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AWS – Amazon Aurora MySQL database clusters now support up to 256 TiB of storage volume
Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition now supports a maximum storage limit of 256 TiB, doubling the previous limit of 128 TiB. This enhancement allows customers to store and manage even larger datasets within a single Aurora database cluster simplifying data management for large-scale applications and supporting the growing data needs of modern applications. Customers only pay […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: Going beyond 2FA to address fast-rising, emerging threats
Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for July 2025. Today, Andy Wen, director, product management, Workspace Security, discusses new efforts we’re making to defend against identity-based cyberattacks. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. If you’re reading this on the website and you’d […]
GCP – Ride-share-like planning with Agentic AI: Pluto7 + Google Agentspace transform supply Chains
Pluto7, an early Google partner, has integrated Agentspace into its Planning in a Box platform Pi Agent to address inventory and demand planning challenges. Agentspace provides an Agent Development Kit (ADK) for building specialized agents and an A2A (Agent-to-Agent) communication protocol for agent collaboration. These tools facilitate a shift from static workflows to dynamic, adaptive […]
GCP – Top 25 blogs of 2025… so far
Six months into 2025, we’ve already published hundreds of posts here on the Google Cloud blog. We asked ourselves, why wait until the busy end of the year to review your favorites? With everything from new AI models, product launches, emerging cyber threats, company news, certifications and customer stories, here is a mid-year recap that […]
GCP – Gemini CLI: Custom slash commands
Today, we’re announcing support for custom slash commands in Gemini CLI! This highly requested feature lets you define reusable prompts for streamlining interactions with Gemini CLI and helps improve efficiency across workflows. Slash commands can be defined in local .toml files or through Model Context Protocol (MCP) prompts. Get ready to transform how you leverage […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon OpenSearch Service launch pre-built dashboard for AWS Network Firewall
AWS announces a new AWS Network Firewall dashboard that enhances the integrated analytics experience between Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon OpenSearch Service. This expands the existing set of pre-built dashboards that include Amazon VPC, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS WAF logs. The dashboard delivers insights into network metrics, including traffic patterns, protocols, AWS PrivateLink endpoints, and TLS […]
AWS – AWS Entity Resolution launches advanced matching using Levenshtein, Cosine, and Soundex
Today, AWS Entity Resolution announces advanced rule-based fuzzy matching using Levenshtein Distance, Cosine Similarity, and Soundex algorithms to help organizations resolve consumer records across fragmented, inconsistent, and often incomplete datasets. This feature introduces tolerance for variations and typos, enabling potentially more accurate and flexible entity resolution without requiring the manual pre-processing of records. Advanced rule-based […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora MySQL 3.10 (compatible with MySQL 8.0.42) is now generally available
Starting today, Amazon Aurora MySQL – Compatible Edition 3 (with MySQL 8.0 compatibility) will support MySQL 8.0.42 through Aurora MySQL v3.10. In addition to several security enhancements and bug fixes, MySQL 8.0.42 contains performance improvements for parallel replication using writeset dependency tracking, as well as enhanced debugging capabilities within the InnoDB storage engine. Aurora MySQL […]
AWS – Database Insights adds support for fleets of Aurora Limitless databases
CloudWatch Database Insights announces support of fleet monitoring for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless databases. Database Insights is a database observability solution that provides a curated experience designed for DevOps engineers, application developers, and database administrators (DBAs) to expedite database troubleshooting and gain a holistic view into their database fleet health. Database Insights consolidates logs and […]
AWS – Amazon CloudFront introduces new origin response timeout controls
Amazon CloudFront now offers two capabilities to enhance origin timeout controls: a response completion timeout and support for custom response timeout values for Amazon S3 origins. These enhancements provide more granular control over origin response timeouts, allowing you to deliver consistent and reliable user experiences regardless of variation in network conditions or origin performance. Previously, […]