds a real and authentic social media platform on Google Cloud
Many people struggle with the impact of social media on their lives. It can be at once engaging and informative but also addicting. It also helps us keep in touch with friends and family, but we know it’s typically much better to see people in person when possible. And increasingly people might find themselves spending […]

GCP – Online and in-person training for Google Workspace—from beginner to advanced
Google Workspace—our integrated solution that brings together Gmail, Meet, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, and more—helps people and businesses safely connect, create, and collaborate from anywhere. With such a powerful set of tools, it can be hard to know where to start or whether you’re getting everything Google Workspace has to offer. To help you along […]

GCP – Hands-on learning lab: Stream Google Cloud data into Splunk Cloud
Splunk and Google Cloud customers, this one’s for you: The first Hands-on-Lab of Splunk on Google Cloud is now live and ready for enrollees. If you haven’t tried it yet, Google Cloud Skills Boost provides hands-on educational experiences so you can learn all you need to know about operating in the cloud. Labs from Google […]

GCP – Adopting real-world sustainability solutions with Google Cloud’s ecosystem
When Google Cloud announced its sustainability partnership initiative last October, the goal was to develop real-world solutions that could make an immediate impact – not in the next decade, but right now. The initiative brought technology partners together to help global businesses and governments accelerate sustainability programs, inform decisions on future growth, and better understand […]
GCP – How to manage data on Cloud VMs: A conversation
We published another episode of “VM End to End,” which is a series of curated conversations between a “VM skeptic” and a “VM enthusiast”. Every episode, join Brian, Carter, and a special guest as they explore why VMs are some of Google’s most trusted and reliable offerings, and how VMs benefit companies operating at scale […]