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GCP – Broadcom’s VMware license changes as they relate to Google Cloud VMware Engine
Broadcom recently announced a change to its VMware licensing model for hyperscalers, moving to an exclusive “bring your own” subscription model for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) starting on November 1, 2025. This means that in the future, Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) customers will need to purchase portable VCF subscriptions directly from Broadcom to use […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be ‘bilingual’ in AI, security to gain advantage
Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for September 2025. Today, Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza offers his insights on how boards of directors and CISOs can thrive with a good working relationship, adapted from a recent episode of the Cyber Savvy Boardroom podcast. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter […]
AWS – Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 is now in Amazon Bedrock
Customers can now use Claude Sonnet 4.5 in Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service that offers a choice of high- performing foundation models from leading AI companies. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is Anthropic’s most intelligent model, excelling at complex agents, coding, and long-horizon tasks while maintaining optimal speed and cost-efficiency for high-volume use-cases. Claude Sonnet 4.5 […]
AWS – Amazon Connect dashboards now support filtering and comparing metrics by any time range
Amazon Connect dashboards now supports selecting and comparing any time ranges enabling you to focus on specific, relevant data and perform in-depth analysis up to a maximum of 35 days in the last 3 months. Additionally, you can now select Week to Date and Month to Date time ranges. For example, if a new sales […]
GCP – Google Distributed Cloud at the edge powers U.S. Air Force Mobility Guardian 2025
For today’s mission owner, operating effectively in denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited bandwidth (DDIL) environments is paramount. The Department of Defense’s strategy requires smaller, dispersed teams to function autonomously, creating a critical need for secure AI and data processing at the edge. Bringing cloud power to the edge Recognizing this challenge, the U.S. Air Force […]
GCP – Agent Factory Recap: Can you do my shopping?
In episode #8 of The Agent Factory, Ivan Nardini and I are joined by Prateek Dudeja, product manager from the Agent Payment Protocol Team, to dive into one of the biggest hurdles for AI agents in eccomerce: trust, especially when it comes to money. This post guides you through the key ideas from our […]
GCP – How TELUS is powering growth and productivity with Google
Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Alyson Butler, Director of Team Member Experiences at TELUS, a communications technology company with more than 20 million customer connections. TELUS has integrated ChromeOS, Google Workspace, Chrome Enterprise Premium, and Cameyo to support its transformation into a globally recognized technology leader. Thirty-five years ago, TELUS started out by providing […]
AWS – Announcing Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Extended Support versions R2: 12.22-rds.20250814 and 11.22-rds.20250814
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL introduces Extended Support minor versions 12.22-rds.20250814 and 11.22-rds.20250814, which include important security updates and bug fixes for PostgreSQL databases.We recommend upgrading your RDS instances to these latest versions to maintain optimal security and performance of your PostgreSQL deployments. Amazon RDS Extended Support provides you more time, up to three years, to […]
AWS – AWS Backup is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
AWS Backup is now available in the in the AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region. AWS Backup is a fully-managed, policy-driven service that allows you to centrally automate data protection across multiple AWS services spanning compute, storage, and databases. Using AWS Backup, you can centrally create and manage backups of your application data, protect your […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock now available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
Beginning today, customers can use Amazon Bedrock in the Israel (Tel Aviv) region to easily build and scale generative AI applications using a variety of foundation models (FMs) as well as powerful tools to build generative AI applications. Amazon Bedrock is a comprehensive and secure service for building generative AI applications and agents. Amazon Bedrock […]