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GCP – How Conversational Analytics helps users make the most of their data
At Google Cloud Next 25, we expanded the availability of Gemini in Looker, including Conversational Analytics, to all Looker platform users, redefining how line-of-business employees can rapidly gain access to trusted data-driven insights through natural language. Due to the complexity inherent in traditional business intelligence products, which require steep learning curves or advanced SQL knowledge, […]
GCP – Hello 0-Days, My Old Friend: A 2024 Zero-Day Exploitation Analysis
Written by: Casey Charrier, James Sadowski, Clement Lecigne, Vlad Stolyarov Executive Summary Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2024, a decrease from the number we identified in 2023 (98 vulnerabilities), but still an increase from 2022 (63 vulnerabilities). We divided the reviewed vulnerabilities into two main categories: […]
AWS – AWS Amplify enhances developer tooling with refined output and CDK-style notices
AWS Amplify introduces two key improvements to its backend tooling: streamlined deployment output using the AWS CDK Toolkit and a new notice system for local development. These updates optimize how developers receive deployment status information and important messages directly in their terminal when executing Amplify commands. These enhancements improve the development experience by focusing on […]
AWS – Automated HTTP validated public certificates with Amazon CloudFront
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) announces automated public TLS certificates for Amazon CloudFront. CloudFront customers can now simply check a box to receive required public certificates to enable TLS when creating new CloudFront content delivery applications. ACM and CloudFront work together to automatically request, issue and associate the required public certificates with CloudFront. ACM will also […]
AWS – Amazon Route 53 Profiles now supports VPC endpoints
Today, AWS announced support for VPC endpoints in Amazon Route 53 Profiles, allowing you to create, manage, and share private hosted zones (PHZs) for interface VPC endpoints across multiple VPCs and AWS accounts within your organization. With this enhancement, Amazon Route 53 Profiles simplifies the management of VPC endpoints by streamlining the process of creating […]
AWS – Announcing SaaS Manager for Amazon CloudFront
Today, AWS announces CloudFront SaaS Manager, a new Amazon CloudFront feature designed to efficiently manage content delivery across multiple websites for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers, web development platforms, and companies with multiple brands/websites. CloudFront SaaS Manager provides a unified experience, alleviating the operational burden of managing multiple websites at scale, including TLS certificate management, DDoS protection, […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 High Memory instances now available in US East (Ohio) Region
Starting today, Amazon EC2 High Memory instances with 24TB of memory (u-24tb1.112xlarge) are available in the US East (Ohio) region. Customers can start using these new High Memory instances with On Demand and Savings Plan purchase options. Amazon EC2 High Memory instances are certified by SAP for running Business Suite on HANA, SAP S/4HANA, Data […]
AWS – Introducing Amazon EC2 I7i high performance Storage Optimized instances
Amazon Web Services is announcing the general availability of next generation high performance Storage Optimized Amazon EC2 I7i instances. Powered by 3rd generation AWS Nitro SSDs, I7i instances offer up to 45TB of NVMe storage with up to 50% better real-time storage performance, up to 50% lower storage I/O latency, and up to 60% lower […]
AWS – AWS Client VPN now supports Client Routes Enforcement
Today, AWS announced a new AWS Client VPN feature that monitors device networking routes, prevents VPN traffic leaks, and strengthens remote access security. The feature continuously tracks your users’ device routing tables to ensure outbound traffic flows through the VPN tunnel according to your configured settings. If the feature detects any modified networking route settings, […]
AWS – Writer’s Palmyra X5 and X4 models are now available in Amazon Bedrock
Writer’s enterprise-grade foundation models, Palmyra X5 and X4, are now available as fully managed, serverless models in Amazon Bedrock. AWS is the first cloud provider to offer fully managed models from Writer, allowing organizations to leverage enterprise AI capabilities with serverless scalability and cost optimization. Palmyra X5 has a one million token context window, while Palmyra […]