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GCP – Building an AI startup? 4 insights from 3 top AI startup founders
AI holds the promise of solving some of today’s most complex business challenges. To make that promise a reality, a number of startups are working to transform AI technology into practical, production-ready business solutions. At this year’s Google Cloud Startup Summit, we had an opportunity to assemble a panel of three AI startup founders, and […]

GCP – Built with BigQuery: Quantum Metric unlocks data for frictionless customer experiences
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses are facing unprecedented challenges in meeting the evolving needs of their customers. COVID-19 accelerated the shift towards digital, with even non-digital companies now forced to adapt to the new reality. In such a market context, Quantum Metric has emerged as a leading player, helping companies navigate the complexities of […]

GCP – Sembly AI boosts workplace productivity with voice AI platform running on Google Cloud
The number of online meetings has skyrocketed as organizations continue to rely on geographically distributed teams or employees who spend some of their time working from home. While virtual meetings helped businesses stay connected during COVID-19 restrictions, they’ve also become an integral part of how people work today and will continue to work going forward. […]

GCP – Optimize your cloud by exporting Active Assist recommendations to a BigQuery dataset
Active Assist provides insights and recommendations to help Google Cloud customers proactively optimize their cloud environments for cost, security, performance, and sustainability. If you’re like most customers, you’ve likely encountered these insights and recommendations in the console — either in the Recommendations Hub or embedded on a resource page, like IAM or the VM list […]

AWS – Amazon RDS now supports T4g database instances in 3 additional AWS regions
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports AWS Graviton2-based T4g database instances in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Europe (Spain), and Middle East (UAE) Regions. T4g database instances provide a baseline level of CPU performance, with the ability to burst CPU usage at any time for as long as required. Depending […]

AWS – AWS Security Hub launches 6 new security controls
AWS Security Hub has released 6 new security controls, increasing the overall number of controls Security Hub offers to 264. The new controls conduct fully-automatic security checks against services such as Amazon CloudFront and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). To use these controls, you should first turn on the standard they belong to – […]

Azure – General availability: Azure Queue Storage SDK for Go
The new Azure Queue Storage SDK is now generally available for Go, allowing developers to build Go apps that can store and retrieve messages in Azure Queue Storage. Read More for the details.

GCP – Introducing the Google Maps Platform Architecture Center
We are excited to announce the launch of Google Maps Platform’s Architecture Center! The Architecture Center is a central resource for product managers, architects, and technical leads who are looking to design a location-based application or accelerate the integration of Google Maps Platform into their products or infrastructure. We’ve learned from customers that there is […]

Azure – Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Availability zone volume placement enhancement – Populate existing volume
Populate previously deployed, existing volumes with the logical availability zone information to enable failure domain protection for workloads in specific availability zones. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Azure Event Hubs SDK for Go
The new Azure Event Hubs SDK is now generally available for Go, allowing developers to build Go apps that send and receive events from Azure Event Hubs. Read More for the details.