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AWS – New AWS Solutions Implementation: Automated Account Configuration
Automated Account Configuration helps you automate operational processes in an efficient, error-free, standardized and consistent way, to ensure that your AWS accounts are set up properly and with the necessary resources to meet your business and production needs. You can use the solutions implementation to configure and deploy the following business critical services: AWS Backup to centrally […]

AWS – AWS CDK releases v1.121.0 – v1.125.0 with features for faster development cycles using hotswap deployments and rollback control
During September, 2021, 5 new versions of the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, .NET and Go were released (v1.121.0 through v.125.0). With these releases, the CDK CLI now has support for hotswap deployments for faster inner-loop development iterations on the application code in your CDK project. Hotswap initially supports AWS Lambda […]

GCP – Richer data visualization on Google Maps Platform using deck.gl
Today at Google Cloud Next, we are showcasing the release of the newest open source data visualization library deck.gl version 8.6. Thanks to a close collaboration between our friends at the location intelligence platform CARTO, the vis.gl Technical Steering Committee (TSC), and teams from Google Maps Platform and Google Cloud, this release adds deep integration […]

GCP – Solving for What’s Next
Every year, we look forward to Google Cloud Next as our opportunity to share our latest cloud innovations, recognize the achievements of our customers and partners, and provide a view into the future. This year, we are celebrating with gratitude the many ways in which we have enabled amazing organizations of all sizes to transform […]

GCP – Introducing Intelligent Products Essentials: helping manufacturers build AI-powered smart products, faster
Expectations for both consumer and commercial products have changed. Consumers want products that evolve with their needs, adapt to their preferences, and stay up-to-date over time. Manufacturers, in turn, need to create products that provide engaging customer experiences not only to better compete in the marketplace, but also to provide new monetization opportunities. However, embedding […]

GCP – Google Cloud showcases new integrations and solutions with Ecosystem Partners at Next ‘21
Every industry — from financial services, to retail, to manufacturing, to the public sector — is in the midst of digital transformation. This week at Google Cloud Next, we’re excited to highlight new integrations, services, and solutions with our partners that play a critical role in helping our customers succeed. Throughout the last year, we […]

GCP – How Google Cloud secures the world with our people, platforms and products
In every industry, in every part of the world, cybersecurity concerns continue to grow in the wake of attacks on critical infrastructure and the software supply chain. Governments and businesses of all sizes recognize that they must do more to protect their employees, customers and citizens. But doing more of the same, like putting security […]

GCP – Announcing new tools to measure—and reduce—your environmental impact
Google Cloud is proud to support our customers with the cleanest cloud in the industry. For the past four years, we’ve matched 100% of our electricity use with renewable energy purchases, and we were the first company of our size to commit going even further by running on carbon-free energy 24/7 by 2030. As we […]

GCP – Turn data into value with a unified and open data cloud
Today at Google Cloud Next we are announcing innovations that will enable data teams to simplify how they work with data and derive value from it faster. These new solutions will help organizations build modern data architectures with real-time analytics to power innovative, mission-critical, data-driven applications. Too often, even the best minds in data are […]
GCP – Extending the value of Google Workspace to 3 billion users and counting
Over the past year, Google Workspace rapidly evolved to meet the needs of users as we collectively grappled with remote and hybrid work. First, we launched Google Workspace to commercial customers, which brought together the powerful individual apps people know and love into a single, integrated solution. Then we made Google Workspace available to nonprofits, […]