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GCP – Announcements for AI Hypercomputer: The latest infrastructure news for ML practitioners
Curious about the latest in AI infrastructure from Google Cloud? Every three months we share a roundup of the latest AI Hypercomputer news, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more. Read on to learn new ways to simplify AI infrastructure deployment, improve performance, and optimize your costs. AI innovation is moving at an unprecedented rate and […]
GCP – Google is a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape: FinOps Cloud Costs Optimization
Our customers come first, and we’ve focused on building FinOps tools that help them understand their cloud spend, optimize for efficiency, and prevent cost surprises. We’re excited to be recognized for this work, and named a leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for FinOps cloud cost optimization. “This study evaluated the five global hyperscalers and […]
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now supports backup and restore
Amazon OpenSearch Serverless has added support for backup and restore. System will backup all collections/indexes in the account automatically every hour. The backups are retained for 14 days and available to restore indexes using APIs. The feature is automatically enabled and does not require users to configure. Please refer to the AWS Regional Services List […]
AWS – AWS Resource Explorer supports 120 new resource types
AWS Resource Explorer now supports 120 more resource types across all AWS commercial Regions from services including Amazon API Gateway, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Kendra, Amazon Sagemaker, and more. With this release, customers can now search for the following resource types in AWS Resource Explorer: 1. apigateway:restapis/deployments 61. iotwireless:WirelessDevice 2. apigateway:restapis/resources/methods 62. iotwireless:WirelessGateway 3. apigateway:restapis/resources 63. […]
GCP – How Wells Fargo is using Google Cloud AI to empower its workforce with agentic tools
The financial services industry has hit a technology tipping point. AI is fundamentally reshaping how people interact with their financial institutions, and this has forced banks to deliver unprecedented agility, efficiency, and personalization. Today, Wells Fargo and Google Cloud are excited to announce an expansion of their strategic relationship, which will transform how Wells Fargo […]
AWS – AWS IoT SiteWise introduces asset model interfaces
AWS IoT SiteWise is a managed service that simplifies the collection, organization, and monitoring of industrial equipment data at scale. Today, we are excited to announce asset model interfaces in AWS IoT SiteWise, a new feature that enables industrial customers to define and maintain standardized properties and metrics across similar equipment and process types, while […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch introduces organization-wide VPC flow logs enablement
Amazon CloudWatch now allows customers to automatically enable Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) flow logs to CloudWatch logs across their AWS Organization. Customers can create enablement rules in CloudWatch Telemetry Config that automatically creates flow logs for both existing and newly created VPCs matching the rule scope, ensuring consistent monitoring coverage. With today’s launch, customers […]
AWS – Amazon Lightsail is now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Starting today, Amazon Lightsail is available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. This expansion brings the power and simplicity of Lightsail to customers in Indonesia and surrounding regions. With this launch, customers in Indonesia and nearby countries can now enjoy lower latency and better performance for their applications while meeting local data residency requirements. The […]
GCP – Your epic quest awaits: Conquer the Agentverse
Google Cloud Labs is assembling a party of adventurers for a live-action quest: The Agentverse. This is no mere lecture hall; it’s a hands-on training ground where you’ll forge your skills in the heat of battle. You’ll leave this mission not with notes, but with legendary skills that you’ve earned yourself. At the heart of […]
AWS – AWS Parallel Computing Service now supports Slurm SPANK plugins
Today, AWS announced that AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS) supports SPANK (Slurm Plug-in Architecture for Node and job [K]control) plugins, enabling you to extend and modify how Slurm schedules and processes your high performance computing (HPC) workloads without modifying Slurm directly. Using SPANK plugins, you can now integrate AWS PCS with container technologies, implement […]