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AWS – Amazon EC2 High Memory instances now available in South America (Sao Paulo) Region
Starting today, Amazon EC2 High Memory instances with 9TiB of memory (u-9tb1.112xlarge) and 18TiB of memory (u-18tb1.112xlarge) are now available in South America (Sao Paulo) 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 […]
GCP – Deutsche Telekom designs the telco of tomorrow with BigQuery
Imagine you unlocked your phone and all you saw was a blank glowing screen in a happy shade of pink, or a family photo, and nothing else. No apps, no window, no pop-ups. You simply tap the screen and then speak a request or type something in, and almost instantly you’ve drafted an email or […]
GCP – How to simplify building RAG pipelines in BigQuery with Document AI Layout Parser
Document preprocessing is a common hurdle when building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines. It often requires Python skills and external libraries to parse documents like PDFs into manageable chunks that can be used to generate embeddings. In this blog, we look at new capabilities within BigQuery and Document AI that simplify this process, and take you […]
GCP – Getting started with NL2SQL (natural language to SQL) with Gemini and BigQuery
The rise of Natural Language Processing (NLP) combined with traditional Structured Query Language (SQL) has given rise to an exciting new technology known as Natural Language to SQL, or NL2SQL, which translates questions phrased in everyday human language into structured SQL queries. Not surprisingly, the technology has tremendous potential to transform the way we interact […]
GCP – Now run your custom code at the edge with the Application Load Balancers
Application Load Balancers are essential for reliable web application delivery on Google Cloud. But while Google Cloud’s load balancers offer extensive customization, some situations demand even greater programmability. We recently announced Service Extensions plugins for Application Load Balancers in Preview. Now you can run your own custom code directly in the request/response path in a […]
GCP – Elevate network security and migrate your legacy VPC firewall rules to Cloud NGFW
Over the past 18 months, Google Cloud has significantly enhanced its network security offerings, culminating in the launch of Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), formerly Cloud Firewall Plus. This evolution reflects the platform’s expanded capabilities and our commitment to robust network protection. Cloud NGFW includes advanced capabilities such as an intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), […]
AWS – Amazon Data Firehose support for delivering data into Apache Iceberg tables is available in additional AWS Regions
Amazon Data Firehose support for delivering data streams into Apache Iceberg tables in Amazon S3 is now available in all AWS regions except AWS China, AWS GovCloud and ap-southeast-5 regions. With this feature, Firehose integrates with Apache Iceberg, so customers can deliver data streams directly into Apache Iceberg tables in their Amazon S3 data lake. […]
AWS – AWS Well-Architected adds enhanced implementation guidance
Today, we are announcing updates to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, featuring comprehensive guidance to help customers build and operate secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient workloads on AWS. This update includes 14 newly refreshed best practices, including the Reliability Pillar, representing the first major improvements since 2022. The refreshed Framework offers prescriptive guidance, expanded best practices, […]
AWS – Announcing an improved self-guided experience for AWS Partner Central
AWS is improving the self-guided experience for AWS Partners by adding task categorization and grouping. The new experience helps partners prioritize the key actions needed to accelerate their journey from onboarding to AWS Partner Central to selling on AWS Marketplace. This new experience makes it easier to quickly understand the benefits of a task, time […]
AWS – AWS announces availability of Microsoft Windows Server 2025 images on Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 now supports Microsoft Windows Server 2025 with License Included (LI) Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), providing customers with an easy and flexible way to launch the latest version of Windows Server. By running Windows Server 2025 on Amazon EC2, customers can take advantage of the security, performance, and reliability of AWS with the latest […]