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How to shift left on finops, and why you need to
One of the most frustrating experiences for IT leaders is receiving a cloud invoice with costs well above...
The private cloud comeback
For years, the dominant cloud narrative emphasized the scalability, flexibility, and ostensibly lower costs of public...
[Launched] Generally Available: Encryption in Transit (EiT) for Azure Files NFS shares
Azure Files NFS shares now support Encryption in Transit (EiT) using TLS 1.3 to secure all NFS traffic, ensuring...
[Launched] Generally Available: Query editor in Azure Monitor Metrics
We're announcing the General Availability of Query Editor in Azure Metric Explorer through Azure Monitor Workspace...
[Launched] Generally Available: FQDN Filtering in DNAT rules in Azure Firewall
Azure Firewall supports the use of Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) in DNAT (Destination Network Address...
[In preview] Generally Available: Two-Way Forest Trusts for Microsoft Entra Domain Services
Two-Way Forest Trusts for Microsoft Entra Domain Services are now Generally Available. This capability allows...
Cloud finally gets some new competition
For more than a decade “cloud” has really meant three names: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Yet 2025 is proving that...
Rewriting infrastructure as code for the AI data center
Generative AI has officially entered the infrastructure as code (IaC) trenches. What started as a bottom-up phenomenon...
Three steps to boost Amazon S3 data security
The amount of data in modern systems has skyrocketed beyond what traditional security tools can handle. As...
Google touts new Python client library for Data Commons
Google has released a Python client library to query the Data Commons platform, which organizes the world’s publicly...
Dumping mainframes for cloud can be a costly mistake
A certain Fortune 500 financial institution decided to fully embrace the cloud. Executive memos indicated that all...
Rust-powered: Two new Python tools to watch
This week in Python brings us a toe-to-toe showdown between two Rust-powered Python type checking tools. We also have...
Rust 1.88 adds support for naked functions
Rust 1.88 has been released, featuring support for writing naked functions, as well as backing for Boolean literals....
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure FXv2-series Virtual Machines
Microsoft has announced the General Availability of Azure FXv2-series Virtual Machines (VMs), which are powered by the...
[Launched] Generally Available: Transition existing platform-managed keys (PMK) to customer-managed keys (CMK) for Azure NetApp Files volumes without data migration.
Customers can now transition existing volumes from platform-managed keys (PMK) to customer-managed keys (CMK)...
[In preview] Public Preview: Draft & Deploy on Azure Firewall
The new Draft & Deploy feature for Azure Firewall Policy introduces a streamlined, two-phase approach to managing...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management
Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management feature, a feature designed to enhance your network management, is...
[In preview] Public Preview: Monitor ingestion issues with Azure Monitor Workspace
Azure Managed Prometheus sends metrics into Azure Monitor Workspace. Customers can now view and monitor issues with...
Teradata aims to simplify on-premises AI for data scientists with AI Factory
Running AI workloads on premises has often meant overloading shared infrastructure or relying on complex hybrid...
Designing a metadata-driven ETL framework with Azure ADF: An architectural perspective
In today’s data-driven landscape, integrating diverse data sources into a cohesive system is a complex challenge. As...