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GCP – Introducing AI-powered app dev with code customization from Gemini Code Assist Enterprise
Software development is the engine of the modern economy. However, creating great applications across the tech stack is complex because of an increasing number of abstraction levels, integrations, vendors, and a dearth of experienced developers. IT leaders need to equip their teams with solutions that use AI to help their developers navigate complexity, so they […]
GCP – How Virgin Media O2 simplified internal data sharing with BigQuery’s Analytics Hub
Easily sharing data has become a critical asset for driving informed decisions across any business. Still, many organizations struggle with the complexities of sharing data in a way that’s effective and compliant. Data teams often navigate challenges like unclear governance, version control issues, data silos, access restrictions, and a lack of data management skills across […]
GCP – From products to process: Delivering personalization at scale with data at EE
For much of the 20th Century and into the 21st, telecommunications companies have been at the forefront of technological growth. In 1970 only 35% of UK households had landline telephones. Fast forward to today, and more than 90% of adults in the UK have cell phones. The infrastructure required to revolutionize how people communicate took […]
GCP – Accelerate AI production with data agents and BigQuery platform enhancements
As the fuel for AI, data’s role in driving innovation is uncontested. However, since so much data is unstructured and unmanaged today, data accessibility can stand in the way of AI adoption. Our goal is to make data accessible, actionable and transformative for enterprises. Today, we are delivering new capabilities to help you realize this […]
GCP – London Summit: UK businesses turn to Google Cloud AI
The AI era is here, and the UK is at the forefront. Over the past year, search interest for “AI” has surged by 50% in the country, while inquiries about “how to use AI” have jumped 70%. By 2030, AI could generate more than £400 billion ($524 billion) in value for the UK economy and […]
GCP – Scaling up in the cloud: 6 UK startups unlocking growth through digital transformation
The UK is a hive of innovation and entrepreneurship. In fact, research reveals that the UK startup ecosystem is now worth more than £839 billion ($1.1 trillion), making it the third most valuable startup ecosystem in the world (after the United States and China). As well as being a world leader in startup activity, the […]
AWS – Announcing Amazon MemoryDB for Valkey
Today, Amazon MemoryDB announces support for Valkey, which is priced 30% lower than MemoryDB for Redis OSS. With MemoryDB for Valkey, you are not charged for data written up to 10 TB/month. Any data written over 10TB/month is billed at $0.04/GB, which is 80% lower than MemoryDB for Redis OSS. Valkey is an open source, […]
AWS – Announcing Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey
Today, Amazon ElastiCache announces support for Valkey with Serverless priced 33% lower and node-based priced 20% lower than other supported engines. With ElastiCache Serverless for Valkey, customers can create a cache in under a minute and get started as low as $6/month. Valkey is an open source, high performance, key-value datastore stewarded by Linux Foundation. […]
AWS – Access organization-wide views of agreements and spend in AWS Marketplace
AWS Marketplace announces the general availability of a new procurement insights dashboard, helping you manage your organization’s renewals and optimize your AWS Marketplace spend. The new dashboard gives you detailed visibility into your organization’s AWS Marketplace agreements and associated spend across the AWS accounts in your organization. The procurement insights dashboard identifies contracts nearing their […]
AWS – Extension of EOL Dates for Amazon Corretto 8 and 11
We are pleased to announce that Amazon is extending the End of Life (EOL) dates for Amazon Corretto 8 and Amazon Corretto 11. The new EOL dates are as follows: Amazon Corretto 8: December-2030 Previous EOL date was April 2026 Amazon Corretto 11: January-2032 Previous EOL date was September 2027 Please note that Amazon will […]