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This week, we're covering the following: 
(00:18) 1. Quantum-safe cryptographic key encryption: http://ibm.biz/cryptographic-key-encryption-blog
(01:26) 2. A new partnership with Confluent: http://ibm.biz/ibm-and-confluent-blog
(02:16) 3. The beta of IBM Cloud App Configuration: http://ibm.biz/ibm-cloud-app-configuration-blog

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