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GCP – How we got to 100 million cells in our global Li-ion rack battery fleet
When it comes to data center power systems, batteries play an important role. The applications that run in our data centers require nearly continuous uptime. And while utility power is highly reliable, power outages are unavoidable. When an outage happens, batteries can supply short-duration power, allowing servers to operate continuously when the facility switches between […]

GCP – Enhancing AlloyDB vector search with inline filtering and enterprise observability
Many specialized vector databases today require you to create complex pipelines and applications in order to get the data you need. AlloyDB for PostgreSQL offers Google Research’s, state-of-the-art vector search index, ScaNN, enabling you to optimize the end-to-end retrieval of the most fresh, relevant data with a single SQL statement. Today, we are introducing a […]

GCP – Get Google Cloud certified in 2025—and see why the latest research says it matters
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AWS – CloudWatch Database Insights adds support for RDS databases
CloudWatch Database Insights announces support of databases hosted on Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). Database Insights is a database observability solution that provides a curated experience designed for DevOps engineers, application developers, and database administrators (DBAs) to expedite database troubleshooting and gain a holistic view into their database fleet health. Database Insights consolidates logs and […]

GCP – Announcing Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Anthropic’s first hybrid reasoning model, is available on Vertex AI
Today, we’re announcing Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Anthropic’s most intelligent model to date and the first hybrid reasoning model on the market, is available in preview on Vertex AI Model Garden. Claude 3.7 Sonnet can produce quick responses or extended, step-by-step thinking that is made visible to the user. Claude 3.7 Sonnet includes improvements in coding, […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 C7gd instances are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7gd instances with up to 3.8 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage are available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region. These Graviton3-based instances with DDR5 memory are built on the AWS Nitro System and are a great fit for applications that need access to high-speed, low […]

AWS – AWS WAF enhances integration with Service Quotas
AWS WAF enhances Service Quotas capabilities, enabling organizations to proactively monitor and manage quotas for their cloud deployments. AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps protect your web applications or APIs against common web exploits and bots that may affect availability, compromise security, or consume excessive resources. By leveraging AWS Service Quotas, you […]

AWS – Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet is now available in Amazon Bedrock
Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet hybrid reasoning model, their most intelligent model to date, is now available in Amazon Bedrock. Claude 3.7 Sonnet represents a significant advancement in AI capabilities, offering both quick responses and extended, step-by-step thinking made visible to the user. This new model includes strong improvements in coding and brings enhanced performance across […]

AWS – Amazon Verified Permissions now supports the Cedar JSON entity format
Amazon Verified Permissions now supports the same JSON format for entity and context data, as the Cedar SDK. Developers can use this simpler format for authorization requests. This aligns the Amazon Verified Permissions API more closely with the open source Cedar SDK, and simplifies moving from the SDK to Amazon Verified Permissions or vice versa. […]
GCP – How partners are unlocking scalable audio transcription with Gemini
From transcribing customer calls and meetings, to analyzing research interviews and creating accessible content, audio transcription plays a vital role in extracting insights from spoken data. Our partners are collaborating with clients across industries to implement transcription solutions that enhance efficiency, accessibility, and data-driven decision-making. Traditional audio transcription methods, such as manual transcription or basic […]