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AWS – New self-guided Software Path experience
In October, AWS launched a self-guided experience in AWS Partner Central with automated tasks that accelerates the partner journey from registration to listing in AWS Marketplace. Now, we’ve extended that guidance throughout the Software Path, providing partners with the personalized tasks and guidance to help you develop and mature your software offering(s). As you progress […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C6in, M6in, M6idn, R6in, and R6idn instances now support higher Amazon EBS-optimized instance performance
Today, we are announcing an improvement to the Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) performance of Amazon Compute-Optimized C6in, General Purpose M6in and M6idn, and Memory-Optimized R6in and R6idn EC2 instance types. Read More for the details.
GCP – Introducing BigQuery cross-region replication: enhanced geo-redundancy for your data
Geographical redundancy is one of the keys to designing a resilient data lake architecture in the cloud. Some of the use cases for customers to replicate data geographically are to provide for low-latency reads (where data is closer to end users), comply with regulatory requirements, colocate data with other services, and maintain data redundancy for […]
GCP – Generative AI use cases to inspire your Startup or Small Business
Everyday, more and more small businesses and startups are leveraging generative AI for their internal and customer-facing needs, with over 70% of gen AI’s billion dollar-unicorns using Google Cloud. As the technology continues moving at a rapid pace, with almost daily announcements of products and features, businesses are discovering new use cases and ways to […]
GCP – Accelerating a carbon-free future with hourly energy tracking
In 2020, Google announced its most ambitious clean energy goal yet: to operate on 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) globally by 2030. This means matching the electricity demand from our global operations, including our data centers and offices, with carbon-free energy supply – every hour of every day, in every region where we operate. When we […]
GCP – Cloud Deploy adds pipeline automation and Cloud Run Jobs support
Today, we’re excited to announce the latest update in Google Cloud’s portfolio of DevOps tools. Customers are already using Cloud Deploy for continuous delivery, enabling the definition and manual control of application delivery pipelines, facilitating canary deployments and verification, and more. And now, with the introduction of delivery pipeline automation in preview, Cloud Deploy now […]
GCP – The Content Conundrum: How poor personalization and search experiences impact streaming platforms and their audiences
In an unexpected plot twist,streaming platforms are currently facing their own cliffhanger as an unprecedented period of slowing subscriber growth. According to Macquarie Research, net subscription adds dropped more than 80% YoY in Q1 2022 across Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, HBO Max/Discovery+, Paramount+, Peacock, and AMC+C. With endless content now available across a multitude of […]
GCP – Kramp digitizes the agricultural equipment supply chain to keep farmers farming
Farmers face many challenges outside of their control when it comes to growing, harvesting, and delivering crops. One area — keeping equipment well-maintained and running — is fundamental to every farm’s operations. In theory, it should also be something they have some level of control over. With more than 70 years serving farmers across Europe, […]
GCP – Memorystore for Redis Cluster is GA and provides up to 60 times more throughput and microseconds latency
Since we launched Memorystore for Redis Cluster in preview, customers across a variety of industries including banking, retail, ads, manufacturing, and social media have taken advantage of the performance and scalability of Memorystore for Redis Cluster. Today we’re thrilled to announce the general availability (GA) of Memorystore for Redis Cluster, providing a 99.99% SLA with […]
GCP – Google researchers discover ‘Reptar,’ a new CPU vulnerability
This year, Google has seen an increase in the number of vulnerabilities impacting central processing units (CPU) across hardware systems. Two of the most notable of these vulnerabilities were disclosed in August, when Google researchers discovered Downfall (CVE-2022-40982) and Zenbleed (CVE-2023-20593), affecting Intel and AMD CPUs, respectively. This trend proves only to be intensifying as […]