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GCP – A Cloud Run service was slow, here’s how we fixed it
During a stress test, an app became slow with high response times, to the point where it was almost unresponsive. Let’s find out why! I helped Nexuzhealth debug a performance issue in their Go app on Cloud Run. Nexuzhealth is a Belgian healthcare IT company that makes medical record management better and more efficient for […]
GCP – Be a Regional Persistent Disk monitoring superhero: How to know when you’re at RPO=0
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you were always in the know about how your mission-critical workload was doing on Google Cloud? Perhaps you are a compliance officer that is in charge of regulatory compliance of your applications or a cloud administrator that cares deeply about application observability, to ensure that they run smoothly in the […]
GCP – Creating a SaaS Platform on Google Kubernetes Engine
Software as a Service (SaaS) is the delivery method of choice for software vendors looking to serve a turnkey and reliable product experience to their end customers. There are many considerations a company must take into account when building a SaaS offering, one of which of course is the framework you will use to run […]
GCP – Top five ways generative AI can drive value in capital markets
From broker-dealers and hedge funds to wealth managers and trust companies, capital markets ecosystem participants are increasingly looking to scale and grow by transforming their extensive knowledge into value-added experiences. Traditional banks acquired brokerage firms years ago to meet the need to connect with investors, and now, they find themselves competing with robo-advisors and digital-first […]
GCP – The four building blocks of responsible generative AI in banking
The future of banking is generative. While headlines often exaggerate how generative AI (gen AI) will radically transform finance, the truth is more nuanced. At Google Cloud, we’re optimistic about gen AI’s potential to improve the banking sector for both banks and their customers. We also believe that it can be done in a responsible […]
GCP – Unlocking the power of semi-structured data with the JSON Type in BigQuery
Enterprises are generating data at an exponential rate, spanning traditional structured transactional data, semi-structured data like JSON and unstructured data like images and audio. The diversity and volume of data presents complex architectural challenges for data processing, data storage and query engines, requiring developers to build custom transformation pipelines to deal with semi-structured and unstructured […]
GCP – How Cloud SQL helped Build Beyond with Gramercy Tech & Vatom
Editor’s note: In today’s guest post we hear from two digital events agencies, Gramercy Tech, a New York-based digital agency specializing in digital experiences,and Vatom, a Los Angeles-based company focusing on Web3 software, on their experience working with Google’s Cloud SQL to build and scale a virtual world. Regardless of where your organization resides in […]
GCP – How Delivery Hero connected GitHub with Vertex AI to manage 20+ voucher fraud detection models
In the ever-evolving landscape of machine learning, efficient model management is critical. This is especially true for the realm of fraud detection, where the models have to be redeployed frequently as they act against human adversaries, who can reverse-engineer fraud model logic and adapt their tactics accordingly. Within one of the world’s leading local delivery […]
GCP – Demystifying Cloud Pricing
Cloud services can be confusing when it comes to costs. The most important question customers have is: “How much will this cost me?” To answer that, you first need to understand pricing. Every product and service has a price. The price is what you pay for a specific service or product. Cost refers to how […]
Azure – Public preview: Azure Backup supports long term retention for backup of Azure Database for PostgreSQL– Flexible Server
Now you can retain backups for up to 10 years by defining your own backup and retention policy for PostgreSQL- Flexible server. Read More for the details.