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GCP – Google’s Cloud TPU v4 provides exaFLOPS-scale ML with industry-leading efficiency
Editor’s note: Today, two legendary Google engineers describe the “secret sauce” that has made TPU v4 a platform of choice for the world’s leading AI researchers and developers for training machine learning models at scale. Norm Jouppi is the chief architect for all Google’s TPUs, from TPU v1 to TPU v4. He is a Google […]
GCP – Accelerate Inventory Management insights with Google Cloud Cortex Framework
Inventory management is a critical part of any supply chain. By keeping track of inventory levels, businesses can ensure that they have the right amount of products on hand to meet customer demand, while also avoiding overstocking or understocking. However, managing inventory can be a challenge, especially in today’s complex and ever-changing supply chains. Data […]
GCP – How Lowe’s prepares for its busiest shopping period of the year
A homeowner’s to-do list may be never-ending, but for Lowe’s, the busiest period is by far the week of Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BF/CM). As Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), we work hard to provide customers with a flawless experience from first click to checkout — especially during times of high demand. As part of […]
GCP – Building multiplayer Google Doodle games with GKE, Open Match and Agones
Introduction As anyone who visits the Google Search homepage may realise, there is often a surprising, creative and delightful change in our logo that sits above the Search bar. They’re called “Google Doodles.” In recent years, we’ve seen them not only be interactive, but also multiplayer! Letting anyone who may be browsing the Google homepage […]
GCP – Datastream’s PostgreSQL source and BigQuery destination now generally available
Last year, we announced the preview launch of Datastream for BigQuery, which provides seamless replication of data from operational databases, directly into BigQuery, Google Cloud’s serverless data warehouse, enabling organizations to quickly and easily make decisions based on real-time data. We’re happy to announce that Datastream for BigQuery is now generally available. Overview Datastream for […]
GCP – What five women mapmakers think of the future of geospatial services
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, we’re proud to shine a light on women at Google making a difference in the geospatial industry and on Google Maps Platform. We asked a few of our mapmakers to share their thoughts, insights, and unique perspective on the future of mapping and geospatial services. Here are […]
GCP – Squarespace reduces number of escalations by 87 percent with analytics lakehouse on Google Cloud
Editor’s note:Today we hear from Squarespace, an all-in-one website building and ecommerce platform, about its migration from a self-hosted Hadoop ecosystem to Google Cloud, running BigQuery, Dataproc and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Read on to learn about how they planned and executed the migration, and what kinds of results they’re seeing. Imagine you are a […]
AWS – Amazon Kendra launches Featured Results
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. Read More for the details.
AWS – EC2 Image Builder adds real-time build tracking and improves build speeds for image pipelines
Customers can now track the current build status and image build steps for their image pipelines directly in EC2 Image Builder. This capability makes it easier for you to track image builds and troubleshoot build failures. This release also consolidates logs making it easier for you to audit and review builds. Additionally, workflow optimizations provide […]
AWS – AWS Network Firewall announces support for ingress TLS inspection
AWS Network Firewall now supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) inspection for ingress VPC traffic. This new feature enables customers to decrypt, inspect, and re-encrypt TLS traffic without having to deploy and manage any additional network security infrastructure. Read More for the details.