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AWS – Amazon QuickSight now available in the Europe (Spain) Region
Amazon QuickSight a fast, scalable, and fully managed Business Intelligence service that lets you easily create and publish interactive dashboards across your organization is now available in Spain Region. QuickSight dashboards can be authored on any modern web browser with no clients to install or manage; dashboards can be shared with 10s of 1000s of […]
GCP – Streamlined Security: Introducing Network Security Integration
Many Google Cloud customers have deep investments in third-party ISV security solutions such as appliances to secure their networks and enforce consistent policies across multiple clouds. However, integrating these security solutions into the cloud application environment comes with its own set of challenges: Network re-architecture: Integrating third-party appliances for traffic inspection often necessitates a network […]
GCP – The ultimate guide to learning at Google Cloud Next 2025
Get ready to dive deep and level up your cloud skills at Google Cloud Next ’25. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting your cloud journey, you’ll have more learning opportunities at Next than ever before. From hands-on challenges to expert-led workshops on AI and ML, Next ’25 (April 9-11, 2025) is your chance […]
GCP – 10 months to innovation: Definity’s leap to data agility with BigQuery and Vertex AI
At Definity, a leading Canadian P&C insurer with a history spanning over 150 years, we have a long tradition of innovating to help our customers and communities adapt and thrive. To stay ahead in our rapidly evolving industry, we knew a unified data foundation was key to realizing the business and customer experience opportunities offered […]
GCP – How SIGNAL IDUNA supercharges customer service with gen AI
Today’s insurance customers expect more: simple digital services, instant access to service representatives when they want to discuss personal matters, and quick feedback on submitted invoices. Meeting these demands has become increasingly difficult for insurers due to rising inquiry volumes, a shortage of skilled workers, and the loss of expertise as employees retire. Recognizing the […]
GCP – Announcing Gemma 3 on Vertex AI
Today, we’re sharing the new Gemma 3 model is available on Vertex AI Model Garden, giving you immediate access for fine-tuning and deployment. You can quickly adapt Gemma 3 to your use case using Vertex AI’s pre-built containers and deployment tools. In this post, you’ll learn how to fine-tune Gemma 3 on Vertex AI and […]
AWS – AWS Glue now available in two new regions
AWS Glue, a serverless data integration service, is now available in the Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) Regions, enabling customers to build and run their ETL workloads closer to their data sources in these regions. AWS Glue is a serverless data integration service that makes it simple to discover, prepare, and combine data for […]
AWS – Amazon Nova is now available in AWS GovCloud
Today, Amazon announces the expansion of Amazon Nova understanding models (Amazon Nova Lite, Amazon Nova Micro, Amazon Nova Pro) to AWS GovCloud (US-West) – an isolated U.S. sovereign region for managing sensitive data and controlled unclassified information. Government customers, technology partners, and entities with highly-regulated enterprise requirements now have access to Amazon Nova’s powerful AI […]
AWS – AWS CloudFormation Hooks’ new invocation targets and managed Hooks are available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS CloudFormation Hooks now supports three new invocation points for stacks, change sets, and AWS Cloud Control API (CCAPI) in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. You can now evaluate CloudFormation create/update/delete stack and change set operations, and CCAPI create/update operations. With this launch, you can standardize your proactive evaluations beyond CloudFormation resource properties by enabling […]
AWS – AWS CodeBuild now supports organization and enterprise level GitHub self-hosted runners
AWS CodeBuild now supports registering self-hosted runners at GitHub organization or enterprise level. Additionally, you can assign your self-hosted runners to specific runner groups for enhanced security and access control. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment. Organization and enterprise […]