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GCP – Increase your availability and maximize your Bigtable spend with committed use discounts
Cloud Bigtable is a fully managed, scalable NoSQL database service that offers high performance and high availability at any scale. It is a good choice for storing large amounts of data that need single-digit millisecond low-latency access, such as operational logs, customer data, and machine learning datasets for use cases like personalization, feature stores, and […]
GCP – Tips to enhance your prompt-engineering abilities
As AI-powered tools become increasingly prevalent, prompt engineering is becoming a skill that developers need to master. Large language models (LLMs) and other generative foundation models require contextual, specific, and tailored natural language instructions to generate the desired output. This means that developers need to write prompts that are clear, concise, and informative. In this […]
GCP – Announcing Direct VPC egress for Cloud Run: better performance and lower costs
We’re launching Direct VPC egress for Cloud Run in Preview today. This feature enables you to send traffic to a VPC network, without setting up a Serverless VPC Access connector. Direct VPC egress is easier to set up, is faster, can handle more traffic and has lower costs. This is a very exciting update to […]
GCP – How four companies are boosting Web3 innovation with Blockchain Node Engine
Blockchain technology is transforming how the world stores and moves information. Companies of all sizes are exploring its potential for enabling smart contract automation, building decentralized applications, driving open-source innovation, and more. But many also face a common hurdle: running and maintaining their own node, a prerequisite for many Web3 use cases. Deploying and managing […]
GCP – Instacart migrates to Memorystore and sees a 23 percent reduction in latency and costs
With millions of products available across the catalog and more than 1,200 retail banner partners who deliver from more than 100,000 stores across more than 14,000 cities in the U.S. and Canada, Instacart is one of the world’s largest grocery technology services, and its customers have come to love and rely on its convenience. In […]
GCP – Calbag chooses simplicity, speed, and security with ChromeOS
Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Jim Perris, Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations for Calbag Metals, a scrap metal recycler and seller based in Portland, Oregon. Calbag adopted ChromeOS devices to simplify the transition to the cloud for their 80-person small business. Calbag, a buyer, recycler, and seller of scrap metal, is in […]
GCP – Using machine learning to help ZSL & Network Rail monitor and improve biodiversity near British railways
Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pipistrellus_female-1.jpg Example of a Common Pipistrellus Bat, similar to those identified as part of our study. Network Rail recently commissioned international conservation charity, ZSL (Zoological Society of London) to develop cutting-edge methods for monitoring lineside biodiversity throughout the British rail network. Building on our longstanding partnership, we helped ZSL build a data and […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Agent adds support for OpenTelemetry traces and AWS X-Ray
Amazon CloudWatch, the native monitoring and observability service provided by AWS, has added CloudWatch Agent support for the collection of AWS X-Ray and OpenTelemetry traces. Whether you’re already an X-Ray customer, or just getting started with OpenTelemetry, you are now able to collect metrics, logs, and traces with a single agent, simplifying installation, configuration and […]
AWS – Amazon EventBridge API Destinations is now available in additional regions
Amazon EventBridge API Destinations is now available in Europe (Spain, Zurich), Asia Pacific (Jakarta, Osaka, Hyderabad) and Middle East (UAE) regions, making event-driven applications more extensible by allowing you to send events to any HTTP APIs for self-managed or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. Authorization is built in so you don’t have to write or manage additional […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight launches hierarchy layout for pivot tables
Amazon QuickSight introduces a new layout option called hierarchy layout for pivot tables. This allows users to view data in a hierarchical manner, where all row fields are presented in a single column with indentation to differentiate between items from different fields. The hierarchy layout optimizes space by reducing the footprint of row fields, creating […]