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GCP – A practical guide to Google Cloud’s Parameter Manager
Every development team wants to build robust, secure, and scalable cloud applications, and that often means navigating complexity — especially when it comes to configuration management. Relying on hard-coded configurations and keys is a common practice that can expose sensitive security details. To move faster and stay secure, developers should use a centralized, secure service […]
GCP – Reimagine global network connectivity with Cross-Site Interconnect, now GA
For modern enterprises, network connectivity is the lifeblood of the AI era. But today’s technology landscape has challenges that are pushing traditional networking models to their limits: Aggressive cloud migrations and investments in colocation spaces: Organizations are grappling with complex, high-capital expenditure requirements to interconnect global environments from multiple vendors. Shifting network capacity demands: The […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift now available in the Asia Pacific (Taipei) region
Amazon DynamoDB zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift is now supported in the Asia Pacific (Taipei) region. This expansion enables customers to run high-performance analytics on their DynamoDB data in Amazon Redshift with no impact on production workloads running on DynamoDB. Zero-ETL integrations help you derive holistic insights across many applications, break data silos in your […]
AWS – Amazon Quick Sight announces the general availability of a new data preparation experience
Amazon Quick Sight, a capability of Amazon Quick Suite, now offers a visual data preparation experience that helps business users perform advanced data transformations without writing complex code. Users can now clean, transform, and combine data in multi-step workflows—appending tables, aggregating data, executing flexible joins, and other advanced operations that previously required custom programming or […]
GCP – Help Wanted: Vietnamese Actors Using Fake Job Posting Campaigns to Deliver Malware and Steal Credentials
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is tracking a cluster of financially motivated threat actors operating from Vietnam that leverages fake job postings on legitimate platforms to target individuals in the digital advertising and marketing sectors. The actor effectively uses social engineering to deliver malware and phishing kits, ultimately aiming to compromise high-value corporate accounts, in […]
GCP – Introducing Google Gen AI .NET SDK
Last year, we announced the Google Gen AI SDK as the new unified library for Gemini on Google AI (via the Gemini Developer API) and Vertex AI (via the Vertex AI API). At the time, it was only a Python SDK. Since then, the team has been busy adding support for Go, Node.js, and Java […]
GCP – Design Cross-Cloud Network VPC Network Peering with NVAs and Regional Affinity
Inserting security into your network design may involve the use of a network virtual appliance (NVA). The flexibility of the Cross-Cloud Network to support these configurations means enterprises can extend existing security aspects from hybrid connections into the cloud for a consistent experience. In this blog we will look at a reference architecture for hub […]
GCP – Agent Factory Recap: Securing AI Agents in Production
In our latest episode of the Agent Factory, we move beyond the hype and tackle a critical topic for anyone building production-ready AI agents: security. We’re not talking about theoretical “what-ifs” but real attack vectors that are happening right now, with real money being lost. We dove into the current threat landscape and laid out […]
AWS – Now generally available: AWS RTB Fabric for real-time bidding workloads
Today, AWS announces RTB Fabric, a fully managed service that helps you connect with your AdTech partners such as Amazon Ads, GumGum, Kargo, MobileFuse, Sovrn, TripleLift, Viant, Yieldmo, and more in three steps while delivering single-digit millisecond latency through a private, high-performance network environment. RTB Fabric reduces standard cloud networking costs by up to 80% […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now supports threaded views and includes conversation history in agent replies
Amazon Connect now includes the conversation history in agent replies and introduces threaded views of email exchanges, making it easier for both agents and customers to maintain context and continuity across interactions. This enhancement provides a more natural and familiar email experience for both agents and customers. Amazon Connect Email is available in the US […]
