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GCP – Cloud Functions vs. Cloud Run: when to use one over the other
Embracing serverless architectures help you bring solutions to market faster at lower cost with decreased management overhead than traditional approaches. Cloud Functions and Cloud Run are two such serverless compute products from Google Cloud, and customers often ask us “when does it make more sense to use Cloud Functions or Cloud Run?” Commerzbank AG is […]

GCP – Discover Elton and Los Angeles history using Google Maps Platform
Editor’s note: Today’s post comes from Rory Newton Dunn, Head of Digital, at Rocket Entertainment. He shares how they created an immersive map experience to celebrate Elton John’s final North American tour using Google Maps Platform. Los Angeles is where Elton John’s legendary career truly took flight and a place that feels like a second […]

GCP – Veterans Day: Q&A with Terradepth about mapping the ocean floor, the final frontier on Earth, with Google Cloud
Editor’s note: November 11th is Veterans Day—a day for us to recognize, celebrate, and honor military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Today, Shannon Sullivan, Director, SCS Public Sector at Google, will be having a conversation with Terradepth and its founder to learn how they are using Google Cloud to grow their business and […]

GCP – Veteran Transitioners Find Success at Google Public Sector
Making a career change can be daunting, especially if you’re transitioning from military service into the tech world. In celebration of Veterans Day, we spoke with five Googler veterans who share their experiences and offer insights for others looking to make their way into tech after active-duty service. As a member of the Google recruiting […]

GCP – Redacting PII data in Dialogflow CX with Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Contact centers today handle all types of sensitive information including Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Protected Health Information (PHI), Payment Card Industry (PCI) data, and other confidential information (CI) as part of their day-to-day operations. This information can make its way into call recordings, call logs, agent notes, and application logs. It may also be used […]

Azure – Public preview: Microsoft Azure Managed HSM TLS Offload Library
Azure Managed HSM now supports SSL/TLS Offload for F5 and Nginx. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Kendra is now FedRAMP High Compliant
Amazon Kendra is now authorized as FedRAMP High in AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. Amazon Kendra is a highly accurate intelligent search service powered by machine learning. Kendra reimagines enterprise search for your websites and applications so your employees and customers can easily find the content they are looking for, even when it’s scattered across multiple […]

AWS – Amazon EventBridge Launches New Scheduler
Today, we are excited to launch Amazon EventBridge Scheduler, expanding its current scheduling capabilities by making it simple for developers to create, execute, and manage scheduled tasks at scale. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Storage Gateway is now available in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region
AWS Storage Gateway expands availability to the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region enabling customers to deploy and manage hybrid cloud storage for their on-premises workloads. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EC2 Mac Instances now support Apple macOS Ventura
Starting today, customers can run Apple macOS Ventura (13.0) as Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) on Amazon EC2 Mac instances. Apple macOS Ventura is the current major macOS release from Apple, and introduces multiple new capabilities and performance improvements over prior macOS versions. Apple macOS Ventura supports running Xcode versions 14.0 and later, which include the […]