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GCP – Announcing MCP Toolbox support for Firestore
MCP Toolbox for Databases (Toolbox) is an open-source MCP server that makes it easy for developers to connect gen AI agents to enterprise data, with initial support for databases like BigQuery, AlloyDB, Cloud SQL, and Spanner. Since launching earlier this year, Toolbox has made it easier for millions of developers to access enterprise data in […]
GCP – How to secure your remote MCP server on Google Cloud
As enterprises increasingly adopt model context protocol (MCP) to extend capabilities of AI models to better integrate with external tools, databases, and APIs, it becomes even more important to ensure secure MCP deployment. MCP unlocks new capabilities for AI systems; it can also introduce new risks, such as tool poisoning, prompt injection, and dynamic tool […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch launches Cross-Account and Cross-Region Log Centralization
Amazon CloudWatch now offers cross-account and cross-region log centralization, allowing customers to copy log data from multiple AWS accounts and regions into a single destination account. This capability seamlessly integrates with AWS Organizations, enabling efficient aggregation of logs from workloads that span multiple accounts and regions into a single account without the need to manage […]
AWS – Amazon EventBridge extends Customer Managed Key support to rule filter patterns and input transformers
Amazon EventBridge now extends AWS Key Management Service (KMS) customer managed key support to event bus rule filter patterns and input transformers. This capability enables you to use your own encryption keys to protect sensitive information in your event filtering and transformation logic to meet stringent security and compliance requirements while maintaining full control over […]
AWS – AWS Budgets now supports custom time periods
Today AWS announced custom time periods for AWS Budgets, a new capability that lets you create budgets with flexible start and end dates. This enhancement allows you to define budget periods that align with your organization’s specific needs, moving beyond traditional calendar-based periods like monthly, quarterly, or annual budgets. Custom time periods help you accurately […]
GCP – How California is transforming public services with Google Cloud
State and local governments across the nation face a myriad of challenges, including strained budgets, aging infrastructure, and a complex regulatory landscape. In California, these challenges are compounded by a rapidly growing population and increasing demand for public services. To address these issues, the state is turning to technology as a catalyst for change. California, […]
GCP – Setting new expectations: Benchmarking high-performance trading with C3 machines
Trading in capital markets demands peak compute performance, with every microsecond impacting critical decisions and market outcomes. At Google Cloud, we’re committed to providing global markets with the cutting-edge infrastructure they need to create and participate in digital exchange ecosystems. Our industry investments enable a purpose-built, cloud-native market infrastructure solution leveraging a global network that […]
AWS – AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now supports Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML
AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now supports Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML. You can now use Amazon EC2 instances reserved using EC2 Capacity Blocks natively in PCS clusters. Native support for EC2 Capacity Blocks in PCS simplifies capacity planning for cutting-edge GPU-based workloads in Slurm clusters, helping to ensure that GPU capacity is available […]
AWS – AWS End User Messaging now supports CloudFormation for SMS
Today, AWS End User Messaging SMS announces support for AWS CloudFormation, enabling customers to deploy and manage SMS resources using AWS CloudFormation templates. Using AWS CloudFormation, customers can standardize how they setup and manage their SMS resources along side their other AWS resources in the development environment simplifying deployments and delivery pipelines. SMS resources supported […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL announces Extended Support minor 5.7.44-RDS.20250818
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for MySQL now supports new Amazon RDS Extended Support minor version 5.7.44-RDS.20250818. We recommend that you upgrade to this version to fix known security vulnerabilities and bugs in prior versions of MySQL. Learn more about upgrading your database instances, including minor and major version upgrades, in the Amazon RDS User […]