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AWS – Amazon Translate enables support for files stored in S3 nested folders
Amazon Translate is a neural machine translation service that delivers fast, high-quality, affordable, and customizable language translation. Today, Amazon Translate launches support for translation of files stored in nested S3 folders. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing AWS Amplify Library for Android v2.0
We are excited to announce general availability of v2.0 Amplify Library for Android! Amplify Library for Android allows developers building apps for the Android platform to easily include features like authentication, storage, maps, and more. This version of the library has been re-written to improve Android developers’ experience when using Auth and Storage features. The […]

AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports X2idn, X2iedn, and X2iezn instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle now supports memory optimized X2idn, X2iedn, and X2iezn instances designed to deliver fast performance for workloads that process large data sets in memory. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon DevOps Guru for RDS detects SQL load changes
Amazon DevOps Guru for RDS now detects if your Amazon Aurora database is receiving a significantly larger number of SQL queries and if those queries are reading more data than usual. This new functionality will help you to discover, in the event of degraded database performance, if an application traffic change is the likely cause […]

AWS – Amazon Neptune ML now supports Real-time inductive inference
Starting with Amazon Neptune version 1.2.0.2, customers can now use real-time inductive inference with Amazon Neptune ML to enable machine learning (ML) predictions on nodes, edges and properties (entities) that were added to the graph after the ML model training process. With this launch, customers can make predictions on new data without requiring an update to […]

GCP – How a steel distributor reinvents its data science & ML workflows with Vertex AI
Nowadays, many companies have to ask themselves: Do we want to wait until a startup disrupts our business model or will we just do it on our own? Klöckner, a German steel and metal distributor, chose the second option, leveraging the power of Google Cloud to bring a more customer-focused, agile approach to an industry […]

GCP – How we validated the security controls of our new Confidential Space
We’re pleased to announce that Confidential Space, our new solution that allows you to control access to your sensitive data and securely collaborate in ways not previously possible, is now available in public Preview. First announced at Google Cloud Next, Confidential Space can offer many benefits to securely manage data from financial institutions, healthcare and pharmaceutical companies, […]

GCP – Googler Patricia Florissi learned to code on one of Brazil’s early personal computers—now she helps solve customers’ most complex problems
Editor’s Note: A native of Recife, Brazil, Patricia Florissi is a Technical Director in OCTO, Google Cloud’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer. OCTO is a global team of senior technologists with experience at large corporations, institutions, and successful startups, who work alongside customers to identify solutions for tough, but transformational challenges. How has your […]

GCP – Harness the power of data and AI in your life science supply chain
Global life science supply chains are lengthy and complex with many moving parts. One small disruption can create serious delays and affect your ability to deliver therapeutics for patients. Supply chain disruptors Over the last few years, healthcare organizations have encountered a range of obstacles, from both internal and external factors, that have resulted in […]
GCP – IT prediction: The era of workload-optimized, ultra-reliable infrastructure is upon us
Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series on IT predictions from Google Cloud experts. Check out the full list of our predictions on how IT will change in the coming years. Prediction: By 2025, over half of cloud infrastructure decisions will be automated by AI and ML Google’s infrastructure is designed with […]