Cloud Computing

An advanced LlamaIndex RAG implementation on Google Cloud

Introduction Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is revolutionizing how we build Large Language Model (LLM)-powered applications, but unlike tabular machine learning where XGBoost reigns supreme, there’s no single “go-to” solution for RAG. Developers need efficient ways to experiment with different retrieval techniques and evaluate their performance. This post provides a practical guide to rapidly prototyping and […]

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An advanced LlamaIndex RAG implementation on Google Cloud

Introduction Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is revolutionizing how we build Large Language Model (LLM)-powered applications, but unlike tabular machine learning where XGBoost reigns supreme, there’s no single “go-to” solution for RAG. Developers need efficient ways to experiment with different retrieval techniques and evaluate their performance. This post provides a practical guide to rapidly prototyping and

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You can now sign Microsoft Windows artifacts with keys protected by Cloud HSM

To build trust in the software world, developers need to be able to digitally sign their code and attest that the software their customers are downloading is legitimate and hasn’t been maliciously altered. Keys used to sign code are the cryptographic equivalent of crown jewels for many organizations, and protecting them is of utmost importance. 

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How Banfico built an Open Banking and Payment Services Directive (PSD2) compliance solution on AWS

This post was co-written with Paulo Barbosa, the COO of Banfico.  Introduction Banfico is a London-based FinTech company, providing market-leading Open Banking regulatory compliance solutions. Over 185 leading Financial Institutions and FinTech companies use Banfico to streamline their compliance process and deliver the future of banking. Under the EU’s revised PSD2, banks can use application

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Meet the AI native developers who build software through prompt engineering

On today’s episode we chat with Crystal Xu, chief of staff at FSH Tech. She explains how she learned to build and deploy apps and services inside her company using Python and Java, without ever getting a traditional computer science education or training to write code. Instead, Xu works with GenAI systems like ChatGPT, Cursor,

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Introducing Valkey 8.0 on Memorystore: unmatched performance and fully open-source

Editor’s note: Ping Xie is a Valkey maintainer on the Valkey Technical Steering Committee (TSC) Today, we’re thrilled to announce Valkey 8.0 on Memorystore in preview, making Google Cloud the first major cloud platform to offer Valkey 8.0 as a fully managed service. Building upon the launch of Memorystore for Valkey 7.2 in August 2024,

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AlloyDB supercharges PostgreSQL vector search with accuracy, speed, and 1B+ scale

In our 20 years of experience integrating AI into real-world applications an important theme emerges: the key to building enterprise gen AI applications is having a trustworthy, scalable data foundation that supports the scale and performance needs of the largest workloads. When you’re building a gen AI or search application, you need high-quality results in

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Bringing the best of Google Cloud to the Public Sector

Over the past year, the pace of innovation across industries and around the world has been extraordinary. At Google, we’re inspired by the public sector’s ingenuity and speed in adopting our AI and security innovations to achieve remarkable outcomes together. Since Google Cloud Next, we’ve launched more powerful versions of Gemini, rolled out Gemini Flash

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Announcing new Confidential Computing updates for even more hardware security options

Google Cloud is committed to ensuring that your data remains safe, secure, and firmly under your control. This begins with fortifying the very foundation of your compute infrastructure — your Compute Engine virtual machines (VMs) — with the power of Confidential Computing. Confidential Computing protects data while it’s being used and processed with a hardware-based

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