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GCP – Build in-demand network security skills with the new Google Cloud learning path
Protecting your organization from cyber threats is essential for ensuring smooth operations and meeting compliance requirements. Specialized defense has become more urgent as sensitive data and critical applications have migrated to the cloud. Security is no longer about perimeter firewalls; it’s about securing dynamic cloud networks. Recognizing the increasing demand for skilled cloud security professionals, […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now supports agent schedule adherence notifications
Amazon Connect now supports agent schedule adherence notifications, making it easier for you to proactively identify when agents aren’t adhering to their scheduled activities. You can define rules to automatically send email or text notifications (via EventBridge) to supervisors when agents exceed adherence thresholds. For example, if agent adherence drops below 85% in a trailing […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now supports copy and bulk edit of agent scheduling configuration
Amazon Connect now supports copy and bulk edit of agent scheduling configuration, making it easier to set up and maintain agent schedules. You can create new scheduling configurations by copying existing ones — for example, copy a weekday shift profile to create a weekend variant, or, copy scheduling configuration (time-zone, weekly working hours, days off, […]
GCP – Navigating the evolving cybersecurity landscape: Key insights for the public sector
As the Chief Security Officer for Google Public Sector, I’m constantly engaged in discussions about the evolving cybersecurity landscape, especially concerning public sector organizations. My colleague Sandra Joyce, VP of Google Threat Intelligence, recently highlighted in her Cloud CISO Perspectives blog “Our Big Sleep Agent Makes Big Leap” that the pace of innovation in AI […]
AWS – Amazon EBS io2 Block Express supports China Regions
Amazon EBS io2 Block Express volumes are now available in Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet and Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. io2 Block Express leverage the latest generation of EBS storage server architecture designed to deliver consistent sub-millisecond latency and 99.999% durability. With a single io2 Block […]
AWS – Amazon Neptune Analytics is now available in AWS Canada (Central) and Australia (Sydney) Regions
Amazon Neptune Analytics is now available in the AWS Canada (Central) and Australia (Sydney) Regions. You can now create and manage Neptune Analytics graphs in the AWS Canada (Central) and Australia (Sydney) Regions and run advanced graph analytics and vector similarity search. Neptune Analytics is a memory-optimized graph database engine for analytics. With Neptune Analytics, […]
AWS – Introducing Amazon Quick Suite: your agentic AI-powered workspace
Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon Quick Suite—a new set of agentic teammates that helps you get the answers you need using all of your business data and move instantly from insights to action. Quick Suite retrieves insights across the public internet and all your documents, including information in Slack, Salesforce, Snowflake, databases, and other […]
AWS – AWS Direct Connect announces 100G expansion in Kansas City, MO
Today, AWS announced the expansion of 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps dedicated connections with MACsec encryption capabilities at the existing AWS Direct Connect location in the Netrality KC1 data center near Kansas City, MO. You can now establish private, direct network access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones from […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in AWS Europe (Spain) region
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the availability of high performance Storage Optimized Amazon EC2 I7i instances in the AWS Europe (Spain) region. Powered by 5th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.2 GHz, these new instances deliver up to 23% better compute performance and more than 10% better price performance […]
GCP – Introducing Gemini Enterprise
AI is presenting a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform how you work, how you run your business, and what you build for your customers. But the first wave of AI, while promising, has been stuck in silos, unable to orchestrate complex work across an entire organization. True transformation requires a comprehensive platform that connects to your […]