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GCP – BigQuery meets ADK & MCP: Accelerate agent development with BigQuery’s new first-party toolset
As the excitement around AI agents reaches enterprise customers, a critical question emerges: How can we empower these agents to securely and intelligently interact with enterprise data systems like Google Cloud BigQuery? Currently, the developers building agentic applications have been forced to build and maintain their own custom tools, a process that is slow, risky, […]
GCP – Understanding Calendar mode for Dynamic Workload Scheduler: Reserve ML GPUs and TPUs
Organizations need ML compute resources that can accommodate bursty peaks and periodic troughs. That means the consumption models for AI infrastructure need to evolve to be more cost-efficient, provide term flexibility, and support rapid development on the latest GPU and TPU accelerators. Calendar mode is currently available in preview as the newest feature of Dynamic […]
GCP – Too many threats, too much data, say security and IT leaders. Here’s how to fix that
An overwhelming volume of threats and data combined with the shortage of skilled threat analysts has left many security and IT leaders believing that their organizations are vulnerable to cyberattacks and stuck in a reactive state. That’s according to the new Threat Intelligence Benchmark, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Google […]
AWS – Amazon Connect launches forecast editing UI
Amazon Connect now simplifies forecast editing with a new UI experience, enabling planners to make adjustments quickly and better respond to changing contact patterns. With this launch, users can select a forecast, make edits—such as increasing contact volume by a percentage or setting exact values—across specific date ranges, queues, and channels, preview and apply changes […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C7i instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7i instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) are available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. C7i instances are supported by custom Intel processors, available only on AWS, and offer up to 15% better performance over comparable x86-based Intel processors utilized […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now supports AWS CloudFormation for message template attachments
Amazon Connect now supports AWS CloudFormation for Outbound Campaign message template attachments, enabling you to create, manage, and deploy these template attachments using AWS CloudFormation. This enhancement allows customers to define and deploy attachments, such as images or documents, as part of the existing MessageTemplate CloudFormation resource. Message template attachments are used in outbound email […]
GCP – Your guide to taking an open model from discovery to a production-ready endpoint on Vertex AI
Developers building with gen AI are increasingly drawn to open models for their power and flexibility. But customizing and deploying them can be a huge challenge. You’re often left wrestling with complex dependencies, managing infrastructure, and fighting for expensive GPU access. Don’t let that complexity slow you down. In this guide, we’ll walk you through […]
GCP – Your guide to Google Cloud Security at Black Hat USA 2025
At Google Cloud Security, our mission is to empower organizations to strengthen their defenses with innovative security capabilities, all while simplifying and modernizing their cybersecurity. In a world of evolving threats and increasing complexity, we believe true security comes from clarity, not more noise. We’re excited to bring this commitment to innovation and simplification to […]
AWS – AWS HealthOmics introduces third-party Git repository support for workflow creation
AWS HealthOmics announces third-party Git repository integration via AWS CodeConnections for workflow creation, enabling bioinformaticians and researchers to seamlessly connect their existing source code management repositories to HealthOmics. This new capability allows customers to automatically pull workflow definitions, parameter templates, and README files directly from GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repositories without intermediate steps. AWS HealthOmics […]
AWS – Announcing readme file support for AWS HealthOmics workflows
Today, AWS HealthOmics introduces enhanced workflow documentation capabilities with the addition of readme file support. This new feature allows bioinformaticians and researchers to attach comprehensive documentation, implementation details, and diagrams directly to their bioinformatics workflows and workflow versions. AWS HealthOmics is a HIPAA-eligible service that helps healthcare and life sciences customers accelerate scientific breakthroughs with […]
