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Azure – New Extended Security Updates (ESUs) enabled by Azure Arc
At Inspire, we are announcing Extended Security Updates (ESUs) enabled by Azure Arc. Customers will be able to purchase and seamlessly deploy ESUs through Azure Arc in on-premises or multicloud environments, right from the Azure portal. Read More for the details.
AWS – Llama 2 foundation models from Meta now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
Starting today, Llama 2 foundation models from Meta are available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, a machine learning (ML) hub that offers pretrained models, built-in algorithms, and pre-built solutions to help you quickly get started with ML. You can deploy and use Llama 2 foundation models with a few clicks in SageMaker Studio or programmatically through the […]
GCP – Google Cloud and CyberGRX collaborate to help scale and accelerate cloud assessments
Risk managers know there is one assessment type that’s foundational for every risk management program: the vendor risk assessment. Understanding the risk posture of your vendors and third parties, including your cloud providers, is an important part of an effective risk management program. While collecting and analyzing information can often be time-consuming for risk managers, […]
GCP – Build your cloud career with our summer learning list of no-cost training
You may have your summer reading list. Now it’s time for your summer learning list! We’ve compiled the top no-cost courses and labs from Google Cloud Skills Boost to help you on your cloud career path. Build the in-demand cloud skills for top cloud roles, while also boosting your resume with credentials to validate your […]
GCP – Access to Looker data models from Power BI now generally available
Data is critical to the decision-making process across most types of organizations, but connecting people to the data they need in their workflow can be a challenge. Our vision — to enable users to access and leverage trusted metrics based on accurate, up-to-date, data through the tools they already use — becomes even more real […]
Azure – General availability: Partial document update in the Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK
Modify just the required fields without having to replace the whole document with partial document update in the Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK. Read More for the details.
Azure – Hotpatch is now generally available on Windows Server VMs on Azure with the Desktop Experience installation mode
Hotpatch is now available for Windows Server Azure Edition VMs using the newly released images. Hotpatch is a feature that allows you to patch and install OS security updates to Windows Server Azure Edition VMs on Azure without requiring a reboot! Read More for the details.
GCP – Google Cloud expands availability of enterprise-ready generative AI
Generative AI continues to develop at a blistering pace, making it more important than ever that organizations have access to enterprise-ready capabilities to help them leverage this disruptive technology. Harnessing the power of decades of Google’s research, innovation, and investment in AI, Google Cloud continues to make generative AI available with baked-in security, data governance, […]
GCP – Conversational AI on Gen App Builder unlocks generative AI-powered chatbots and virtual agents
Enterprise search apps and conversational chatbots are among the most widely-applicable generative AI use cases. With Generative AI App Builder (Gen App Builder), our goal has been to combine these capabilities into a single developer-friendly product that provides access to sophisticated foundation models, removes the complexity of grounding them in proprietary data, streamlines their implementation […]
GCP – Document AI introduces powerful new Custom Document Splitter to automate document processing
Businesses rely on processing an inflow of documents to drive processes and make decisions. Many such documents are combined into a single file. For example, a loan application may have a driver’s license, paystub, W2, bank statement, and other document types within a single file. The complexity of handling many document types within a single […]