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GCP – Now available: Rust SDK for Google Cloud
Rust is gaining momentum across the cloud developer community for good reason. It’s fast, memory-safe, and built for modern systems. Until now, however, your options for integrating Rust with Google Cloud were limited to unofficial Rust SDKs, which made things harder to maintain, less secure, or were missing features. We’re excited to announce the official […]
AWS – Amazon MSK Connect is now available in Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
Amazon MSK Connect is now available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region. MSK Connect enables you to run fully managed Kafka Connect clusters with Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK). With a few clicks, MSK Connect allows you to easily deploy, monitor, and scale connectors that move data in and out of Apache […]
AWS – Amazon CloudFront adds ECDSA support for signed URLs
Amazon CloudFront now supports Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) for signed URLs and signed cookies, providing customers with enhanced performance and security for content access control. This addition gives customers the flexibility to choose between RSA and ECDSA cryptographic algorithms based on their specific security and performance requirements. Previously, CloudFront only supported RSA based […]
GCP – Announcing partner-built AI security innovations on Google Cloud
Securing AI systems is a fundamental requirement for business continuity and customer trust, and Google Cloud is at the forefront of driving secure AI innovations and working with partners to meet the evolving needs of customers. Our secure-by-design cloud platform and built-in security solutions are continuously updated with the latest defenses, helping security-conscious organizations confidently […]
GCP – Introducing the Agentic SOC Workshops for security professionals
The security operations centers of the future will use agentic AI to enable intelligent automation of routine tasks, augment human decision-making, and streamline workflows. At Google Cloud, we want to help prepare today’s security professionals to get the most out of tomorrow’s AI agents. As we build our agentic vision, we’re also excited to invite […]
GCP – Accelerate data science with new Dataproc multi-tenant clusters
With the rapid growth of AI/ML, data science teams need a better notebook experience to meet the growing demand for and importance of their work to drive innovation. Additionally, scaling data science workloads also creates new challenges for infrastructure management. Allocating compute resources per user provides strong isolation (the technical separation of workloads, processes, and […]
AWS – AWS Managed Microsoft AD adds LDAPS and Smart Card support using AWS Private CA
AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (AWS Managed Microsoft AD) now offers certificate auto-enrollment for LDAPS and Smart Card and certificate based authentication with AWS Private Certificate Authority (AWS Private CA) through AWS Private CA Connector for AD. This integration enables automatic issuance, renewal, and management of certificates to AWS Managed Microsoft AD domain […]
AWS – Amazon Q in Connect now supports selecting LLMs directly in Connect Web UI
Amazon Q in Connect, a generative AI-powered assistant for customer service, now enables contact center administrators to select different Large Language Models (LLMs) directly through the Amazon Connect web UI, providing a seamless AI Agent configuration experience. This no-code approach allows administrators to choose between LLM model families when building AI Agents to optimize for […]
AWS – AWS WAF is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region
Starting today, AWS WAF is available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region. AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps you protect your web application resources against common web exploits and bots that can affect availability, compromise security, or consume excessive resources. To see the full list of regions where AWS WAF is […]
GCP – Registration now open: Our no-cost, generative AI training and certification program for veterans
Growing up in a Navy family instilled a strong sense of purpose in me. My father’s remarkable 42 years of naval service not only shaped my values, but inspired me to join the Navy myself. Today, as the leader of Google Public Sector, I’m honored to continue that tradition of service in support of our […]