USAT Leverages Times Square Crowd to Demonstrate Instant Digital Dollar Payments

by Azalio tdshpsk | Mar 18, 2026 | Cloud

USAT is transforming Times Square into a live demonstration of instant, internet-native payments. The digital dollar, issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, is taking over Times Square as 2 million spectators flood the streets of New York City for St. Patrick’s Day. The...

[Launched] Generally Available: Default Rule Set 2.2 and updates to ruleset support policy

by Azalio tdshpsk | Mar 17, 2026 | Cloud

We are updating the managed ruleset support policy for Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) following the general availability of Default Rule Set (DRS) 2.2 on Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door. This update provides a clearer, more predictabl

[Launched] Generally Available: Foundry Agent Service

by Azalio tdshpsk | Mar 17, 2026 | Cloud

Announcing general availability (GA) of the next-gen Foundry Agent Service—a redesigned API format and runtime experience designed to help teams build and operate agents that can move from prototype to production with confidence. This GA moment is anchore

Retirement: Azure VMware Solution AV36P and AV52 node retirement on June 30, 2029

by Azalio tdshpsk | Mar 17, 2026 | Cloud

Microsoft is announcing the retirement of the AV36P and AV52 Nodes on June 30, 2029. The terms of your current AV36P and AV52 Reserved Instance (RI) are not affected by this announcement. At this time, we recommend that you review your current RI expirati

Project Detroit, bridging Java, Python, JavaScript, moves forward

by Azalio tdshpsk | Mar 17, 2026 | Cloud

Java’s revived Detroit project, to enable joint usage of Java with Python or JavaScript, is slated to soon become an official project within the OpenJDK community. Oracle officials plan to highlight Detroit’s status at JavaOne on March 17. “The main benefit [of...