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AWS – Amazon Braket adds new 54-qubit quantum processor from IQM
Amazon Braket, the quantum computing service by Amazon Web Services, now offers access to Emerald, the latest quantum processing unit (QPU) by IQM. Emerald is a 54-qubit device with square-lattice topology based on superconducting transmon technology. It provides state-of-the-art gate fidelities and dynamic circuit support to enable customers to research and experiment with quantum algorithms. […]
AWS – Amazon ElastiCache now supports Valkey 8.1
Today, Amazon ElastiCache announces support for Valkey 8.1, bringing the latest innovations from the Valkey open source project into ElastiCache for Valkey, including new capabilities, performance improvements, and observability enhancements. These improvements will help developers to increase an application’s responsiveness while reducing infrastructure cost for in-memory workloads. Amazon ElastiCache version 8.1 for Valkey introduces native […]
GCP – Graduating the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First cohort in the UK
The Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First UK has celebrated the graduation of its latest cohort of AI startups. The 12-week hybrid program, designed for rapid growth, began in London in April and concluded with a Demo Day and Graduation in July. Founders received mentorship from Google experts, technical support for AI technologies, and extensive […]
GCP – Innovate with Confidential Computing: Attestation, Live Migration on Google Cloud
Since its debut on Google Cloud, Confidential Computing has evolved at an incredible pace, offering customers robust protection for sensitive data processed in the cloud and ensuring higher levels of security and privacy. Driven by the ever-increasing need to protect sensitive data in the cloud, we’ve innovated continuously, enhancing our services around two key pillars: […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M6i database instances in additional AWS regions
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M6i database (DB) instances in AWS GovCloud (US-West), AWS GovCloud (US-East), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta) regions. M6i DB instances are available for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL version 17.1 and higher, 16.1 and higher, 15.4 and higher, 14.9 and higher, […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M7i database instances in AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) region
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M7i database (DB) instances in AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) region. M7i is the latest Intel based offering and is available with a new maximum instance size of 48xlarge, which brings 50% more vCPU and memory than the maximum size of M6i instance […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports R7g database instances in additional AWS Regions
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports AWS Graviton3-based R7g in AWS GovCloud (US-East), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Europe (Zurich), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Israel (Tel Aviv) and Canada West (Calgary) regions. Graviton3-based instances provide up to a 30% performance improvement over Graviton2-based instances on RDS for open-source databases depending on database […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora now supports R8g database instances in the AWS US West (N. California) region
AWS Graviton4-based R8g database instances are now generally available for Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility and Amazon Aurora with MySQL compatibility in the AWS US West (N. California) region. R8g instances offer larger instance sizes, up to 48xlarge and features an 8:1 ratio of memory to vCPU, and the latest DDR5 memory. Graviton4-based instances provide […]
GCP – Chrome brings personal and work separation to iOS users and more enterprise protections to mobile
Many organizations are embracing bring your own device models, meaning employees may be accessing resources from their browsers on unmanaged computers or phones. Chrome Enterprise already gives employees and organizations a secure and helpful way to manage users at the browser level and keep work and personal information separate, and many businesses take advantage of […]
GCP – The Future is Collaborative: ChromeOS Customer Community
We’re excited to announce a new online platform for the ChromeOS Customer Community: it’s now a global, open platform accessible to our business customers. This community is designed for IT admins and professionals, along with business leaders and decision-makers, who use and deploy ChromeOS in their organizations, regardless of size. This expansion, directly inspired by […]