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GCP – How AlloyDB transformed Bayer’s data operations
Editor’s note: Bayer built its modern data solution, Field Answers, to store and analyze vast amounts of observational data. As part of the process of preparing to onboard new market segments, extensive load testing revealed that a new database solution was necessary to handle the dramatic increase in traffic. Migrating to AlloyDB for PostgreSQL has […]
GCP – IAM so lost: A guide to identity in Google Cloud
Identity and access management (IAM) can seem like a gentle hill at first. It’s not too difficult to manage, assigning logins and passwords, and granting access control based on a person’s job in an organization. However, that gentle hill can shift as you start to configure IAM. Suddenly, it can feel like a steep mountain […]
GCP – Faster API development with the Cloud Code plugin for API management
Developers are at the heart of API delivery, and they need tools that make the process faster and easier. Apigee is a powerful API management platform that helps enterprises build, manage, monetize and scale APIs with tools that help developers simplify and speed up API development. Apigee is accessible in the Google Cloud console, as […]
AWS – Agents for Amazon Bedrock now support code interpretation (Preview)
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) today announced a new code interpretation capability on Agents for Amazon Bedrock. Code interpretation allows agents to dynamically generate and execute code snippets within a secure sandboxed environment, extending the capabilities of Agents for complex use cases such as data analysis, data visualization, and optimization problems. This new capability allows […]
AWS – Agents for Amazon Bedrock now retain memory (Preview)
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) today announced Agents for Amazon Bedrock can retain memory across multiple interactions over time, allowing developers to build generative AI applications that seamlessly adapt to user context and preferences, enhancing personalized experiences and automating complex business processes more efficiently. By retaining memory AI assistants remember historical knowledge and learn from […]
AWS – Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock now supports additional data sources (preview)
Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) capability that allows you to connect foundation models (FMs) to internal company data sources to deliver relevant and accurate responses. Today, we are launching a new feature that allows customers to securely ingest data from various sources into their knowledge bases. Knowledge Bases […]
AWS – Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock now supports advanced RAG capabilities
Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) capability that allows you to connect foundation models (FMs) to internal company data sources to deliver relevant and accurate responses. Chunking allows processing long documents by breaking them into smaller chunks, enabling accurate knowledge retrieval from a user’s question. Today, we are launching […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Prompt Management and Prompt Flows now available in preview
Today, we are announcing the preview launch of Amazon Bedrock Prompt Management and Prompt Flows. Amazon Bedrock Prompt Management simplifies the creation, evaluation, versioning, and sharing of prompts to help developers and prompt engineers get the best responses from foundation models for their use cases. Developers can use the Prompt Builder to experiment with multiple […]
AWS – Fine-tuning for Anthropic’s Claude 3 Haiku in Amazon Bedrock (Preview)
Fine-tuning for Anthropic’s Claude 3 Haiku model in Amazon Bedrock is now available in preview. Amazon Bedrock is the only fully managed service that provides you with the ability to fine tune Claude models. Claude 3 Haiku is Anthropic’s most compact model, and is one of the most affordable and fastest options on the market […]
GCP – ChromeOS empowers Maisons du Monde expansion across Europe
Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Nicolas Delporte, Group CISO and Head of Green Digital Workplace, and Olivier Biron, IT Support Manager, both of Maisons du Monde in France. The home furnishings retailer has 349 stores across Europe, with more than 7 million customers. The retailer uses more than 1,500 ChromeOS devices across stores and […]