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GCP – Discover our new edge concepts at Hannover Messe that bring smart factories to life
The typical smart factory is said to produce around 5 petabytes of data per week. That’s equivalent to 5 million gigabytes, or roughly 20,000 smartphones. Managing such vast amounts of data in one facility, let alone a global organization, would be challenging enough. Doing so on the factory floor, in near-real-time, to drive insights, enhancements, […]

GCP – Extending Chrome’s Security to Google Workspace and Cloud
Extending Chrome’s Security Insights to Google Workspace and Google Cloud Today, we announced the Chrome Enterprise Connectors Framework, a better way for businesses to easily integrate Chrome browser with popular security platforms such as Splunk, Palo Alto Networks, and CrowdStrike. We’re also excited to extend support for Google Workspace and other Cloud products, including Google […]

GCP – Building an integrated ecosystem to keep your enterprise secure
Building a more integrated ecosystem to keep your enterprise secure It isn’t always clear where your next threat will come from, but being prepared is the best possible response plan. As you steer your enterprise through an increasingly complex world, you need to be ready to thwart cyberattacks online. At Google, we have always been […]

GCP – AlloyDB for PostgreSQL under the hood: Columnar engine
Recently, at Google I/O, we announced AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, a fully-managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database for demanding, enterprise-grade transactional and analytical workloads. Imagine PostgreSQL plus the best of the cloud: elastic storage and compute, intelligent caching, and AI/ML-powered management. Further, AlloyDB delivers unmatched price-performance: In our performance tests, it’s more than 4x faster on transactional workloads, and […]

GCP – Google is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™for Cloud AI Developer Services report
Gartner® named Google as a Leader in the 2022 Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud AI Developer Services report. This evaluation covered Google’s language, vision and structured data products including AutoML, all of which we deliver through Google Cloud. We believe this recognition is a reflection of the confidence and satisfaction that customers have in our language, […]

AWS – Announcing JSON support for Amazon ElastiCache for Redis and Amazon MemoryDB for Redis
Amazon ElastiCache for Redis and Amazon MemoryDB for Redis now support natively storing and accessing data in the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format. With this launch, application developers can effortlessly store, fetch, and update their JSON data inside Redis without needing to manage custom code for serialization and deserialization. Using ElastiCache and MemoryDB, you can […]

AWS – Amazon FSx for Lustre now supports root squash
Amazon FSx for Lustre, a service that provides cost-effective, high-performance, and scalable file storage for compute workloads, now supports root squash. This administrative feature adds an additional layer of file access control on top of the current network-based access control and POSIX file permissions that FSx for Lustre provides. Using the root squash feature, you […]

AWS – Amazon Connect Customer Profiles launches in Africa (Cape Town)
Amazon Connect now allows you to use Amazon Connect Customer Profiles in the Africa (Cape Town) AWS region. When a customer contacts your customer service department, you can now provide your agents and interactive voice response (IVR) solutions with up to date information about the customer, enabling faster and more personalized customer service. Customer Profiles brings together customer […]

AWS – AWS Backup Audit Manager adds support for Amazon S3 and AWS Storage Gateway
AWS Backup Audit Manager now allows you to audit and report on the compliance of your data protection policies for Amazon S3 and AWS Storage Gateway. Using AWS Backup Audit Manager, you can now continuously evaluate the backup activity of your Amazon S3 and AWS Storage Gateway resources and generate audit reports that can help you […]
Azure – Public preview: Automate scheduled emails of your saved cost views via API
Automate the creation and management of Azure Cost Management scheduled emails with the ScheduledActions API. Read More for the details.