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GCP – How Vertex AI’s vector search helps unlock high-performance gen AI apps
Think about your favorite apps – the ones that deliver instant results from massive amounts of data. They’re likely powered by vector search, the same technology that fuels generative AI. Vector search is crucial for developers who need to build applications that are lightning-fast, handle massive datasets, and remain cost-effective, even with huge spikes in […]

GCP – Unleash a new era of PostgreSQL: AlloyDB redefines what’s possible
It’s been more than two and a half years since we introduced AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, our 100% PostgreSQL-compatible database that offers superior performance, availability, and scale. AlloyDB reimagines PostgreSQL with Google’s cutting-edge technology. It includes a scale-out architecture, built-in analytics, and AI/ML-powered management for a truly modern data experience, and is fully managed so you […]

GCP – Network Performance Decoded: A brief look at performance limiters
A few months back, we kicked-off Network Performance Decoded, a series of whitepapers sharing best practices for network performance and benchmarking. Today, we’re dropping the second installment – and this one’s about some of those pesky performance limiters you’re bound to run into. In this blog, we’re giving you the inside scoop on how to […]

GCP – Google Cloud and Swift pioneer advanced AI and federated learning tech to help combat payments fraud
Conventional fraud detection methods have a hard time keeping up with increasingly sophisticated criminal tactics. Existing systems often rely on the limited data of individual institutions, and this hinders the detection of intricate schemes that span multiple banks and jurisdictions. To better combat fraud in cross-border payments, Swift, the global provider of secure financial messaging […]

GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: Our 2025 Cybersecurity Forecast report
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for December 2024. Today, Nick Godfrey, senior director, Office of the CISO, shares our Forecast report for the coming year, with additional insights from our Office of the CISO colleagues. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. […]

AWS – Amazon Bedrock Model Evaluation now available in Europe (Zurich)
Model Evaluation on Amazon Bedrock allows you to evaluate, compare, and select the best foundation models for your use case. Amazon Bedrock offers a choice of using an LLM-as-a-judge, programmatic evaluation, and human evaluation. You can use an LLM-as-a-judge for metrics such as correctness, completeness, and coherence, as well as responsible AI metrics such as […]

AWS – Introducing Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i Instances with 6TiB and 8TiB of memory
AWS is announcing the general availability of two new Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances with 6TiB and 8TiB of memory. U7i-6tb and U7i-8tb are powered by 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and offer 448 vCPUs, delivering up to 35% better performance and up to 15% better price performance versus comparable AWS EC2 High […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Amazon EC2 U7in-24tb instances are now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. U7in-24tb instances are part of AWS 7th generation and are powered by custom fourth generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Sapphire Rapids) delivering up to 135% more compute performance over existing U-1 instances. U7in-24tb instances offer 24TiB of DDR5 memory enabling customers to scale […]

GCP – Toyota shifts into overdrive: Developing an AI platform for enhanced manufacturing efficiency
The automotive industry is facing a profound transformation, driven by the rise of CASE, — connected cars, autonomous and automated driving, shared mobility, and electrification. Simultaneously, manufacturers face the imperative to further increase efficiency, automate manufacturing, and improve quality. AI has emerged as a critical enabler of this evolution. In this dynamic landscape, Toyota turned […]
GCP – Understand how your users are using Gemini for Google Cloud with Cloud Logging and Monitoring
From helping your developers write better code faster with Code Assist, to helping cloud operators more efficiently manage usage with Cloud Assist, Gemini for Google Cloud is your personal AI-powered assistant. However, understanding exactly how your internal users are using Gemini has been a challenge — until today. Today we are announcing that Cloud Logging […]