Vodafone and Google Cloud to develop new global data platform
The two companies have signed a six-year strategic partnership to build new digital products and services for Vodafone customers.
Vodafone and Google Cloud are going to build "a powerful new integrated data platform and distributed system" for Vodafone and its global customers.
Vodafone anno...
Google details what its exabyte-scale Colossus file system can do
Google published a blog post giving technical details of Colossus. It is an internal file system that powers Google Cloud and many consumer services, including the search engine. The software platform manages the storage hardware running in Alphabet’s subsidiaries’ data centres.
It is used t...
Google Cloud opens Warsaw region
The move marks the tech giant's first step to expanding in central and eastern Europe
U.S. tech giant Google today launched a new cloud data hub in Warsaw with an investment of nearly US$2.0 billion. The opening marks Google Cloud’s 25th location worldwide, and the first cloud region in centra...
Informatica’s new intelligent data management cloud is here
On Tuesday, Informatica unveiled its intelligent data management cloud (IDMC). It is an AI-powered platform, made to serve users working with data in multiple cloud environments. In addition to that, the company is announcing a series of partnerships and integrations with the big three clouds (Micr...
Google brings major industrial platform OSIsoft to its cloud
Google announced on Thursday that it is collaborating with OSIsoft to help enterprises deploy the latter’s PI Core industrial operations platform on Google Cloud. OSIsoft is based in San Leandro, California, and is one of the biggest players in the software for industrial sector market.
It was...
Google Cloud receives certificates for use in the public sector
Google has obtained some new security certificates for Google Cloud. With these, the products are approved for use by government organisations in several new countries.
With the new certificates, Cloud DNS has been added to the list of Google Cloud products that comply with the Federal Risk and ...
The Cloudera Data Platform is now on Google Cloud
Enterprise data cloud company Cloudera announced on Wednesday that the Cloudera Data Platform is now available on Google Cloud. CDP, as it is known, is a hybrid and multi-cloud data and analytics platform offering advanced security and governance for the world’s biggest companies.
The addition...
Google Database Migration Service now generally available
Google has announced that its Database Migration Service is now generally available. The tool assists companies in migrating their database to Google Cloud.
With Database Migration Service (DMS), users can migrate MySQL and PostgreSQL databases to Cloud SQL. Normally, such a migration requires t...
Google announces Network Connectivity Center
Google Cloud has announced its Network Connectivity Center. It is a tool that allows users to manage networks in the cloud and on-premise. This should simplify the management of hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments.
Users of the Network Connectivity Center can use the tool to connect to VPN...
Google to make its own custom server chips as well
Google has announced that it plans to design its own SoCs for use in servers. To assist in the design process, the company has hired Intel veteran Uri Frank.
In a blog post, Google says that Moore's Law no longer provides great strides in computer speed. To ensure that improvements in speed and ...
Google puts 16 A100 GPUs in a single virtual machine
Google has announced a new series of its virtual machines in the Compute Engine A2 line. The VMs are fitted with Nvidia A100 GPUs. Google offers variants with up to 16 of these GPUs in a single node.
This makes it the largest single-node GPU instance of any public cloud provider at the moment, G...
Automation Anywhere chooses Google Cloud as its partner in RPA
Automation Anywhere, the robotic process automation company, said on Sunday that it is bringing its main RPA offering to Google’s public cloud platform. This is part of a wider collaboration that will have the two companies working together on new products for customers they share.
On top of t...