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AWS – Amazon SageMaker now provides new set up experience for Amazon DataZone projects
Amazon SageMaker now provides a new set up experience for Amazon DataZone projects, making it easier for customers to govern access to data and machine learning (ML) assets. With this capability, administrators can now set up Amazon DataZone projects by importing their existing authorized users, security configurations, and policies from Amazon SageMaker domains. Today, Amazon […]
GCP – How cloud and AI are bringing scale to corporate climate mitigation and adaptation
Climate change is the biggest challenge our society faces. As scientists, governments, and industry leaders gather in Baku, Azerbaijan for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, a.k.a. COP29, it’s incumbent upon all of us to find innovative solutions that can drive impact at a global scale. The gravity of climate change requires solutions that […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 G6 instances now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Starting today, the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) G6 instances powered by NVIDIA L4 GPUs are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. G6 instances can be used for a wide range of graphics-intensive and machine learning use cases. Customers can use G6 instances for deploying ML models for natural language processing, language […]
AWS – AWS Backup now supports resource type and multiple tag selections in backup policies
Today, AWS Backup announces additional options to assign resources to a backup policy on AWS Organizations. Customers can now select specific resources by resource type and exclude them based on resource type or tag. They can also use the combination of multiple tags within the same resource selection. With additional options to select resources, customers […]
GCP – Dataproc Serverless: Now faster, easier and smarter
We are thrilled to announce new capabilities that make running Dataproc Serverless even faster, easier, and more intelligent. Elevate your Spark experience with: Native query execution: Experience significant performance gains with the new Native query execution in the Premium tier. Seamless monitoring with Spark UI: Track job progress in real time with a built-in Spark […]
GCP – Shift-left your cloud compliance auditing with Audit Manager
Cloud compliance can present significant regulatory and technical challenges for organizations. These complexities often include delineating compliance responsibilities and accountabilities between the customer and cloud provider. At Google Cloud, we understand these challenges faced by our customers’ cloud engineering, compliance, and audit teams, and want to help make them easier to manage. That’s why we’re […]
GCP – What’s new with HPC and AI infrastructure at Google Cloud
At Google Cloud, we’re rapidly advancing our high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities, providing researchers and engineers with powerful tools and infrastructure to tackle the most demanding computational challenges. Here’s a look at some of the key developments driving HPC innovation on Google Cloud, as well as our presence at Supercomputing 2024. You can also stay apprised […]
GCP – AlloyDB Omni supercharges performance: Faster transactions, analytics, and vector search
AlloyDB Omni is back with a new release, version 15.7.0, and it’s bringing serious enhancements to your PostgreSQL workflows, including: Faster performance A new ultra-fast disk cache An enhanced columnar engine The general availability of ScANN vector indexing A new release of the AlloyDB Omni Kubernetes operator From transactional and analytical workloads to cutting-edge vector […]
AWS – Amazon S3 now supports up to 1 million buckets per AWS account
Amazon S3 has increased the default bucket quota from 100 to 10,000 per AWS account. Additionally, any customer can request a quota increase up to 1 million buckets. As a result, customers can create new buckets for individual datasets that they store in S3 to more easily take advantage of capabilities such as default encryption, […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight launches self serve Brand Customization
Amazon QuickSight launches self serve brand customization which allows QuickSight admins with relevant AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions to align QuickSight’s user interface with their organization’s brand by modifying visual elements like brand colors and logo. This creates a cohesive look and feel that aligns with their organization’s identity. Brand customization includes customization […]