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GCP – Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus and tool use are generally available on Vertex AI
In April, we made Anthropic’s most intelligent model, Claude 3 Opus, available in public preview on Vertex AI Model Garden for customers to start experimenting with. Now, we’re announcing that Claude 3 Opus is generally available on Vertex AI. We’re also excited to announce that tool use is available for all Claude 3 models on […]
GCP – Cloud FinOps and GKE: How Generali optimized spend with Google Cloud Consulting
“As a small platform team, how do we optimize hundreds of workloads running in multiple GKE clusters to be cost-effective, without sacrificing performance or reliability?” This was the question facing the team in charge of a suite of applications hosted on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) at Generali Switzerland in the summer and Autumn of 2023 […]
GCP – Cloud Run: the fastest way to get your AI applications to production
It’s no secret that Cloud Run offers one of the most straightforward ways for delivering AI-powered applications to production, letting developers focus on their application logic without having to worry about the underlying infrastructure or how to scale from zero to millions of users. But did you know that Cloud Run is also many customers’ […]
GCP – Build a hybrid data processing footprint using Dataproc on Google Distributed Cloud
Google Cloud customers interested in building or modernizing their data lake infrastructure often need to maintain at least part of their workloads and data on-premises, because of regulatory or operational requirements. Thanks to Dataproc on Google Distributed Cloud, introduced in preview at Google Cloud Next ‘24, you can now fully modernize your data lake with […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight launches multi column sorting for Tables
Amazon QuickSight now supports the ability to sort by multiple columns in Tables. This allows both authors and readers to sort by two or more columns simultaneously in a nested fashion (e.g., first by column A, then B, then C) using the new sorting pop over. They can add, remove, reorder and reset sort on […]
AWS – Real-time audio and Microsoft Server 2022 support are now available on Amazon AppStream 2.0 multi-session fleets
Amazon AppStream 2.0 announces support for real-time audio conferencing on multi-session fleets. Additionally, you can now launch multi-session fleets powered by Microsoft Windows Server 2022 operating system and take the advantage of latest operating systems features. Multi-session fleets enable IT admins to host multiple end-user sessions on a single AppStream 2.0 instance, helping customers to […]
Azure – Public Preview: Analyze data using Log Analytics Simple mode
Azure Monitor Logs is excited to introduce the next leap in log experience: Simple mode. Simple Mode allows users to utilize Azure Monitor Logs in a simple, point-and-click experience, eliminating the need for KQL for most common use cases. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure NetApp Files support for Active Directory connection per NetApp account
Azure NetApp Files support for one Active Directory connection per NetApp account now enables connecting a NetApp account to its own distinct Active Directory Forest and Domain. Azure NetApp Files can now be used with more than one Active Directory Forest and Domain in a region under a subscription. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure Load Balancer now supports Admin State
Override Azure Load Balancer’s health probe behavior on a per backend pool instance basis using the new Load Balancer Admin State feature to make taking your VM out of rotation for maintenance easy. Read More for the details.
Azure – Feature Update: Azure Action Groups
Customers using action groups with the notification type Email Resource Manager Role may see that different or more users are getting emails than were previously. Read More for the details.