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This blog is authored by Amandeep Singh , Technical Marketing Engineer – Technical Leader at Cisco. We have some exciting news: the popular Application-First Security lab with AWS has been updated, and it is better than ever! It has now been redesigned to follow the Cisco Validated Design “Securing Cloud-Native Applications – AWS Design Guide”.
Wesfarmers has signed two new renewable electricity deals with Queensland’s clean energy trading company CleanCo to power 147 shopping sites in the state. Retail stores of brands such as Kmart, Bunnings, Target and Officeworks will be powered with energy generated by MacIntyre Wind Farm and solar power from Western Downs Green Power Hub. The above brands combined use vast amounts of power every day making them Australia’s 33rd largest electricity user.
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