Cloud Computing

What’s new in PostgreSQL 17, now available in Cloud SQL

We’re excited to announce support for PostgreSQL 17 in Cloud SQL, complete with many new features and valuable enhancements across five key areas: Security Developer experience Performance Tooling Observability In this blog post, we explore these areas in depth, providing valuable insights and examples to guide you in leveraging PostgreSQL 17 on Cloud SQL. Enhanced […]

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Adapting model risk management for financial institutions in the generative AI era

Generative AI (gen AI) promises to usher in an era of transformation for quality, accessibility, efficiency, and compliance in the financial services industry. As with any new technology, it also introduces new complexities and risks. Striking a balance between harnessing its potential and mitigating its risks will be crucial for the adoption of gen AI

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Investigating FortiManager Zero-Day Exploitation (CVE-2024-47575)

Written by: Foti Castelan, Max Thauer, JP Glab, Gabby Roncone, Tufail Ahmed, Jared Wilson Summary In October 2024, Mandiant collaborated with Fortinet to investigate the mass exploitation of FortiManager appliances across 50+ potentially compromised FortiManager devices in various industries. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-47575 / FG-IR-24-423, allows a threat actor to use an unauthorized, threat actor-controlled FortiManager

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Save on GPUs: Smarter autoscaling for your GKE inferencing workloads

While LLM models deliver immense value for an increasing number of use cases, running LLM inference workloads can be costly. If you’re taking advantage of the latest open models and infrastructure, autoscaling can help you optimize your costs — ensuring you’re meeting customer demand while only paying for the AI accelerators you need. As a

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Spanner and PostgreSQL at Prefab: Flexible, reliable, and cost-effective at any size

TL;DR: We use Spanner’s PostgreSQL interface at Prefab, and we’ve had a good time. It’s easy to set up, easy to use, and — surprisingly — less expensive than other databases we’ve tried for workloads that need the option to scale. We’re already impressed by the performance to date, and we’re nowhere close to its

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Google is a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services

For the seventh consecutive year, Gartner® has named Google a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Strategic Cloud Platform Services. This year marks a major milestone: Google has made a notable jump in the report. Our customers report three major advantages of working with Google Cloud infrastructure: A purpose-built modern cloud, specifically designed for

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Triple Impact Connections cuts costs and support tickets with ChromeOS

Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Josh Kuligowski, Chief Technology Officer for veteran-owned Triple Impact Connections, a business processing outsourcing (BPO) company based in Killeen, Texas. Triple Impact Connections provides contact center customer service programs for the banking, healthcare, and restaurant industries. The company’s management and agent workforce is made up almost entirely of military

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End-user computing that’s made for today and ready for what’s next

The way we work has fundamentally changed. We’re more mobile, more dispersed, and more reliant on cloud-based tools than ever before and we’re inspired by what efficiencies AI can bring to our work day. At Google, we’re committed to building end user computing tools that empower businesses to thrive today and ensuring you have the

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