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GCP – Google demonstrates leading performance in latest MLPerf Benchmarks
The latest round of MLPerf benchmark results have been released, and Google’s TPU v4 supercomputers demonstrated record-breaking performance at scale. This is a timely milestone since large-scale machine learning training has enabled many of the recent breakthroughs in AI, with the latest models encompassing billions or even trillions of parameters (T5,Meena,GShard,Switch Transformer, andGPT-3). Google’s TPU […]
GCP – Google Maps Platform solutions make finance more helpful, secure, and efficient
The financial services industry is changing—an estimated $68 trillion in wealth transferring from baby boomers to millennials.1 This means financial service providers will have to deliver the speed, ease-of-use, technological sophistication, and tailored services that millennials have come to expect. In fact, half of all millennials are willing to switch to a competing institution if it […]
AWS – New AWS Solutions Implementation: Tag Tamer
We are delighted to announce the addition of Tag Tamer to the AWS Solutions Implementations portfolio. AWS Solutions Implementations help you solve common problems and build faster using the AWS platform. Read More for the details.
Azure – VPN NAT now in public preview
Azure VPN Gateway NAT (Network Address Translation) can be used to connect on-premises networks or branch offices to an Azure virtual network with overlapping IP addresses. Read More for the details.
GCP – AT&T Android customers to have Messages app by default
Today, we’re announcing that we’re working with AT&T to establish Messages by Google as the default messaging application for all AT&T customers in the United States using Android phones. The collaboration aims to help accelerate the industry toward global Rich Communication Services (RCS) coverage and interoperability to offer a consistent, secure, and enhanced messaging experience […]
GCP – New in Google Cloud VMware Engine: autoscaling, Mumbai expansion, etc.
We’ve made several updates to Google Cloud VMware Engine in recent weeks—today’s post provides a recap of our latest milestones. Google Cloud VMware Engine delivers an enterprise-grade VMware stack running natively in Google Cloud. This cloud service is one of the fastest paths to the cloud for VMware workloads without making changes to existing applications […]
GCP – Mercury Rising in BigQuery with Multistatement Transactions
Mercury, the Roman god of commerce, is often depicted carrying a purse, symbolic of business transactions, wearing winged sandals, illustrating his abilities to move at great speeds. Transactions power the world’s business systems today, ranging from millions of packages moving worldwide tracked in real time by logistics companies to global payments from personal loans to […]
GCP – Announcing the 2021 State of DevOps Report Sponsors
Google Cloud and the DORA research team are excited to announce our eight sponsors for the 2021 State of DevOps report. We recently launched the 2021 State of DevOps survey, a 25-min survey for the DevOps community to share how they are using DevOps to improve software delivery performance. So if you haven’t taken the […]
AWS – AWS Firewall Manager is now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
Starting today, AWS Firewall Manager is available in Asia Pacific (Osaka). Read More for the details.
AWS – IAM Access Analyzer adds new policy checks to help validate conditions during IAM policy authoring
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Access Analyzer makes it easier for customers to author secure and functional permissions by providing over 100 policy checks with actionable recommendations during policy authoring. Now, IAM Access Analyzer extended policy validation by adding new policy checks that validate conditions included in IAM policies. These checks analyze the condition block in your […]