Field Notes from the Cloud

Autoscaling GKE using Cloud Monitoring & Pub/Sub Queue Depth

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Google I/O 2024 showcased major advancements in AI, with Gemini, a family of multimodal models, leading the charge. Gemini is designed to understand and generate text, images, and code, unlocking new creative and problem-solving capabilities. Google is also integrating AI into its search engine and Android, providing more personalized and efficient experiences. Whether you're a developer or a business owner, partnering with AI experts like WALT Labs can help you leverage these cutting-edge technologies to achieve your goals.

Google Next 2024 unveiled a wave of innovation that will transform how businesses operate. The introduction of Gemini, Google's collaborative AI, promises to boost productivity across Google Workspace and Google Cloud. Significant enhancements in infrastructure, data capabilities, database modernization, security, and sustainability initiatives further solidify Google Cloud's commitment to empowering businesses. These updates enable businesses to streamline operations, strengthen security, and drive sustainability, ultimately positioning them for continued growth and success in the digital age.

Google offers a suite of Business Intelligence tools to suit your data needs. Looker is ideal for organizations needing a solid data foundation and self-service analytics. Looker Studio is perfect for creating visually appealing dashboards and reports for data exploration. Looker Studio Pro offers enhanced collaboration, governance, and support for larger teams. Not sure which tool is the best fit for your business? WALT Labs can provide expert guidance.

The Infrastructure Specialization underscores a company's ability to help enterprises migrate to cloud environments and demonstrate success in building client infrastructure and workflows on the Google Cloud Platform. To reach this specialization, WALTLabs.io had to check the boxes on multiple criteria, including:

This year, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo celebrates 90 years of promoting agriculture, showcasing Western heritage, and supporting the youth of Texas. Given the enthusiasm for this anniversary and the difficulties of the past two years, rodeo officials genuinely believe that this year's event will hold greater meaning and more profound significance than ever before.

In the United States, National Engineers Week is held in February. In 2022 this runs from February 20th to 26th. According to the National Society of Professional Engineers, the week is dedicated to "...ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers."

With a history of demonstrated success as a cloud partner, the path was clear for Google Cloud to elevate WALTLabs.io to Premier Partner status. In turn, the cloud services provider gets to refer to itself as a Premier Partner on its website and in company communications. The distinction lets prospective customers know that they will experience an enhanced level of service and delivery from WALTLabs.io and also have access to these services:

In reflecting on Black History Month, it's probably best to start with a bit about the celebration's origins. What may surprise some is just how long society has been celebrating the achievements of Black Americans and people of African descent.

On March 3rd, 2022, WALTLabs.io and Codefresh will be celebrating the launch of the Codefresh Software Delivery Platform, powered by Argo.

The Apache Log4j 2 vulnerability was identified at the end of last year and carries a severity of 10 (the greatest risk) on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). The criticality of this latest threat has security experts, like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), urging businesses that employ Log4j 2 to take mitigation actions immediately.

WALTLabs.io will be attending InnoTech Dallas, September 28th, 2021. This all-day IT event is one you won't want to miss!

Cloud managed services, is the practice of outsourcing the responsibility for maintaining and anticipating the need for a business’s cloud-based IT processes and functions to improve operations and cut expenses.

IT leaders are pursuing various avenues to understand and accelerate their digital transformation efforts as they prepare for whatever lies ahead.