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GCP – Introducing time-bound Session Length defaults to improve your security posture
Google Cloud provides many layers of security for protecting your users and data. Session length is a configuration parameter that administrators can set to control how long users can access Google Cloud without having to reauthenticate. Managing session length is foundational to cloud security and it ensures access to Google Cloud services is time-bound after […]
GCP – Google Cloud and Nokia accelerate Cloud RAN vision with first end-to-end L3 data call
On the eve of Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, we announced that we can now run radio access network (RAN) functions as software on Google Distributed Cloud Edge (GDC Edge), providing cloud service providers (CSPs) with a common and agile operating model that extends from the core of the network to the edge, for […]
GCP – Optimize PyTorch training performance with Reduction Server on Vertex AI
As deep learning models become increasingly complex and datasets larger, distributed training is all but a necessity. Faster training makes for faster iteration to reach your modeling goals. But distributed training comes with its own set of challenges. On top of deciding what kind of distribution strategy you want to use and making changes to […]
GCP – Women’s History Month: Celebrating the success of women founders with Google Cloud: DRESSX
Editor’s note: March is celebrated as Women’s History Month in the US. At Google, we’re proud to celebrate women from all backgrounds and are committed to increasing the number of women in the technology industry. Over the next few weeks, we will showcase women-led startups and how they use Google Cloud to grow their businesses. […]
GCP – One small step for RFPs, one giant leap for clean energy
To create a clean energy future, buyers and sellers must transact faster and smarter. As a long-time champion of clean energy, we have learned many lessons over the decades — and one of the most significant is we’re not moving fast enough. That’s why, in collaboration with LevelTen Energy and with feedback from energy sellers, […]
AWS – Application Auto Scaling now supports Metric Math for Target Tracking policies
Application Auto Scaling customers can now use arithmetic operations and mathematical functions to customize the metrics used with Target Tracking policies. Target Tracking works like a thermostat – it continuously changes the capacity of the scaled resource to maintain the scaling metric at the customer-defined target level. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EC2 M1 Mac instances now support in-place operating system updates
Starting today, customers can update Apple macOS operating system from within the guest environment on their Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) M1 Mac instances. With this capability, customers can now update their guest environments to a specific or latest macOS (non-beta) version without having to tear down their existing macOS environments, launch new instances, and […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 M6a and C6a instances now available in South America (Sao Paulo) region
Starting today, the general-purpose Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M6a instances and compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C6a instances are available in South America (Sao Paulo) region. These instances are powered by third-generation AMD EPYC processors with an all-core turbo frequency of up to 3.6 GHz, and they are built on the AWS Nitro System. M6a instances […]
AWS – Announcing an updated console experience for Amazon GameLift
We are excited to announce the launch of the updated Amazon GameLift console experience to help customers more intuitively and efficiently manage and scale their game servers. Amazon GameLift is a fully managed solution that allows you to manage and scale dedicated game servers for session-based multiplayer games. With this release, customers can more easily monitor and […]
AWS – Amazon Kendra releases Confluence Server Connector
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Starting today, AWS customers can use the Amazon Kendra Confluence Server Connector to index and search documents from Confluence Server. Read More for the details.