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AWS – Daily invoice consolidation is now available in AWS EMEA SARL
Today, AWS announces daily invoice consolidation for AWS customers invoiced by Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL. AWS customers in EMEA will automatically start receiving a daily invoice or credit memo that consolidates subscription invoices and credit memos for that day. Read More for the details.

GCP – How AI is improving constituent experiences in government
For years, Google has been working with state and local governments to focus on the needs of the mission, using data to improve the constituent experience and offer more accessible digital services, while helping government workers operate more efficiently. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been core to helping agencies achieve these goals. As a pioneer in […]

GCP – Document AI: Understanding invoices to passports and beyond
Editor’s note: In this post, I’ll be showing some amazing ways Document AI can help you extract meaning from your documents – keep reading, or jump directly into a tutorial using the Cloud Console! Documents are a crucial part of most businesses, used to store and communicate important information. The variety is vast: invoices, contracts, […]

GCP – Generative AI support on Vertex AI is now generally available
At Google Cloud, we’re committed to making generative AI useful for everyone. Doing so requires more than making powerful foundation models available to businesses, governments, and developers. Models also need to be backed by platforms that make adoption faster and safer, with onramps to meet organizations wherever they are, regardless of their software or data […]

GCP – Helping businesses with generative AI
If you’re new to generative AI, don’t panic. Like any new business tool, it can seem intimidating at first. And like any new technology, there are fundamental questions you need to ask to get started—what business problems are we trying to solve? How will we measure success? Are my teams equipped for the change? At […]

AWS – Announcing AWS Snowblade for U.S Department of Defense JWCC customers
AWS announces the availability of AWS Snowblade for the U.S Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract customers. AWS Snowblade is designed to provide AWS compute, storage, and other hybrid services in remote locations, including Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments for the DoD. AWS Snowblade is the first AWS Snow […]

AWS – AWS Control Tower increases account access configuration flexibility
Today, AWS Control Tower announced additional landing zone flexibility. Customers can now select whether AWS Control Tower sets up AWS account access with AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On), or they can self-manage AWS account access with AWS IAM Identity Center or use another method. AWS Control Tower continues to deliver an […]

AWS – AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights security profiles now include FedRAMP authorization
In AWS Marketplace, customers can now filter for products with Vendor Insights security profiles that are FedRAMP authorized or in process. With AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights, you can complete third-party software risk assessments in days instead of months. Vendor Insights serves buyers who need help to efficiently validate that third-party software meets their business compliance […]

AWS – AWS IoT Device Management introduces Software Package Catalog
AWS announces the Software Package Catalog preview. This is a new feature of AWS IoT Device Management that enables IoT customers to register, store, and report system software packages, along with their versions and metadata in a centralized location. With Software Package Catalog, you can now easily track and monitor software package versions throughout their […]
AWS – AWS introduces container image signing
Today, AWS Signer and Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) launched image signing, a new feature that enables you to sign and verify container images. You can now use Signer, a managed signing service, to validate that only container images you have approved are deployed in your Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) clusters. Read More for […]