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AWS – AWS Global Accelerator now supports endpoints in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Starting today, AWS Global Accelerator supports application endpoints in Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region, expanding the number of supported AWS Regions to twenty-four. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Location Service adds support for place categories
Today, Amazon Location Service added support for places categories, allowing developers to request, filter, or group places based on specific categories such as coffee shops or restaurants. Developers can use places categories to improve the relevance of their searches, increase the accuracy of their location-based insights, and improve their customer experience. For example, a developer […]
GCP – Generative AI: The next phase of cloud transformation for communications service providers
Communication service providers (CSPs) are at an inflection point. From stagnating revenues, to network strain in meeting the demands of 5G, to challenges in delivering innovative customer experiences, there’s enormous pressure on the telecommunications industry to transform. Over the past few years, CSPs around the globe have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) to address some […]
GCP – 2022 State of DevOps Report data deep dive: Documentation is like sunshine
Editor’s note: Every year, Google Cloud’s DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team seeks to gain a better understanding of the software delivery and organizational performance through the annual Accelerate State of DevOps reports. In this series, we’re taking a deeper dive into the research and exploring some interesting findings that we didn’t cover in the […]
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 – […]