Cloud Computing

Document preprocessing is a common hurdle when building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines. It often requires Python skills and external libraries to parse documents like PDFs into manageable chunks that can be used to generate embeddings. In this blog, we look at new capabilities within BigQuery and Document AI that simplify this process, and take you […]

Application Load Balancers are essential for reliable web application delivery on Google Cloud. But while Google Cloud’s load balancers offer extensive customization, some situations demand even greater programmability.  We recently announced Service Extensions plugins for Application Load Balancers in Preview. Now you can run your own custom code directly in the request/response path in a

The rise of Natural Language Processing (NLP) combined with traditional Structured Query Language (SQL) has given rise to an exciting new technology known as Natural Language to SQL, or NL2SQL, which translates questions phrased in everyday human language into structured SQL queries. Not surprisingly, the technology has tremendous potential to transform the way we interact

Imagine you unlocked your phone and all you saw was a blank glowing screen in a happy shade of pink, or a family photo, and nothing else.  No apps, no window, no pop-ups. You simply tap the screen and then speak a request or type something in, and almost instantly you’ve drafted an email or

We are excited to announce the availability of enhanced and expanded guidance for the AWS Well-Architected Framework with the following six pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability This release includes new best practices and improved prescriptive implementation guidance for the existing best practices. This includes enhanced recommendations and steps on reusable architecture patterns focused on specific business

This post was co-written with Sagar Bedmutha, senior solutions architect at Tata Consultancy Services, and Rajiya Patan, AWS developer at Tata Consultancy Services Service excellence helps cultivate customer satisfaction and brand loyalty. According to Gartner, one service excellence challenge is long wait times on interactive voice response (IVR) systems. Long wait times can translate into

Written by: Thibault Van Geluwe de Berlaere, Karl Madden, Corné de Jong The Mandiant Red Team recently supported a client to visualize the possible impact of a compromise by an advanced threat actor. During the assessment, Mandiant moved laterally from the customer’s on-premises environment to their Microsoft Entra ID tenant and obtained privileges to compromise

Data is the fuel for AI; modern data is even more important for generative AI and advanced data analytics, producing more accurate, relevant, and impactful results. Modern data comes in various forms: real-time, unstructured, or user-generated. Each form requires a different solution. AWS’s data journey began with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) in 2006,