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AWS – Amazon Braket adds support for the new 80-qubit quantum processor from Rigetti
Amazon Braket, the quantum computing service from AWS, makes it easy for customers to conduct scientific research and software development with quantum computers. Today, we are excited to announce that Amazon Braket has added support for the new 80-qubit superconducting gate-based quantum processor from Rigetti named Aspen-M-1. With this launch, customers will be able to utilize […]
GCP – Speed up your Teradata migration with the BigQuery Permission Mapper tool
During a Teradata migration to BigQuery, one complex and time consuming process is migrating Teradata users and their permissions to the respective ones in GCP. This mapping process requires admin and security teams to manually analyze, compare, and match hundreds to thousands of Teradata user permissions to BigQuery IAM permissions. We already described this manual […]
GCP – Starting over on Google Cloud: BK Medical shares its SAP migration story
When BK Medical, a leading medical device manufacturer, became an independent company in 2019, it faced a major technological hurdle: separating its own SAP environment from that of its parent company. The well-established maker of surgical ultrasound machines is now striking out on its own after being part of Analogic Corporation for four decades. “We’re […]
GCP – Unleash collaboration with new experiences in Google Workspace
16 years ago, we launched Google Docs and Sheets and introduced the world to a new way of working. For many, it was the first time they worked in the same digital space together, in real time, without the burden—or risk—of sending documents back and forth. That flexible way of working has become second nature […]
GCP – How the State of Oklahoma is using data to fight the opioid epidemic
The opioid epidemic has plagued the United States for over 20 years. More recently, the COVID pandemic, with its associated stress and disruption, has contributed to new records for both the largest increase in opioid use—and the highest number of overdose deaths—to date. But the pandemic has also spurred new focus on more comprehensive behavioral […]
GCP – Early access to Chrome OS Flex: The upgrade PCs & Macs have been waiting for
Editor’s note:Today, we’re excited to announce early access to a new version of Chrome OS bringing the benefits of Chrome OS to PCs and Macs. Chrome OS Flex is the cloud-first, fast, easy-to manage, and secure operating system for PCs and Macs. Learn more below, try it out, and share your feedback to help us […]
AWS – Announcing sub-millisecond read latencies for Amazon Elastic File System
Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) now supports sub-millisecond read latencies for all new and existing One Zone and Standard General Purpose file systems. Latency-sensitive applications such as content management systems, analytics, DevOps, and machine learning inference can now achieve read latencies as low as 600 microseconds on average. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Connect now provides CloudFormation support for integrations with third-party data
Amazon Connect now supports CloudFormation for its third-party data integrations service. Data integrations enable Amazon Connect customers to download data from third-party SaaS apps like CRMs, quality management, billing software, and order management solutions. You can now use AWS CloudFormation templates to help you deploy data integrations, along with the rest of your AWS infrastructure, in […]
AWS – Introducing Amazon EC2 C6a instances
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the general availability of compute optimized Amazon EC2 C6a instances. C6a instances are powered by 3rd generation AMD EPYC processors (code named Milan) with an all-core turbo frequency of up to 3.6 GHz, deliver up to 15% better compute price performance compared to C5a instances for a wide variety of […]
GCP – Orchestrating PyTorch ML Workflows on Vertex AI Pipelines
Previously in the PyTorch on Google Cloud series, we trained, tuned and deployed a PyTorch text classification model using Training and Prediction services on Vertex AI. In this post, we will show how to automate and monitor a PyTorch based ML workflow by orchestrating the pipeline in a serverless manner using Vertex AI Pipelines. Let’s […]