186: Google Cloud Next, More Like Google Cloud Passed

On The Cloud Pod this week, Amazon EC2 Trn1 instances for high-performance model training are now available, 123 new things were announced at Google Cloud Next ‘22, Several new Azure capabilities were announced at Microsoft Ignite, and many new announcements were made at Oracle CloudWorld.

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Episode Highlights

• Amazon EC2 Trn1 instances for high-performance model training are now available.
• 123 new things were announced at Google Cloud Next ‘22.
• Several new Azure capabilities were announced at Microsoft Ignite.
• Many new announcements from Oracle CloudWorld.

Top Quote

“We are pleased to have co-designed the first ASIC Infrastructure Processing Unit with Google Cloud, which has now launched in the new C3 machine series. A first of its kind in any public cloud, C3 VMs will run workloads on 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors while they free up programmable packet processing to the IPUs securely at line rates of 200Gb/s. This Intel and Google collaboration enables customers through infrastructure that is more secure, flexible, and performant.” – Nick McKeown, Senior Vice President, Intel Fellow and General Manager of Network and Edge Group. [35:26]

AWS: Increasing Your Large-Scale Distribution

• Amazon EC2 Trn1 instances for high-performance model training are now available. [1:55]
• AWS launches new local zones in Taipei and Delhi. [3:29]
• A new cost explorer console experience was just announced, and it’s Justin approved. [4:26]
• Amazon Connect Cases is now generally available. [6:40]

GCP: What Will They Announce Next?

• You can now manage storage costs by automatically deleting expired data using Firestore Time-To-Live (TTL). [9:23]
• 123 new things were ann