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AWS – Falcon 40B foundation model from TII available on SageMaker JumpStart
Starting today, the state-of-the-art Falcon 40B foundation model from Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, SageMaker’s machine learning (ML) hub that offers pre-trained models, built-in algorithms, and pre-built solution templates to help you quickly get started with ML. You can deploy and use this Falcon LLM with a few clicks in […]
AWS – AWS Config supports recording exclusions by resource type
We are excited to announce that AWS Config now offers support for excluding resource types from configuration change tracking. This new feature allows you to exclude specific types of AWS resources from inventory tracking and compliance monitoring while still tracking all other supported resource types currently available in AWS Config, including those that will be […]
GCP – Apply now for the new Middle East & Africa startup accelerator on climate change
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 28, heads to Dubai this year and is sure to highlight the many challenges facing a region exposed to water scarcity, rising temperatures and sea levels, and increasing desertification from climate change. World leaders will focus on transforming the global economy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and […]
GCP – Announcing first Google Cloud OSCAL package submission for DoD Impact Level 5
Today, Google Cloud is proud to announce that we have successfully submitted the complete OSCAL package for Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 5 (IL5) to eMASS. This is a major milestone for us, as it represents our step forward supporting scalable compliance for Google Cloud and its customers. Open Security Control Assessment Language (OSCAL) […]
GCP – Announcing general availability of Cloud Firewall threat intelligence and geo-location features
Google Cloud Firewall is a fully distributed, stateful inspection firewall engine that is built into our software-defined networking fabric and enforced at each workload. With Cloud Firewall, you can enhance and simplify security posture, and implement Zero Trust networking for cloud workloads. Previously, we announced several enhancements and expansions to our Cloud Firewall offering. Today, […]
GCP – Managing carbon emissions across clouds: a practical example
As climate change continues to be a growing global concern, it is essential for organizations to take steps towards sustainability. One significant area where businesses can make a positive impact is by reducing their cloud carbon emissions. At Thoughtworks, we are able to estimate our carbon footprint across clouds using the open source Cloud Carbon […]
GCP – Improve query performance and optimize costs in BigQuery using the anti-pattern recognition tool
BigQuery is a serverless and cost-effective enterprise data warehouse that works across cloud environments and scales with your data. As with any large scale data-intensive platform, following best practices and avoiding inefficient anti-patterns goes a long way in terms of performance and cost savings. Usually SQL optimization requires a significant time investment from engineers, who […]
GCP – Designing Multi-regional Internal Load Balancing with Google Cloud iLB + Cloud DNS
Google Cloud has several load balancer types. For internal load balancing within Google Cloud, customers have 3 options: Internal HTTPS load balancing Internal TCP proxy load balancing Internal TCP/ UDP load balancing Google Cloud internal HTTP(S) load balancer is a proxy-based, regional Layer 7 load balancer that enables you to run and scale your services […]
GCP – The Prompt: 5 generative AI platform pillars + execs compare generative AI to past disruptions
Business leaders are buzzing about generative AI. To help you keep up with this fast-moving, transformative topic, each week in “The Prompt,” we’ll bring you observations from our work with customers and partners, as well as the newest AI happenings at Google. In this edition, Philip Moyer, Global VP, AI & Business Solutions at Google […]
Azure – General availability: Inbound ICMPv6 pings and traceroute are now supported on Azure Load Balancer
Ping and traceroute to both IPv4 and IPv6 frontend of a Standard Public Load Balancer like you natively would on an on-premises device without any external software needed. Read More for the details.