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GCP – Google Cloud Next 2023 FinOps product announcements recap
If it isn’t already clear, Google Cloud is invested in being FinOps-first. At Google Cloud Next 2023, we made some pretty exciting FinOps product announcements for Google Cloud Billing. Here are the top five:: 1. Google Cloud continues to pioneer the FinOps movement: Through our strong roots in the FinOps Foundation, we announced our contributions […]
GCP – Develop and Test Spring Boot Applications Consistently
You do not have to burden yourself anymore with a long list of manual steps required to setup an application locally, test with an in-memory database, sift through discrepancies between environments and SQL dialects or not being able to test network failures typical for a distributed system. When building Twelve-factor Google Cloud applications, developers are […]
GCP – Cloud SQL regional migration
Are you expanding your business to a new region using Cloud SQL? Do you need to move your applications that are running on Cloud SQL to a region that has specific data compliance or geographic locality requirements? Maybe you have experienced a regional outage, and you need to move your Cloud SQL instance into another […]
GCP – Improving Safety of AI and Online Communities with PaLM 2
To empower developers to identify sensitive content in a rapidly changing media environment, we are excited to announce Text Moderationpowered by PaLM 2, available through the Cloud Natural Language API. Built in collaboration with Jigsaw and Google Research, Text Moderation helps organizations scan for sensitive or harmful content. Here are some examples of how the […]
GCP – Landis+Gyr: Securing the energy supply with AI and machine learning
With the global energy crisis driving a dramatic spike in the price of fossil fuels, countries around the world have urgently stepped up their transition to renewable power to reduce their reliance on imported, carbon-intense fuel sources. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), renewables will account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C6id instances are now available in AWS Europe (London) Region
Starting today, Amazon EC2 C6id instances are available in the AWS Europe (London) Region. C6id instances are powered by 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake processors with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz and up to 7.6 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS WAF Bot Control now protects against distributed proxy-based attacks
AWS WAF Bot Control for Targeted Bots now offers predictive Machine Learning (ML) technology to provide protection against distributed, proxy-based attacks. AWS WAF previously launched AWS Bot Control for Targeted Bots which provides protection against sophisticated bots that attempt to evade detection. Now, AWS WAF Bot Control for Targeted Bots can also be used to […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Inference now supports Multi Model Endpoints for PyTorch
SageMaker Multi-Model Endpoint (MME) is a fully managed capability that allows customers to deploy 1000s of models on a single SageMaker endpoint and reduce costs. Until today, MME was not supported for PyTorch models deployed using TorchServe. Now, customers can use MME to deploy 1000s of PyTorch models using TorchServe to reduce inference costs. Read More for the […]
AWS – Amazon Location Service is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Today, we are announcing the availability of Amazon Location Service in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. Amazon Location Service is a location-based service that helps developers easily and securely add maps, points of interest, geocoding, routing, tracking, and geofencing to their applications without compromising on data quality, user privacy, or cost. With Amazon Location Service, […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 M6i and R6i instances are now available in Europe (Zurich) region
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M6i and R6i instances are available in AWS Europe (Zurich) region. These instances are built on AWS Nitro System, a collection of AWS designed hardware and software innovations that enables the delivery of efficient, flexible, and secure cloud services with isolated multi-tenancy, private networking, and fast local […]