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AWS – AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) is now available in the AWS Europe (London) Region
Today, AWS launches AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) in the AWS Europe (London) region, enabling you to easily build and manage High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters using the Slurm workload manager. AWS PCS is a managed service that makes it easier for you to run and scale your high performance computing (HPC) workloads and build […]

GCP – Accelerate your AI workloads with the Google Cloud Managed Lustre
Today, we’re making it even easier to achieve breakthrough performance for your AI/ML workloads: Google Cloud Managed Lustre is now GA, and available in four distinct performance tiers that deliver throughput ranging from 125 MB/s, 250 MB/s, 500 MB/s, to 1000 MB/s per TiB of capacity — with the ability to scale up to 8 […]

GCP – Google is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Search and Product Discovery
We’re thrilled to announce that Google has been named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Search and Product Discovery. We believe this recognition affirms Google’s evolving commitment to delivering AI solutions tuned to unique industry challenges, empowering businesses to transform the digital commerce experience and deliver high ROI-generating product discovery, through the use […]

GCP – Announcing Vertex AI Agent Engine Memory Bank available for everyone in preview
Developers are racing to productize agents, but a common limitation is the absence of memory. Without memory, agents treat each interaction as the first, asking repetitive questions and failing to recall user preferences. This lack of contextual awareness makes it difficult for an agent to personalize their assistance–and leaves developers frustrated. How we normally mitigate […]

GCP – Expanding Z3 family with 9 new VMs and a bare metal instance for storage and I/O intensive workloads
Today, we are thrilled to announce the expansion of the Z3 Storage Optimized VM family with the general availability of nine new Z3 virtual machines that offer local SSD capacity ranging from 3 TiB to 18 TiB per VM, complementing existing Z3 VMs which offer 36TiB of Local SSD per VM. We are also very […]

GCP – Google Public Sector supports AI-optimized HPC infrastructure for researchers at Caltech
For decades, institutions like Caltech, have been at the forefront of large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) research. As high-performance computing (HPC) clusters continue to evolve, researchers across disciplines have been increasingly equipped to process massive datasets, run complex simulations, and train generative models with billions of parameters. With this powerful combination, researchers have accelerated scientific discovery […]

GCP – Formula E accelerates its work with Google Cloud Storage and Google Workspace
In the high-speed world of global motorsport, operational efficiency and technological innovation are as critical off the track as they are on it. And when it comes to innovating in the field, Formula E, with its focus on the future of mobility and sustainability, regularly takes the checkered flag. Formula E orchestrates thrilling races with […]

GCP – Chat with confidence: Unpacking security in Looker Conversational Analytics
The landscape of business intelligence is evolving rapidly, with users expecting greater self-service and natural language capabilities, powered by AI. Looker’s Conversational Analytics empowers everyone in your organization to access the wealth of information within your data. Select the data you wish to explore, ask questions in natural language, as you would a colleague, and […]

GCP – This migration from Snowflake to BigQuery accelerated model building and cut costs in half
In 2024, retail sales for consumer packaged goods were worth $7.5 trillion globally. Their sheer variety — from cosmetics to clothing, frozen vegetables to vitamins — is hard to fathom. And distribution channels have multiplied: Think big box stores in the brick-and-mortar world and mega ecommerce sites online. Most importantly, jury-rigged digital tools can no […]
GCP – Isolated Recovery Environments: A Critical Layer in Modern Cyber Resilience
Written by: Jaysn Rye Executive Summary As adversaries grow faster, stealthier, and more destructive, traditional recovery strategies are increasingly insufficient. Mandiant’s M-Trends 2025 report reinforces this shift, highlighting that ransomware operators now routinely target not just production systems but also backups. This evolution demands that organizations re-evaluate their resilience posture. One approach gaining traction is […]