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It's disappointing to see the news that the CMA has chosen to renew its contract with AWS – despite currently investigating the impact that hyperscaler anti-competitive practices are having on UK cloud.   In all honesty, it’s a huge blow to all those operating in UK cloud. This could have been a way to promote competition in the UK market and support the challenger and homegrown providers, rather than signing the biggest deal yet with the hyperscaler provider.   I shared my thoughts on the situation with Christine Horton, who explored the impact of agreements, like the UK’s One Government Value Agreement 2.0 (OGVA), have had on public sector IT spending.   There’s an election on the horizon and whoever’s in No.10 this time next year needs to be considering this with some urgency.    Take a look at Christine’s article in Channel Futures here: https://lnkd.in/ek3H4743

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Amazon RDS Multi-AZ deployment with two readable standbys supports 6 additional AWS Regions Three-node Multi-AZ DB Cluster is now available in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), Middle East (UAE), and Israel (Tel Aviv) Regions. This deployment option supports minor version upgrades and system maintenance updates with typically less than one second of downtime when using Amazon RDS Proxy or any one of the open-source AWS Advanced JDBC Driver, PgBouncer, or ProxySQL. https://lnkd.in/g9D9RGVB #Amazon #RDS #PostgreSQL #MySQL

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Announcing the 11th Annual Flare-On Challenge https://ift.tt/ZvE2Asz Written by: Nick Harbour When it's pumpkin spice season, that means it's also Flare-On Challenge season. The Flare-On Challenge is a reverse engineering contest held every year by the FLARE team, and this marks its eleventh year running. It draws thousands of players from around the world every year, and is the foremost single-player CTF-style challenge for current and aspiring reverse engineers. It provides individual players with a gauntlet of increasingly challenging puzzles to test their ability, and earn a position in our hall of fame. Veteran competitors who have been following the live countdown over at flare-on.com may have already marked their calendar for the contest launch at 8:00pm ET on Sept. 27th, 2024. It will run for six weeks, ending at 8:00pm ET on Nov. 8th, 2024. The Flare-On contest always features a diverse array of architectures, but with a strong representation of Windows binaries. This year’s contest may be the most diverse ever, with 10 challenges covering architectures including Windows, Linux, JavaScript, .NET, YARA, UEFI, Verilog, and Web3. Yes, you read that correctly, there is a YARA challenge this year. The challenges are often designed to represent Reverse Engineering challenges the FLARE team has encountered on the frontlines of cybersecurity. If you successfully crush all 10 challenges you will be eligible to receive a prize, which will be revealed later. This crucial bit of gear will distinguish you from your colleagues who have not mastered the arcane art of Reverse Engineering, and will thus be an object of their envy. Your name or handle, should you choose to be included, will be permanently etched into the Hall of Fame on the Flare-On website.  Please check the Flare-On website for the live countdown and, upon launch, the link to the game server. Early account registration will open approximately two days before launch. While you’re there, check out last year’s challenges and official solutions to prepare yourself. For official news and information, we will be using the Twitter hashtag #flareon11. via Threat Intelligence https://ift.tt/ehOMwd0 September 13, 2024 at 10:00AM

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Today’s Google Cloud database announcements transform how our customers will build intelligent applications. For Spanner, new Graph support, advanced full text search, and vector search transform it not only into a true multi-model database but into the most sophisticated “context engine” for Gen AI apps. How is this different than what the market already has? - Graph at virtually unlimited scale and highest availability. - Multi-model that “interoperates” - combine the power of relational with Graph, with full text search, and vector search to truly unlock your data for intelligent apps. - Advanced full text-search is not just database full-text search. It uses technology we built for Google services to truly deliver a powerful multi-lingual and intelligent search experience. - Vector search built on Google’s 12+ years of experience with our unique ScaNN algorithm. - Dual-region support to enable data residency in countries where we have two regions such as Japan, India, and more… - Geo-partitioning so you can easily control data placement across the globe at the row-level. Bigtable SQL support is also truly exciting. It brings GoogleSQL which we support in BigQuery and Spanner with a slew of over 100 functions to Bigtable transforming how developers can unlock the huge piles of data they store in Bigtable today. More in the blog post… Excited to see how our customers use these new capabilities! https://lnkd.in/gyP_eVTu /cc Google Cloud #databases

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AWS is a Leader in the 2024 Gartner DaaS Magic Quadrant 👏 In a new blog post, AWS End User Computing GM Muneer Mirza shares that we've been recognized as a Leader in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service. This validates our commitment to delivering a robust, scalable, and secure virtual desktop solution with Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon AppStream 2.0, including: 📌 Comprehensive DaaS capabilities 📌 Flexible deployment options 📌 Seamless AWS service integrations Read Muneer's full blog post for more details 👇ost from AWS End User Computing GM, Muneer Mirza to learn more about this industry validation 👇 #gartner #daas #amazonworkspaces #amazonappstream

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In a significant move to enhance #DevOps and #DevSecOps practices, GitHub and JFrog have announced a new partnership. This collaboration is set to enable developers to manage both code and binaries more efficiently across two of the most widely used developer platforms globally https://lnkd.in/gJqmrjFs

