Google increases enterprise cloud storage with Elastifile service
Google and Elastifile join forces to complement the storage capabilities of the cloud computing platform. The two companies have announced that Elastifile's Cloud File Services will be available as fully managed services on the Google Cloud Platform.
In this way, the two companies want to offer so-c... Read more
Google opens sixth European cloud region in Zurich
Google has announced the opening of its sixth European cloud region. This is Zurich in Switzerland, the company's nineteenth cloud region worldwide. The region consists of three availability zones, which means that it consists of three separate data centres, says Silicon Angle.
According to Google,... Read more
Google Cloud makes cloud costs more manageable
Google Cloud comes up with a new payment plan that fixes the monthly price of its services for an entire year. This makes it easier to identify and manage the costs that companies incur for the cloud service. It also makes it easier to budget, because companies can better predict the costs they incu... Read more
Google challenges developers to improve cloud security
There are many ways to secure data contained in a database. The security of data on networks is more difficult. But what about data that is actively used in cloud devices and services? Google is now also trying to find security methods for this.
To this end, Google announces the confidential computi... Read more
Google adds new features to Cloud Spanner database
Google has added a new region and new ways to set up multi-region configurations to Cloud Spanner. Cloud Spanner is a globally distributed relational database service. The service will also have a new function that will give developers deeper insights into the queries that consume the most recourses... Read more
Palo Alto Networks now also delivers security services via Google Cloud Platform.
Security specialist Palo Alto Networks (PAN) will from now on also deliver its security applications, such as the well-known Application Framework, via the multi-client environment of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This was recently announced by both parties. In addition to the further distributio... Read more
Google makes beta version of Cloud Security Command Center available
On Wednesday, Google announced that the Cloud Security Command Center (Cloud SCC) is now available in a beta version for all Google Cloud Platform customers. This was announced in March and is a tool that should give companies more insight into the status of their data security in various Google Clo... Read more
NetApp expands with new services for Azure, Google Cloud and Salesforce
NetApp expands its cloud offering with three new services for Azure, Google Cloud Platform and Salesforce. The aim is to provide a consistent IT environment in which workloads and applications can be shifted between them.
NetApp wants to create a single, consistent IT environment with the new offer... Read more
Former Oracle leader Thomas Kurian becomes head of Google Cloud
Thomas Kurian, who left Oracle in September, will be the new head of Google Cloud. At his previous employer, he was also responsible for the cloud activities. Kurian succeeds Diane Greene, she announced Friday. She was at the helm of Google Cloud for three years.
Greene will stay on as CEO of Google... Read more
Google launches Transfer Appliance to help European companies transfer cloud data
Google today launched a beta test of the European Transfer Appliance program. This is aimed at helping companies to transfer their apps that are still running on legacy infrastructure to Google's own cloud platform.
The servers set up by Google for this purpose can handle large amounts of data. Data... Read more