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AWS – Bottlerocket simplifies system setup with default bootstrap container image
Today, AWS has announced that Bottlerocket, the Linux-based operating system purpose-built for containers, now provides a default bootstrap container image that simplifies system setup tasks, eliminating the need for most customers to maintain their own container images for initial configuration. Bootstrap containers are special-purpose containers that handle pre-startup operations such as directory creation, environment variable […]
AWS – IAM Access Analyzer now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
AWS Identity and Access Manager (IAM) Access Analyzer now supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses via our new dual-stack endpoints. The existing IAM Access Analyzer endpoints supporting IPv4 will remain available for backwards compatibility. The new dual-stack domains are available either from the internet or from within an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) using […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 M7g instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Zurich)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M7g instances are available in the AWS Europe (Zurich) region. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton3 processors that provide up to 25% better compute performance compared to AWS Graviton2 processors, and built on top of the the AWS Nitro System, a collection of AWS designed innovations […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C8g instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8g instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 30% better performance compared to AWS Graviton3-based instances. Amazon EC2 C8g instances are built for compute-intensive workloads, such as high performance computing (HPC), batch processing, […]
AWS – AWS WAF is now available in two additional AWS regions
Starting today, you can use AWS WAF in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) and AWS Mexico (Central) Region. AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps you protect your web application resources against common web exploits and bots that can affect availability, compromise security, or consume excessive resources. To see the full list of […]
AWS – Announcing latency-optimized inference for Amazon Nova Pro foundation model in Amazon Bedrock
Amazon Nova Pro foundation model now supports latency-optimized inference in preview on Amazon Bedrock, enabling faster response times and improved responsiveness for generative AI applications. Latency-optimized inference speeds up response times for latency-sensitive applications, improving the end-user experience and giving developers more flexibility to optimize performance for their use case. Accessing these capabilities requires no […]
GCP – How Google AI is powering innovation at NARA, Air Force, and Aerospace Corporation
It’s indisputable. Over just a few short years, AI and machine learning have redefined day-to-day operations across the federal government–from vital public agencies, to federally-funded research NGOs, to specialized departments within the military—delivering results and positively serving the public good. We stand at a pivotal moment in time, a New Era of American Innovation, where […]
GCP – Forrester study reveals significant benefits and cost savings with Spanner
Is your legacy database sticking you with rising costs, frustrating downtime, and scalability challenges? For organizations that strive for top performance and agility, legacy database systems can become significant roadblocks to innovation. But there’s good news. According to a new Forrester Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study, organizations may realize significant benefits by deploying Spanner, Google […]
GCP – GoStringUngarbler: Deobfuscating Strings in Garbled Binaries
Written by: Chuong Dong Overview In our day-to-day work, the FLARE team often encounters malware written in Go that is protected using garble. While recent advancements in Go analysis from tools like IDA Pro have simplified the analysis process, garble presents a set of unique challenges, including stripped binaries, function name mangling, and encrypted strings. […]
GCP – Announcing AI Protection: Security for the AI era
As AI use increases, security remains a top concern, and we often hear that organizations are worried about risks that can come with rapid adoption. Google Cloud is committed to helping our customers confidently build and deploy AI in a secure, compliant, and private manner. Today, we’re introducing a new solution that can help you […]