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GCP – From Terabytes to Insights: NEON’s Journey to Earth Engine with Google Cloud
Google Earth Engine is a cloud-based platform providing access to satellite imagery and geospatial data, used across the scientific community to address environmental and societal challenges. Users can analyze, visualize, and share data within the platform, furthering collaboration and ground breaking research. The National Science Foundation’s National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), operated by Battelle, is […]
GCP – Activating your defender’s advantage at mWISE ‘24
To stay ahead of evolving threats, security leaders and practitioners must tap into a vital but underutilized tool to strengthen their defenses: collaboration. The power of communication and knowledge-sharing among peers can help defenders seize the advantage when fighting threat actors who repeat the same tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to target multiple industries across […]
GCP – Chrome Enterprise Improves Management and Productivity Capabilities for Google Workspace users
In today’s hybrid work environments, the browser has evolved into the primary endpoint for accessing corporate applications and data. This presents both opportunities and challenges for IT administrators who need to secure and manage this critical access point. For organizations leveraging Google Workspace to foster real-time communication and collaboration, this is even more applicable since […]
GCP – Build and scale faster with new Blockchain RPC Service built on Google infrastructure
Building on our commitment to support Web3 developers, Google Cloud today announced the launch of our new Blockchain RPC (Remote Procedure Call) service. This new service provides developers with a streamlined way to interact with blockchain data, offering a cost-effective, scalable, and reliable solution that minimizes the complexities of managing node infrastructure. RPC reliability is […]
AWS – AWS CodeBuild now supports managed GitLab runners
AWS CodeBuild now supports managed GitLab self-hosted runners. Customers can configure their CodeBuild projects to receive GitLab CI/CD job events and run them on CodeBuild ephemeral hosts. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment. This feature allows GitLab jobs to […]
AWS – Amazon S3 Express One Zone now supports AWS-KMS with customer managed keys
Amazon S3 Express One Zone now supports server-side encryption with AWS Key Management Service (SSE-KMS) using customer managed keys. By default, S3 Express One Zone encrypts all objects with server-side encryption using S3 managed keys (SSE-S3). With S3 Express One Zone support for customer managed keys, you have more options to encrypt and manage the […]
AWS – Announcing general availability of AWS SDK for Swift
Today, AWS announces the general availability of the AWS SDK for Swift, the official AWS solution for accessing Amazon Web Services from applications built with the Swift programming language. Customers can now use AWS SDK for Swift for production workloads. AWS SDK for Swift provides a modern, user-friendly, and native Swift interface for accessing Amazon […]
AWS – Announcing AWS Elemental MediaConvert on-demand volume discount pricing
Today, AWS launched volume discount pricing for AWS Elemental MediaConvert, providing customers with on-demand pricing which scales down as usage of the service goes up. Volume discount pricing takes effect during the September, 2024 billing cycle. With on-demand volume discount pricing, you can save up to 75% off list prices based on your monthly usage. […]
AWS – AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery now supports recovery to AWS Local Zones
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) now supports recovery to AWS Local Zones. This feature allows you to set your recovery target to be within an AWS Local Zone. AWS DRS minimizes downtime and data loss with fast, reliable recovery of on-premises and cloud-based applications using affordable storage, minimal compute, and point-in-time recovery. With this […]
AWS – AWS Neuron introduces Neuron Kernel Interface (NKI), NxD Training, and JAX support for training
Today, AWS announces the release of Neuron 2.20, introducing Neuron Kernel Interface (NKI) (beta), a programming interface for AWS Trainium and Inferentia, enabling developers to build optimized compute kernels for new functionalities, optimizations, and science innovations. Additionally, this release introduces NxD Training (beta), a PyTorch-based library enabling efficient distributed training, with a user-friendly interface compatible […]