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AWS – AWS Marketplace now supports Private Marketplace management in the console
AWS Marketplace now provides streamlined Private Marketplace management within the AWS Marketplace console. Administrators can create and manage custom Private Marketplace experiences, controlling what products can be procured from AWS Marketplace by users in their organization. These customized Private Marketplace experiences can be tailored for an entire organization, specific organizational units (OUs), or individual accounts […]
GCP – Improving Bigtable single-row read throughput by 70%: How we did it
As a scalable, distributed, high-performance, Cassandra- and HBase-compatible NoSQL database, Bigtable processes more than 5 billion sustained queries per second and has more than 10 Exabytes of data under management. At this scale, we optimize Bigtable for high-throughput and low-latency reads and writes. In a previous blog post, we shared details of how our single-row […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google secures AI Agents
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for June 2025. Today, Anton Chuvakin, security advisor for Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO, discusses a new Google report on securing AI agents, and the new security paradigm they demand. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud […]
GCP – Accelerating innovation with Agent Assist, Looker (Google Cloud core) and Vertex AI Vector Search, now FedRAMP High authorized
In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, the need to protect highly sensitive government data remains paramount. Today, we reinforce our commitment to providing the highest level of assurance that sensitive agency data is protected while also streamlining the adoption of secure and modern cloud technologies, with another significant achievement – FedRAMP High authorization for Agent Assist, […]
GCP – Autonomous Network Operations framework: Unlock predictable and high-performing networks
Over the past year, an exponential surge in data, the widespread rollout of 5G, and heightened customer expectations have placed unprecedented demands upon communications service providers (CSPs). To thrive in this challenging landscape, telecommunications leaders are rethinking traditional network management, embracing digital transformation, and using the power of AI to build smarter, more efficient, and […]
AWS – AWS CloudTrail enhances logging for Amazon S3 DeleteObjects API
Today, AWS announces an enhancement to Amazon S3 DeleteObjects API logging in AWS CloudTrail, bringing additional visibility into the bulk delete operations to help you better protect and monitor the usage of your Amazon S3 buckets. Amazon S3’s DeleteObjects API enables bulk object deletion in a single operation and serves as the default method for […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import now supports Qwen models
Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import now supports Qwen models. You can now import custom weights for Qwen-based architectures, including models like Qwen 2.5 Coder, Qwen 2.5 VL, and QwQ 32B. This enables you to bring your own customized Qwen models into Bedrock and deploy them in a fully managed, serverless environment—without having to manage infrastructure […]
AWS – Amazon Q Developer introduces Pro Tier upgrades for Builder IDs
Amazon Q Developer now allows users with AWS Builder IDs to upgrade to the Pro Tier, giving them higher usage limits in their IDEs and on the command line interface. See here for Amazon Q Developer pricing and usage limit information. AWS Builder IDs enable developers using free tier to leverage Amazon Q Developer’s agentic […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for DB2 now supports cross region standby replicas
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for DB2 now supports cross-region standby replicas, a new feature that helps customers reduce database down time during disaster recovery. In situations where a database in a region becomes unavailable, customers can immediately promote a standby replica in a different region to resume operations, and do not have to wait […]
AWS – Extending the AWS Financing program for AWS Marketplace purchases for all US customers
Today, AWS extended the availability of the AWS Financing program to help all US customers simplify and accelerate their AWS Marketplace software purchases directly through the AWS Billing and Cost Management console. US customers can now apply for, utilize, and manage financing within the console for AWS Marketplace software purchases. The AWS Marketplace Financing program […]