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GCP – Policy Troubleshooter for BeyondCorp Enterprise is now GA!
Having the ability to access corporate resources and information remotely and securely has been crucial for countless organizations during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, many employees may agree that this process is not always seamless, especially if they were blocked from getting to an app or a resource they should be able to […]

GCP – Top Google Cloud infrastructure blogs of 2021
You sometimes hear people say that cloud infrastructure is commoditized, not differentiated. At Google Cloud, we like to think it’s differentiated, just like the content our blog visitors like to read about. Year after year, blogs about compute, storage, and networking — as well as physical infrastructure like data centers and cables — are consistently […]

AWS – Amazon Nimble Studio adds new features to support Linux, Usage Based Licensing, and Los Angeles Local Zone
Starting today, Amazon Nimble Studio has added new features for customers deploying or updating their cloud-based studios. With additional support for Usage Based Licensing (UBL) from AWS Thinkbox Deadline, deeper Linux integration, and the Los Angeles Local Zone, Amazon Nimble Studio provides customers added functionality when deploying their cloud-based content creation studio. Read More for […]

GCP – For higher education community, choosing Google Workspace for Education is a team effort
“Community” is a word that comes up frequently when I talk to higher education technology leaders: the importance of collaboration across universities to share ideas, enhance research solutions, and optimize their time and budgets. The Internet2 community is where much of the sharing happens—including the organization’s NET+ program, where participants evaluate cloud services that can […]

GCP – Google expands learning paths to help researchers get on the cloud
Academic researchers live in a world of constant change, as research processes and tools continue to get more powerful, but also more complex. With research tools advancing on a daily basis, academic and nonprofit research teams face an ongoing need for learning and re-training. But researchers tell us that with their heavy workloads they don’t […]

GCP – Forrester names Google Cloud a leader in AI Infrastructure
Forrester Research has named Google Cloud a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: AI Infrastructure, Q4 2021 report authored by Mike Gualtieri and Tracy Woo. In the report, Forrester evaluated dimensions of AI architecture, training, inference and management against a set of pre-defined criteria. Forrester’s analysis and recognition gives customers the confidence they need to make […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 C6i instances are now available in 10 additional regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 C6i instances are available in these additional AWS Regions US West (N. California), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada (Central), Europe (London), Europe (Paris), and South America (São Paulo).C6i instances are powered by 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code named Ice […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 R6i instances are now available in 8 additional regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 R6i instances are available in additional AWS Regions US West (N. California), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (London), and Europe (Paris). Designed for memory-intensive workloads, R6i instances are built on the AWS Nitro System, a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight […]

GCP – Find anything blazingly fast with Google’s vector search technology
Recently, Google Cloud partner Groovenauts, Inc. published a live demo of MatchIt Fast. As the demo shows, you can find images and text similar to a selected sample from a collection of millions in a matter of milliseconds: Image similarity search with MatchIt Fast Give it a try — and either select a preset image […]
AWS – Amazon FinSpace now provides Quick Setup with pre-configured data catalog, sample data, and improved data loading
Amazon FinSpace now makes it even easier to start analyzing data with newly included financial services sample data, catalog configurations with taxonomy and metadata, capabilities to load your data into Amazon FinSpace, and the ability to run multiple Spark jobs in parallel. Read More for the details.