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AWS – AWS Direct Connect announces two new locations in Indonesia
Today, AWS announced the opening of two new Direct Connect locations in Jakarta, Indonesia. AWS customers in Indonesia can now establish dedicated network connections from their Indonesia premises to AWS to gain high-performance, secure access to other AWS Region (except Regions in China). With the announcement of Direct Connect locations in Indonesia, the Direct Connect […]
GCP – Improving the speed and security of your cloud deployments
For many of those building in the cloud, speed and security of deployments are amongst their top priorities. At times these goals can seem at odds with each other, especially if security guidance is distributed, written more as reference than opinion, and lacking in tooling for actual implementation in your environment. But they don’t have […]
Azure – Azure HPC Cache now generally available in Germany West Central and US West 3
New regional availability of Azure HPC Cache expands access to low-latency compute. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure HPC – CycleCloud 8.2.1 is now generally available
The new release includes Slurm and VMSS improvements as well as seven new bug fixes. Read More for the details.
GCP – Small footprint, big impact: running cloud-connected Kubernetes at the edge
In this blog post I describe the ‘Edge’ profile for Anthos on bare metal. I compare this new option against the default profile. I also introduced the recently published “Rolling out clusters on the edge at scale with Anthos on bare metal” guide that walks you through the steps to install Anthos on bare metal […]
GCP – Use your favorite DevOps and security solutions with GKE Autopilot out of the box
Organizations that are modernizing with the cloud are increasingly looking for ways to simplify and automate container orchestration with high levels of security, reliability and scalability. GKE Autopilot, which became generally available earlier this year, is a revolutionary mode of operations for managed Kubernetes that makes this possible, reducing the need for hands-on cluster management […]
GCP – Better data for better AI: new speech datasets and benchmarks for data
AI researchers and engineers need better data to enable better AI solutions. The quality of an AI solution is determined by both the learning algorithm (such as a deep-neural network model) and the datasets used to train and evaluate that algorithm. Historically, AI research has focused much more on algorithms than datasets, despite their vital […]
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 […]
