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AWS – Simplify Your AWS Marketplace Catalog API (CAPI) Integration with Strongly-Typed API Schemas
We’re excited to announce the introduction of a GitHub library that will host the schemas for the DetailsDocument used in StartChangeSet, DescribeChangeSet, and DescribeEntity APIs in Catalog API (CAPI). This new feature aims to simplify the integration process for developers working with the Catalog API. Today, as a developer in seller/partner organizations, you need to […]
GCP – How to build user authentication into your gen AI app-accessing database
Generative AI agents introduce immense potential to transform enterprise workspaces. Enterprises from almost every industry are exploring the possibilities of generative AI, adopting AI agents for purposes ranging from internal productivity to customer-facing support. However, while these AI agents can efficiently interact with data already in your databases to provide summaries, answer complex questions, and […]
GCP – Blazing-fast Cloud Storage uploads and downloads with client libraries
Data-intensive applications such as analytics and AI/ML are some of the fastest growing workloads on Google Cloud Storage, but ensuring high throughput for these workloads can be a challenge. Cloud Storage client library transfer manager helps maximize throughput for your workloads, by adding functionality to key client libraries to parallelize uploads and downloads. The new […]
GCP – AI-powered slide generation and formula assistant come to Gemini in Looker
Today’s business intelligence (BI) offerings are rapidly transforming into powerful, generative AI-driven data analysis tools that can be accessed by all members of your organization. Today, as part of that transformation, we are bringing two key features of Gemini in Looker to preview: automated Google Slides generation, and an AI-powered formula assistant that can speed […]
GCP – Cyber Public Health: A new approach to cybersecurity
At Google, we believe the approach to cloud infrastructure should be informed, in part, by understanding the relative “health” of the Internet. Defining and measuring these vital statistics can help proactively and systemically identify and address conditions that make the internet unhealthy, unsafe and insecure. Crucially, they can be used to help craft a holistic […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Regions
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7i-flex instances that deliver up to 19% better price performance compared to C6i instances, are available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) regions. C7i-flex instances expand the EC2 Flex instances portfolio to provide the easiest way for you to get price performance benefits for a […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports password policies for SQL Server logins
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now supports password policies for SQL Server logins. If you use SQL Server logins to authenticate users to an RDS for SQL Server database instance, you can now apply password policies to meet your compliance requirements. You can configure password policy parameters such as minimum length, […]
AWS – AWS Lambda now supports SnapStart for Java functions that use the ARM64 architecture
Starting today, you can use Lambda SnapStart with Java functions that use the ARM64 instruction set architecture. SnapStart for Java delivers up to 10x faster function startup performance at no extra cost, enabling you to build highly responsive and scalable Java applications using AWS Lambda without having to provision resources or implement complex performance optimizations. […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 High Memory instances now available in Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Starting today, Amazon EC2 High Memory instances with 6TiB of memory (u-6tb1.56xlarge, u-6tb1.112xlarge) are now available in Asia Pacific (Jakarta) region. Customers can start using these new High Memory instances with On Demand and Savings Plan purchase options. Amazon EC2 High Memory instances are certified by SAP for running Business Suite on HANA, SAP S/4HANA, […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift now available in 8 additional regions
Amazon Aurora MySQL zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift is now supported in 8 additional regions, enabling near real-time analytics and machine learning (ML) using Amazon Redshift. With this launch, Amazon Aurora MySQL zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift is supported in all AWS commercial regions where Amazon Redshift is supported. Zero-ETL integration helps you derive holistic […]