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GCP – How to get started with automatic password rotation on Google Cloud
Introduction Password rotation is a broadly-accepted best practice, but implementing it can be a cumbersome and disruptive process. Automation can help ease that burden, and in this guide we offer some best practices to automate password rotation on Google Cloud. As an example, we share a reference architecture to automate the process of rotating passwords […]
GCP – Staying a Step Ahead: Mitigating the DPRK IT Worker Threat
Written by: Codi Starks, Michael Barnhart, Taylor Long, Mike Lombardi, Joseph Pisano, Alice Revelli Strategic Overview of IT Workers Since 2022, Mandiant has tracked and reported on IT workers operating on behalf of the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK). These workers pose as non-North Korean nationals to gain employment with organizations across a […]
GCP – Launch your cloud career: A no-cost training and certification program for veterans
My father dedicated over 40 years to active duty in the Navy, and with my mother, instilled a strong sense of purpose in me and my two sisters. So joining the Navy felt like a natural choice, taking my oath alongside other young recruits who also valued the importance of having a purpose. As a […]
AWS – Announcing Content Credentials for Amazon Titan Image Generator
Amazon now adds Content Credentials to images created using Amazon Titan Image Generator v1 and v2 to increase transparency around AI-generated content. Content Credentials are based on an open technical specification developed and maintained by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), a cross-industry standards development organization. C2PA metadata, similar to invisible watermarks, is […]
AWS – Amazon FSx for Lustre is now available in the AWS US East (Dallas) Local Zone
Customers can now create Amazon FSx for Lustre file systems in the AWS US East (Dallas) Local Zone. Amazon FSx makes it easier and more cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich, high-performance file systems in the cloud. It supports a wide range of workloads with its reliability, security, scalability, and broad set of […]
AWS – AWS Deadline Cloud launches additional sort fields for steps, tasks, and workers
AWS Deadline Cloud now supports the ability to sort on additional columns within step, task, and worker data, and filter tasks by status. This feature enables users to quickly find and organize data about their job submissions to their Deadline Cloud render farm. Customers operating a render farm will often have hundreds of jobs running […]
AWS – Announcing availability of AWS Outposts in Jordan
AWS Outposts can now be shipped and installed at your data center and on-premises locations in Jordan. AWS Outposts is a family of fully managed solutions that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to virtually any on-premises or edge location for a truly consistent hybrid experience. Outposts is ideal for workloads that require […]
AWS – AWS Mainframe Modernization File Transfer adds binary transfer and better performance
We are excited to announce the public availability of two new capabilities for the AWS Mainframe Modernization File Transfer with BMC feature. Users can now copy data sets in binary format without any conversion. This provides compatibility with modernization tools that require data sets to be processed in their raw mainframe format. It can be […]
GCP – Integrate Five9 VoiceStream with Google Cloud CCAI Agent Assist
Five9 is a cloud contact center provider that offers a VoiceStream subscription which allows their customers to access their domain’s audio stream and call events in real time. In this post, we will show you how to integrate VoiceStream Service with Google CCAI Agents using Five9 gRPC streaming supported solution. Five9 cloud contact center can […]
GCP – GenOps: the evolution of MLOps for gen AI
As organizations move to deploy Generative AI solutions at scale, they often face operational challenges. GenOps, or MLOps for Gen AI, addresses these challenges. GenOps combines DevOps principles with ML workflows to deploy, monitor, and maintain Gen AI models in production. It ensures Gen AI systems are scalable, reliable, and continuously improving. Why is MLOps […]