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GCP – UPS leverages BigQuery and Striim for AI-secured package delivery
UPS Capital® is leveraging Google’s Data Cloud and AI technologies to safeguard packages from porch piracy. With more than 300 million American consumers turning to online shopping, UPS Capital has seen its customers face significant challenges in securing their package delivery ecosystem. Now, the company is leveraging its digital capabilities and access to data to […]
GCP – Cloud SQL: Rapid prototyping of AI-powered apps with Vertex AI
Developers seeking to leverage the power of machine learning (ML) on their PostgreSQL data often find themselves grappling with complex integrations and steep learning curves. Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL now bridges this gap, allowing you to tap into cutting-edge ML models and vector generation techniques offered by Vertex AI, directly within your SQL queries. Now, […]
GCP – IOC Extinction? China-Nexus Cyber Espionage Actors Use ORB Networks to Raise Cost on Defenders
Written by: Michael Raggi Mandiant Intelligence is tracking a growing trend among China-nexus cyber espionage operations where advanced persistent threat (APT) actors utilize proxy networks known as “ORB networks” (operational relay box networks) to gain an advantage when conducting espionage operations. ORB networks are akin to botnets and are made up of virtual private […]
GCP – Maximize performance and optimize spend with Compute Engine’s latest VMs, N4 and C4
We know customers have varying workloads composed of many services and components with different technical requirements, and a “one size fits all” approach prevents customers from scaling while trying to balance performance and cost. With that in mind, last month at Google Cloud Next ‘24 we announced C4 and N4, two new machine series in […]
GCP – Google Cloud Achieves FedRAMP High Authorization on 100+ Additional Services
On the heels of achieving Top Secret/Secret authorization for Google Distributed Cloud Hosted, Google Public Sector today announced it has reached another significant milestone, with more than 100+ additional cloud services now authorized at FedRAMP High. U.S. government customers can now access leading enterprise-grade Google Cloud capabilities that span cybersecurity, analytics, AI, and more in […]
GCP – ChromeOS: The secret ingredient for piping hot Domino’s pizza
Today’s post is by Malcolm Fisher, Director of ERP Systems, and Michael Crumley, Manager of Store Technology, both of Domino’s, with over 20,000 restaurants globally. Domino’s adopted ChromeOS powered signage and feature rich app UI experiences for stores around the world. We locked down the formula for cheesy and delicious pizza back in 1960, when […]
Azure – Public preview: Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) integration in Microsoft Copilot for Security
Increase your security posture and receive an analysis of the top Azure WAF rules triggered, top offending IPs in the environment, SQL injection and Cross-site scripting attacks blocked by WAF, along with natural language explanation of the analysis. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure Firewall integration in Microsoft Copilot for Security
The Azure Firewall integration helps analysts perform detailed investigations of the malicious traffic intercepted by the IDPS feature of their firewalls across their entire fleet using natural language questions in the Copilot for Security standalone experience. Read More for the details.
Azure – Expanding extensibility model to Pulumi in Azure Deployment Environments
Expanding extensibility model to Pulumi in Azure Deployment Environments Read More for the details.
AWS – RDS Performance Insights provides fine grained access control
Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) Performance Insights now provides fine-grained access control for the performance data that it collects. Customers can create new IAM policies or update existing IAM policies to enforce fine-grained access to Performance Insights data through the console or APIs. This launch allows customers to define an access control policy for specific […]