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GCP – GPUs when you need them: Introducing Flex-start VMs
Innovating with AI requires accelerators such as GPUs that can be hard to come by in times of extreme demand. To address this challenge, we offer Dynamic Workload Scheduler (DWS), a service that optimizes access to compute resources when and where you need them. In July, we announced Calendar mode in DWS to provide short-term […]
AWS – PostgreSQL 18.0 is now available in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 18.0 is now available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the latest PostgreSQL features while leveraging the benefits of a fully managed database service. This preview environment provides you a sandbox where you can test applications and explore new PostgreSQL 18.0 capabilities before they become generally […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 Allowed AMIs setting adds new parameters for enhanced AMI governance
Allowed AMIs, the Amazon EC2 account-wide setting that enables you to limit the discovery and use of Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) within your Amazon Web Services accounts, adds support for four new parameters — marketplace codes, deprecation time, creation date and AMI names. Previously, you could specify accounts or owner aliases that you trust in […]
AWS – AWS X-Ray introduces Adaptive Sampling for automatic optimized error detection
AWS X-Ray, a service that helps developers analyze and debug distributed applications by providing request tracing capabilities, now offers adaptive sampling to solve a common challenge for DevOps teams, Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), and application developers. These customers often face a difficult trade-off: setting sampling rates too low risks missing critical traces during incidents, while […]
AWS – You can now preview Amazon S3 Tables in the S3 console
You can now preview your Amazon S3 Tables directly in the S3 console without having to write a SQL query. You can view the schema and sample rows of your tables stored in S3 Tables to better understand and gather key information about your data quickly, without any setup. You can preview tables in the […]
GCP – The global harms of restrictive cloud licensing, one year later
A year ago today, Google Cloud filed a formal complaint with the European Commission about Microsoft’s anti-competitive cloud licensing practices — specifically those that impose financial penalties on businesses that use Windows Server software on Azure’s biggest competitors. Despite regulatory scrutiny, it’s clear that Microsoft intends to keep its restrictive licensing policies in place for […]
AWS – Announcing AWS Lambda Support for Code Signing in GovCloud Regions
AWS Lambda now offers Code Signing in GovCloud Regions (AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East)), which allows administrators to ensure that only trusted and verified code is deployed to Lambda functions. This feature uses AWS Signer, a managed code signing service. When code is deployed, Lambda checks the signatures to confirm the code hasn’t […]
GCP – Meet the new GKE: Extending Autopilot to all qualifying clusters
Autopilot is an operational mode for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) that provides a fully managed environment and takes care of operational details, like provisioning compute capacity for your workloads. Autopilot allows you to spend more time on developing your own applications and less time on managing node-level details. This year, we upgraded Autopilot’s autoscaling stack […]
AWS – Application Recovery Controller Region switch is now available in Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
Region switch in Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) is now available in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region. Region switch allows you to orchestrate the specific steps to operate your cross-AWS account application resources out of another AWS Region. It provides dashboards for real-time visibility into the recovery process and gathers data from across resources […]
GCP – Launching Gemini CLI extensions for Google Data Cloud
In June, Google introduced Gemini CLI, an open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal. And today, we’re excited to announce open-source Gemini CLI extensions for Google Data Cloud services. Building applications and analyzing trends with services like Cloud SQL, AlloyDB and BigQuery has never been easier — all from […]