Cloud Computing

How to benchmark and scale your Google Cloud Managed Service for Kafka deployment

Businesses that rely on real-time data for decision-making and application development need a robust and scalable streaming platform, and Apache Kafka has emerged as the leading solution. At its core, Kafka is a distributed streaming platform that allows applications to publish and subscribe to streams of records, much like a message queue or enterprise messaging […]

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“We’re not worried about compute anymore”: The future of AI models

Ryan Donovan and Ben Popper sit down with Jamie de Guerre, SVP of Product at Together AI, to discuss the evolving landscape of AI and open-source models. They explore the significance of infrastructure in AI, the differences between open-source and closed-source models, and the ethical considerations surrounding AI technology. Jamie emphasized the importance of leveraging

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Improving Bigtable single-row read throughput by 70%: How we did it

As a scalable, distributed, high-performance, Cassandra- and HBase-compatible NoSQL database, Bigtable processes more than 5 billion sustained queries per second and has more than 10 Exabytes of data under management. At this scale, we optimize Bigtable for high-throughput and low-latency reads and writes.  In a previous blog post, we shared details of how our single-row

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Autonomous Network Operations framework: Unlock predictable and high-performing networks

Over the past year, an exponential surge in data, the widespread rollout of 5G, and heightened customer expectations have placed unprecedented demands upon communications service providers (CSPs). To thrive in this challenging landscape, telecommunications leaders are rethinking traditional network management, embracing digital transformation, and using the power of AI to build smarter, more efficient, and

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Accelerating innovation with Agent Assist, Looker (Google Cloud core) and Vertex AI Vector Search, now FedRAMP High authorized

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, the need to protect highly sensitive government data remains paramount. Today, we reinforce our commitment to providing the highest level of assurance that sensitive agency data is protected while also streamlining the adoption of secure and modern cloud technologies, with another significant achievement – FedRAMP High authorization for Agent Assist,

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Build a multi-Region AWS PrivateLink backed service with seamless failover

Global Payments Inc. is a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company processes more than 75 billion transactions annually, serving more than 5 million merchant locations and nearly 2,000 financial institutions globally. Through its merger with TSYS in 2019, Global Payments expanded its capabilities beyond merchant acquiring

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How Stellantis streamlines floating license management with serverless orchestration on AWS

This post is written by Goeksel Sarikaya, Senior Delivery Consultant at AWS, and Milosz Stawarski, Senior Software Architect at Stellantis. Software licensing is a critical aspect of many organizations’ operations, with various models available to suit different needs. Two common types are named user licenses, which are assigned to specific individuals, and floating licenses, which

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Selecting the right Hyperdisk block storage for your workloads

As you adopt Google Cloud or migrate to the latest Compute Engine VMs or to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), selecting the right block storage for your workload is crucial. Hyperdisk, Google Cloud’s workload-optimized block storage that’s designed for our latest VM families (C4, N4, M4, and more), delivers high-performance storage volumes that are cost-efficient, easily

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