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As they say in sales, it's not a deal until it's a signed deal. ----- Google's #cybersecurity strategy further unfolds as they look to acquire Wiz. https://lnkd.in/ghRdqu2q In a single, high-price tag acquisition, Wiz will propel Google to the center of many enterprise cloud security strategies by covering container, software supply chain security, cloud workload, CI/CD pipeline, code and data security and much more. Complementing Mandiant (part of Google Cloud)'s deep threat and security monitoring capabilities, Wiz is a natural to fill out a well-rounded enterprise cloud security offering by Google. The only thing standing in Google's way could be the Justice Department's anti-trust scrutiny. Great article by Jon Swartz. The Futurum Group Techstrong Group

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Yesterday's earnings call was another reminder of how proud I am to be part of the Google Cloud team. For over 7 years, I've witnessed firsthand the incredible impact our division has on this outstanding organization pioneering with AI. Want to learn more about how Google Cloud AI can transform your business? Let's connect! #googcloud

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Analyzing #metadata about #data tells a fantastic story and we in #gcs have made that really simple with #genai powered analytics at your fingertips

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Watch Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of S4 Capital, take on The Pack: https://lnkd.in/dbJz69-T He talks about the revolution AI is driving in advertising and media, the skills you need, and even his favourite biscuits 🍪. #GoogleCloudThePack is a new 🎥 series taking on the big topics in smart data & AI, security, sovereignty and sustainability.

Great reflections on Google Cloud Next '24 by analyst and advisor Janakiram MSV: 💥 "A standout revelation from Google Cloud Next 2024 is the pivotal role that generative AI now plays within Alphabet Inc., with Gemini taking center stage. This shift underscores Google Cloud's critical position in spearheading the next wave of innovation for the tech giant." 💥 "As Gemini integrates deeply into Google's ecosystem, it not only enhances the strategic importance of Google Cloud but also positions it as a driving force behind Alphabet's future growth and technological advancements." 💥 "Compared to keynotes from other hyperscalers, generative AI led by Gemini stole the show." #GoogleCloud #GoogleCloudNext #GenerativeAI #Gemini

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Sh*t happens, how your vendor reacts is what matters. Google Cloud had a recent high visibility outage. What has impressed me has been the company's transparency and ownership throughout. TLDR: In early May 2024, a Google Cloud incident impacted UniSuper in Australia due to a misconfiguration of the Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) service. A blank parameter caused the customer's private cloud to default to a fixed term, leading to automatic deletion. Google Cloud worked with UniSuper to restore services and implemented measures to prevent future occurrences. The incident affected only this customer and one service, with no data loss due to robust backups. You can read Google full statement here: https://lnkd.in/e3uB6PHu You can also read our analysis of the availability of the three largest hyperscalers for 2023 here: https://lnkd.in/eiHwF7dW

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Infinite Reality announced our strategic partnership with Google! This 5-year partnership will help accelerate iR's offerings through Google Cloud's world-class cloud infrastructure and AI offerings. This partnership has far-reaching benefits for all of Infinite Reality's business operations and it's significance is exemplified through iR Studio. iR Studio is a revolutionary product where immersive content is authored and published for direct delivery through a web browser. It is the single place where the most amazing technologies converge to provide experiences unachievable with the web technologies of the past. Powered by Google Cloud, we are building out product offerings to transform the way people interact with such as how SMBs approach #eCommerce through immersive shopping using #iREngine and generative #AI agents to increase the efficiency and personalization of their customers' shopping experiences. This is just the beginning and the possibilities for our general purpose platform extend beyond shopping into #DigitalTwins, #CustomerService, #Education through our unique ability to recreate and augment digital media in a way reserved only for the most well-funded businesses in the past. Our #Sports and #Entertainment use cases allow every event to turn into a global experience with limitless attendance, audience engagement, and exclusive content. Stay tuned and get ready to see how we harness the power of these technologies to empower our customers to build experiences they never thought possible. Infinite Reality's leadership team has been working tirelessly to make this deal happen to enable this future. Thank you in particular to Rachel Jacobson (Rosen), Melanie Wallner, our new partners at Google Cloud, and our CEO, John Acunto for the leadership to make this happen. Full release: https://lnkd.in/gUyeEYcP

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With MongoDB, we help engineering leaders get off the modernization hamster wheel and embrace predictable, optimised spending that fuels their most ambitious initiatives. With powerful features like automated cluster sizing, on-demand pausing, and granular spend visibility, MongoDB Atlas helps you right-size your data infrastructure and take complete control of your IT costs. Perfect way to break free from the constraints of economic uncertainty and get easier budget approvals. This blog helps you understand how MongoDB Atlas can help you take better control of your data costs. #MongoDB #cloud #innovation

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QCon London 2023: Azure Cosmos DB: Low Latency and High Availability at Planet Scale Mei-Chin Tsai and Vinod Sridharan discuss the internal architecture of #AzureCosmosDB and how it achieves high availability, low latency, and scalability. https://lnkd.in/e36nHbS3

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Great interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman talking about AWS’s approach to generative AI. We're focusing on cost, security, and flexibility to empower millions of enterprises and startups. It's all about giving customers the most reliable and secure infrastructure to build what matters most.

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