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AWS – Application loadbalancer support client credential flow with JWT verification
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces JWT Verification for Application Load Balancer (ALB), enabling secure machine-to-machine (M2M) and service-to-service (S2S) communications. This feature allows ALB to verify JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) included in request headers, validating token signatures, expiration times, and claims without requiring modifications to application code. By offloading OAuth 2.0 token validation to ALB, […]
AWS – Amazon ElastiCache supports M7g and R7g Graviton3-based nodes in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon ElastiCache now supports Graviton3-based M7g and R7g node families in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions (US-East, US-West). ElastiCache Graviton3 nodes deliver improved price-performance compared to Graviton2. As an example, when running ElastiCache for Redis OSS on an R7g.4xlarge node, you can achieve up to 28% increased throughput (read and write operations per second) and […]
AWS – AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) launches new test scenarios for partial failures
AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) now offers two new scenarios that help you proactively test how your applications handle partial disruptions within and across Availability Zones (AZs). These disruptions, often called gray failures, are more common than complete outages and can be particularly challenging to detect and mitigate. The FIS scenario library provides AWS-created, pre-defined […]
GCP – Bringing connected and AI-powered work experiences across our platforms and devices
The way we work is rapidly transforming, and AI is quickly becoming a connection point across workflows and tasks both big and small. Whether it’s saving time by converting automated meeting notes into a follow-up email to a client, or getting help with brainstorming your next big campaign idea, Generative AI, driven by models like […]
GCP – Introducing the Emerging Threats Center in Google Security Operations
When a major vulnerability makes headlines, CISOs want to know fast if their organization is impacted and prepared. Getting the correct answer is often a time-consuming and human-intensive process that can take days or weeks, leaving open a dangerous window of unknown exposure. To help close that gap, today we’re introducing the Emerging Threats Center […]
GCP – Announcing BigQuery-managed AI functions for better SQL
For decades, SQL has been the universal language for data analysis, offering access to analytics on structured data. Large Language Models (LLMs) like Gemini now provide a path to get nuanced insights from unstructured data such as text, image and video. However, integrating LLMs into standard SQL flow requires data movement, at least some prompt […]
GCP – Do you detect a pattern? BigQuery’s new MATCH_RECOGNIZE function can!
Identifying patterns and sequences within your data is crucial for gaining deeper insights. Whether you’re tracking user behavior, analyzing financial transactions, or monitoring sensor data, the ability to recognize specific sequences of events can unlock a wealth of information and actionable insights. Imagine you’re a marketer at an e-commerce company trying to identify your most […]
GCP – A flexible path to modern end-user computing with Cameyo by Google
While 90% of IT leaders indicate that the future of their end user computing (EUC) strategy is web-based, those same leaders admit that 50% of the applications their organizations rely on today are still legacy client-based apps.1 Similarly, IT leaders note that enabling end users to take advantage of AI on the endpoint is their […]
AWS – Amazon Connect Cases adds conditional field visibility and dependent options
Amazon Connect Cases now supports conditional field visibility and dependent field options, so you can simplify case layouts and ensure agents capture the right information faster. For example, you can show a Return Reason field only when the case involves a return, and limit Issue Type choices to hardware-related options when Issue Category is set […]
AWS – Amazon S3 Tables now support Amazon CloudWatch metrics
Amazon CloudWatch metrics are now available for S3 Tables, helping you monitor table storage, requests, and maintenance operations. You can use CloudWatch metrics to track performance, detect anomalies, and monitor the operational health of applications that use S3 Tables. CloudWatch metrics for S3 Tables provide three types of metrics. Storage metrics track daily storage usage […]