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GCP – Running AlphaFold batch inference with Vertex AI Pipelines
Today, to accelerate research in the bio-pharma space, from the creation of treatments for diseases to the production of new synthetic biomaterials, we are announcing a new Vertex AI solution that demonstrates how to use Vertex AI Pipelines to run DeepMind’s AlphaFold protein structure predictions at scale. Once a protein’s structure is determined and its […]

GCP – Why automation and scalability are the most important traits of your Kubernetes platform
Today’s consumers expect incredible feats of speed and service delivered through easy-to-use apps and personalized interactions. Modern conveniences have taught consumers that their experience is paramount—no matter the size of the company, complexity of the problem, or regulations in the industry. “Cloud-native technologies empower organizations to build and run scalable applications in modern, dynamic environments […]

GCP – Introducing Data Studio as our newest Google Cloud service
Today we are announcing Data Studio, our self-service business intelligence and data visualization product, as a Google Cloud service, enabling customers to get Data Studio on the Google Cloud terms of service, simplifying product acquisition and integration in their company’s technology stack. Why are we doing this? Google Cloud customers of all types widely use […]

GCP – Using data advocacy to close the consumer privacy trust gap
As consumer data privacy regulations tighten and the end of third-party cookies looms, organizations of all sizes may be looking to carve a path toward consent-positive, privacy-centric ways of working. Consumer-facing brands should look more closely at the customer data they’re collecting, and learn to embrace a first-party data-driven approach to doing business. But while […]

GCP – Announcing support for on-premises Windows workloads with Certificate Authority Service
The use of digital certificates to establish trust across our digital infrastructure continues to grow at a rapid pace, driven by development and deployment of cloud-based, containerized, microservice-based applications and the proliferation of connected Internet of Things and smart devices. Google Cloud Certificate Authority Service (CAS) provides a highly scalable and available private CA to […]

GCP – Five must-know security and compliance features in Cloud Logging
As enterprise and public sector cloud adoption continues to accelerate, having an accurate picture of who did what in your cloud environment is important for security and compliance purposes. Logs are critical when you are attempting to detect a breach, investigating ongoing security issues, or performing forensic investigations. These five must-know Cloud Logging security and […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch metrics increases throughput by 150x
Amazon CloudWatch custom metrics now supports a 50x higher capacity allowing you to send up to 1,000 metrics per call at a 3x faster default call rate and specify 3x more dimensions (up to 30) per metric. Customers rely on CloudWatch custom metrics to capture application-specific data that complements the automatic metrics provided by CloudWatch […]

GCP – Access larger dataset faster and easier to accelerate your ML models training in Vertex AI
Vertex AI Training delivers a serverless approach to simplify the ML model training experience for customers. As such, training data does not persist on the compute clusters by design. In the past, customers had only Cloud Storage (GCS) or BigQuery (BQ) as storage options. Now, you can also use NFS shares, such as Filestore, for […]

AWS – AWS Secrets Manager connections now support the latest hybrid post-quantum TLS with Kyber
Connections to AWS Secrets Manager now support hybrid post-quantum key establishment using Kyber for transport layer security (TLS) from Round 3 of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) selection process. This allows you to measure the potential performance impact of the post-quantum algorithm. You can also benefit from the longer-term confidentiality afforded by hybrid post-quantum TLS. […]
AWS – Announcing the availability of license included Microsoft Visual Studio Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) on Amazon EC2
AWS now offers fully-compliant, Amazon-provided licenses for Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 and Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). These AMIs are now available on the Amazon EC2 console and on AWS Marketplace, to launch instances on-demand without any long-term licensing commitments. Amazon EC2 provides […]