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AWS – Amazon RDS Optimized Writes for MySQL and MariaDB now supports m6i and m6g database instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Optimized Writes now supports m6i and m6g database (DB) instances. With Amazon RDS Optimized Writes you can improve the write throughput for Amazon RDS for MySQL and MariaDB workloads by up to 2x at no additional cost. This is especially useful for write-intensive database workloads, commonly found in applications […]

AWS – Amazon FSx for Lustre now supports project quotas
Amazon FSx for Lustre, a fully managed service that makes it easy and cost effective to launch, run, and scale the world’s most popular high-performance file system, now supports project quotas. With project quotas, you can group multiple files or directories on your file system into a project, and monitor storage consumption on a per-project basis. […]

AWS – Amazon Connect Cases now supports nine additional languages
Amazon Connect Cases now supports nine additional languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Spanish. Now, you can view the Amazon Connect Cases UI in any language supported by Amazon Connect regardless of your AWS Region. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Site Recovery Higher Churn Support
Azure Site Recovery High Churn Support Read More for the details.

GCP – Google and George Mason University Collaborate to Train the Next Generation of Cyber Defenders in AI
The global shortage of cybersecurity talent is growing, with a projected shortfall of 3.4 million people by the end of 20231 . This demand is driven by the increasing sophistication of cyberthreats, the growing use of cloud computing, and the need for continuous training and education in the cybersecurity field. To address this growing shortage, Google […]

GCP – Accelerating sustainability with cloud AI
Today, sustainability is increasingly at the top of corporate agendas across the world. That means lowering carbon emissions, meeting regulatory requirements, creating a more transparent supply chain, and enacting better corporate citizenship. At Google Cloud, we believe that accelerating sustainability comes from harnessing powerful, purpose-built information technology capable of working at a global level. That’s […]

GCP – Extending our open, flexible ecosystem for AI at Next ‘23
Google Cloud partners with with more than 100,000 companies around the world in support of our customers. This year at Google Cloud Next 2023, we’re proud to highlight these partners and their role in helping customers incorporate generative AI into their businesses. Partners are building new gen AI applications and models, powering new features in […]

GCP – Welcome to Google Cloud Next ’23
Editor’s note: Content updated at 9am PT to reflect announcements made on stage in the opening keynote at Google Cloud Next ’23. This week, Google Cloud will welcome thousands of people to San Francisco for our first in-person Google Cloud Next event since 2019. I am incredibly excited to bring so many of our customers […]

GCP – Vertex AI extends enterprise-ready generative AI development with new models, tooling
Since announcing Generative AI support on Vertex AI less than six months ago, we’ve been thrilled and humbled to see innovative use cases from customers of all kinds — from enterprises like GE Appliances, whose consumer app SmartHQ offers users the ability to generate custom recipes based on the food in their kitchen, to startup […]
GCP – Titanium: A robust foundation for workload-optimized cloud computing
Google Cloud is built on world-class technical infrastructure that supports services that are loved and relied on by billions of people across the globe: Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps and more. A core tenet at Google Cloud is to leverage Google’s experience building and operating highly available and highly reliable planetary-scale compute, storage and […]