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AWS – Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) now supports add-column for multi-Region tables
Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is a scalable, serverless, highly available, and fully managed Apache Cassandra-compatible database service that offers 99.999% availability. Today, Amazon Keyspaces added the capability to add columns to existing multi-Region tables. With this launch, you can modify the schema of your existing multi-Region tables to add new columns. You only have […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family increases throughput and file sizes supported by SFTP connectors
AWS Transfer Family announces higher performance limits for SFTP connectors, with maximum supported file size increased to 150 GB and maximum throughput increased to 100 files per second. SFTP connectors provide fully managed and low-code capability to copy files between remote SFTP servers and Amazon S3. With today’s enhancements, customers can use connectors to easily […]
AWS – AWS Amplify now supports long-running tasks with asynchronous server-side function calls
AWS Amplify now supports asynchronous AWS Lambda invocations from your AWS AppSync API. This new feature allows you to invoke Lambda functions asynchronously, enabling your API to handle more complex, long-running processes without blocking the response to the client. With asynchronous Lambda invocations, developers can initiate operations like generative AI model inferences, batch processing jobs, […]
AWS – AWS Chatbot now allows you to interact with Amazon Bedrock agents from Microsoft Teams and Slack
AWS Chatbot now enables customers to interact with Amazon Bedrock agents from Slack and Microsoft Teams chat channels. Prior to today, customers had to implement their own ad-hoc ways to integrate their Bedrock agents with their Microsoft Teams and Slack. They needed to develop custom chat applications and integrate it with Bedrock agents. Now with […]
GCP – Join us for Gemini at Work
Join us for Gemini at Work, our first digital event dedicated to showcasing the transformative power of AI in the workplace. We’re inspired by what our customers are building with Gemini, and amazed at their pace of innovation, so we’re giving them the stage. On Tuesday, September 24 at 9am PT you’ll hear from industry […]
GCP – Meet the second Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change Cohort in Europe
The urgency of addressing climate change cannot be overstated, and Google recognizes the pivotal role that digital technologies play in this global effort. Our commitment encompasses ambitious goals such as helping individuals, cities, and partners to collectively reduce 1 gigaton of their carbon equivalent emissions annually by 2030, and our aim to achieve net-zero emissions […]
GCP – How to prevent account takeovers with new certificate-based access
Stolen credentials are one of the top attack vectors used by attackers to gain unauthorized access to user accounts and steal information. At Google, we’re continually evolving security capabilities and practices to make our cloud the most trusted cloud. To help protect your organization from stolen credentials, cookie theft, and accidental credential loss, we’re excited […]
GCP – Unleashing the Power of AI: Automating SQL Query Generation and Real-Time Data Streaming with Confluent and Google Cloud
In today’s data-driven world, companies need real-time insights from vast datasets to optimize supply chains, predict demand fluctuations, and improve patient outcomes. However, extracting these insights often involves complex SQL queries and intricate data pipelines. This is where the power of large language models (LLMs) and real-time data streaming converge, to enhance data analytics. This […]
GCP – An Offer You Can Refuse: UNC2970 Backdoor Deployment Using Trojanized PDF Reader
Written by: Marco Galli, Diana Ion, Yash Gupta, Adrian Hernandez, Ana Martinez Gomez, Jon Daniels, Christopher Gardner Introduction In June 2024, Mandiant Managed Defense identified a cyber espionage group suspected to have a North Korea nexus, tracked by Mandiant under UNC2970. Later that month, Mandiant discovered additional phishing lures masquerading as an energy company and […]
GCP – 50Hertz helps businesses reduce their carbon emissions with Vertex AI
The energy industry is facing huge, exciting challenges. The transition from fossil fuels to a sustainable energy supply using renewable energies continues to be a complex process, and it won’t just happen by itself. With more than a third of the world’s electricity predicted to come from renewables by 2025, the ongoing shift to sustainability […]