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GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: How boards can help cyber-crisis communications
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for October 2023. This month, I’ll be discussing the increasingly-important (and often undervalued) organizational skill of crisis communications — and how boards can help prepare their organizations for the inevitable. Effective crisis communications was a central pillar of our third Perspectives on Security for the Board report, published […]
GCP – Migrating an app from AWS to Google Cloud: A startup’s point of view
Editor’s note: In this post AJ Ross, CTO at Fluxon, discusses the key considerations and comparative technologies for startups looking to move from AWS to Google Cloud. If you’re a startup considering migrating from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Google Cloud, it’s important to understand the technical differences between them. Luckily, modern cloud platforms are […]
GCP – Rapidly build an application in Gradio power by a Generative AI Agent
In our new age of low-code and no-code application development, AI has become the tool of choice for rapidly extending, powering and modernizing applications. With our ever-shifting technology landscape bringing new potential and opportunity to connect and engage with customers, or optimize and infuse insights and experiences, leading organizations are racing to build new applications […]
GCP – Google Public Sector brings citizen-centric technology to government
What makes Google an extraordinary technology company is its relentless focus on the end-user. It’s what’s led to billions of people interacting every day with products and services like Search, Maps, and Gmail. And it’s what’s led to my joining Google Public Sector shortly after it was formed in July of 2022. Underpinning Google products […]
GCP – Google Public Sector partner demo portal: Accelerating solution adoption for customers
Google Public Sector is committed to helping advance the missions of education and government agencies through cloud technology in a secure and responsible way. We are proud to partner with other industry experts across technology and service providers in our Google Cloud partner ecosystem to holistically understand public sector specific pain points and build joint […]
GCP – Google Public Sector and Carahsoft launch ATO Accelerator for ISV Partners
Google Public Sector and Carahsoft are launching an Authority to Operate (ATO) accelerator to support independent software vendors (ISVs) in their journey to achieve compliance authorizations, such as FedRAMP, DoD Impact Levels, and StateRAMP programs, to serve government agencies. The global cloud services market for the public sector is projected to grow exponentially – driven […]
Azure – Windows Server 2012/R2 reaches end of support
Windows Server 2012/R2 reaches end of support today on October 10, 2023. Microsoft has several options for organizations to remain protected. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Functions support for Python 3.8 is ending on 14 October 2023
Upgrade Azure Functions to use Python 3.9 or above. Read More for the details.
AWS – Deploy ML models built in SageMaker Canvas to SageMaker real-time endpoints
Amazon SageMaker Canvas now supports deploying machine learning (ML) models to real-time inferencing endpoints, allowing you take your ML models to production and drive action based on ML powered insights. SageMaker Canvas is a no-code workspace that enables analysts and citizen data scientists to generate accurate ML predictions for their business needs. Read More for […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB supports M6in, M6idn, R6in, R6idn database instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) now supports M6in, M6idn, R6in, and R6idn database (DB) instances for RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. These network optimized DB instances deliver up to 200Gbps network bandwidth, which is 300% more than similar sized M6i and R6i database instances. Enhanced network bandwidth makes M6in and R6in DB instances […]