Kyndryl and Google Cloud will jointly build generative AI solutions
Kyndryl will intensify its collaboration with Google Cloud, with the development of new generative AI solutions. The focus within the new collaboration will be on Google Cloud's AI technology, focusing on the tech giant's latest product, LLM Gemini.
Within the collaboration, Kyndryl and Google C... Read more
Google Cloud cuts egress fees, something competitors charge a premium for
Google Cloud customers wanting to migrate their data to another cloud or on-premises environment no longer have to pay to do so. The tech giant is discontinuing its so-called 'cloud egress fees', effective immediately. It's something Google Cloud's competitors charge a premium for.
According to ... Read more
What should Google’s Gemini offer developers?
Google is bringing Gemini's capabilities to the places developers already are. That brings the possibility to personalize and fine-tune Gemini to the wishes of their organizations. For Europe, however, the most important news seems to be that the Imagen AI image generator is getting a second versio... Read more
Google wants antitrust action against Microsoft
Google is calling on the British regulator CMA to take action against Microsoft. According to Google, Microsoft would significantly harm competition.
This is according to a letter obtained by Reuters. Google's complaint relates to the licensing policy. These policies would unfairly discourage Mi... Read more
AWS forgets to re:Invent, lashes out at competition
AWS re:Invent was the event to convince that AWS is still at the forefront of innovation. A different wind has been blowing in the IT world since COVID, and that wind has picked up with the introduction of generative AI. AWS seems to have a strong headwind where Google and Microsoft are sailing alo... Read more
These IT certifications earn the highest salaries
IT professionals who have certain Google Cloud certifications are the most in demand in the EMEA region, having high avarage salaries. Certified security experts are also in demand.
That's according to figures from Skillsoft. In particular, the following certifications are involved: Google Cloud... Read more
Google lets companies store data from AI models in local regions
European companies can store data from generative AI models locally thanks to the new Google Cloud offering. The option is available for the Vertex AI portfolio and the Vertex AI Search and Vertex AI Conversation tools.
With the introduction of data residency options for its Vertex AI portfolio,... Read more
Google Cloud serves enterprises with specialized GKE version
Google Cloud is making GKE Enterprise, part of its managed Kubernetes service, generally available starting Nov. 15. Among other things, this large enterprise version can run multiple Kubernetes clusters side by side and provides free access to the new Advanced Vulnerability Insights feature.
GK... Read more
Google AlloyDB database offers Omni downloadable version
Roughly 18 months on from the initial launch of Google’s AlloyDB database for PostgreSQL in Google Cloud, the product team at the search and cloud giant says that users are now more 'increasingly' interested in eliminating their dependency on high-cost legacy databases. But what does this mean fo... Read more
Google Cloud Spanner competes directly with Amazon DynamoDB
Google Cloud is trying to market its Cloud Spanner in an interesting way. "Cloud Spanner now costs half as much as Amazon DynamoDB," the blog is titled. Beyond price, does it score better than DynamoDB in other areas?
Google Cloud makes some performance improvements to Cloud Spanner: "now offer... Read more