This article explores best practices for securing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE): - Leverage VPC-native clusters - Limit Control Plane exposure - Limit Access to Kubernetes API - Adopt VPC flow logging - Disable Legacy Authentication Methods - Use Custom Service Account - Upgrade Your Cluster - Don’.. read more  

Google Cloud's Vertex AI PaLM API enables the usage and training of generative models, including Text, Chat, and Embedding models. ThePaLM 2models are particularly good at creating and understanding natural language for various tasks. The pricing is competitive, starting from $0.0005 per 1000 char.. read more  

Google has made itsPolicy Controllerdashboard available for all of its Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Anthos environments, to improve security, resource management, and faster time-to-market for customers. - Policy Controller is programmed for fully programmable policies applied to cluster resources to.. read more  

Google Cloud has launchedDuet AI, an AI assistant for cloud users of all skill levels that offers help and guidance for building secure, scalable applications. - Powered by Google's generative-AI foundation models, Duet AI is designed to make the cloud more accessible, personal, cohesive and helpful.. read more  

Google Cloud has launched two tools aimed at speeding up drug discovery and advancing precision medicine. - The Target and Lead Identification Suite assists in identifying the functions of amino acids and predicting protein structures, while the Multiomics Suite speeds up the discovery and analysis .. read more  

Cloud networking firmAviatrixhas launched a Distributed Cloud Firewall security platform designed to give companies a consolidated view into their cloud workloads and the ability to push out security policies to various clouds. The technology combines traffic inspection and policy enforcement capab.. read more  

Enterprises need to fully understand pricing models and services before applying them to production workloads. - Google Cloud users can save money with Spot VMs, which are virtual machines that can be created and run at significantly reduced costs. - The ideal use case for Spot VMs is workloads that.. read more  

Cloud-native architecture is a game-changer for exponential growth, boosting profitability, achieving higher cost savings, and realizing better work efficiency, making it crucial for embracing digital transformation. With over 95% of workloads expected to migrate to the cloud by 2025, the relevance.. read more  

San Francisco-basedVercelhas developed a suite of serverless storage options alongside its cloud infrastructure partnersNeonandUpstash. Vercel's offerings include: - Vercel KV, a Redis-compatible database; - Vercel Postgres, a SQL database for the frontend cloud; - Vercel Blob, an object storage so.. read more  

CockroachDB has expanded its use on the cloud, with its availability confirmed as an as-a-service platform on Microsoft's Azure. The distributed SQL database service is one of only a few capable of running across the three main cloud providers, offering cost-effective, pay-per-use benefits for tran.. read more