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Azure – Azure SQL—Generally available updates for late June 2022
Generally available updates made in late June 2022 for Azure SQL. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late June 2022
Public preview updates made in late June 2022 for Azure SQL. Read More for the details.

GCP – Announcing Data-driven styling: style Google map boundaries to convey key information
Displaying data through maps enables you to communicate key information to your users in a more visually engaging and intuitive way. One way to do this is through utilizing polygons to highlight regions and data. Many of you have told us that purchasing, updating, and maintaining your own boundary data to style polygons and create […]

GCP – Impact.com: Forging a new era of business growth through partnerships
Business partnerships come in all shapes and forms: from affiliate and influencer marketing, to SaaS providers and strategic B2B alliances. For all parties to be successful and drive business growth through a partnership, they must have a way to manage, track, and measure the incremental value their partners provide throughout their relationship. That’s why impact.com […]

GCP – Monitoring Cloud SQL with SQL Server database auditing
Cloud SQL for SQL Server is a fully-managed database service that allows you to run SQL Server in the cloud and let Google take care of the toil. In the past year, we’ve launched features that help you get the most out of SQL Server, like support for Active Directory authentication, SQL Server 2019, and […]

GCP – Improving developer agility and efficiency with Google Workspace
The software development process requires complex, cross-functional collaboration while continuously improving products and services. Our customers who build software say that they value Google Workspace for its ability to drive innovation and collaboration throughout the entire software development life cycle. Developers can hold standups and scrums in Google Chat, Meet, and Spaces, create and collaborate […]

GCP – A new spot for Google Cloud’s Podcasts
I’m back! With more podcasts! Also a giant dog who is not at all distracting! As y’all know bynow, I love podcasts, and I especially love it when they’re easily accessible and useful. That’s why I’m excited to share the new Google Cloud Podcast site — it’s a one stop shop for all of Google’s […]

GCP – Google Cloud launches new sustainability offerings to help public sector agencies improve climate resilience
Governments play a vital role in understanding and responding to climate change; however, they often lack the actionable insights they need to respond quickly. To help solve this problem, Google Cloud is introducing new offerings that help organizations utilize Earth observation data to better understand climate risks and provide insights to inform policies for adaptation […]

GCP – Introducing PostgreSQL interface for Spanner: availability at scale with the interface you know
Cloud Spanner is our fully managed relational database that provides the highest levels of consistency and availability at any scale. It‘s trusted by organizations in industries like financial services, retail, and gaming to run their most demanding workloads. We’re excited to announce today that we’re bringing this same scale and reliability to the fast-growing PostgreSQL […]
GCP – Retailers see urgent need for sustainability, but lack direction
Retail is a fast-paced, hyper-competitive industry with retailers battling tight margins, supply chain issues, rising prices and fast changing consumer demand. And if that wasn’t enough, they feel the urgency to be more sustainable, and vocal about the good they are doing. Today, we’re sharing new insights on how more than 500 retail executives polled […]