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Google advocates a hybrid, multicloud strategy as it helps guide financial giants into the digital era

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 22:00:53 +0000

Just a few years ago, the idea of major financial services companies partnering with cloud providers would have been laughable. Now, the finance sector is adopting cloud computing services as fast as possible. What has changed? “Customers are looking for personalized services, instant gratification, the ability to interact, where they want and when they want,” […]

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Google acquires $1B stake in CME Group as companies ink 10-year cloud deal

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:23:33 +0000

CME Group Inc., which operates several major exchanges used to trade in financial instruments, will move its technology infrastructure to Google LLC’s cloud platform as part of a 10-year agreement that the companies announced today. In conjunction, Google disclosed that it has bought $1 billion worth of CME Group stock. Making such a major investment […]

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Report: Google seeking to join Pentagon’s JWCC multicloud procurement program

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 17:23:23 +0000

Google LLC is seeking to participate in the U.S. Department of Defense’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability technology procurement program, the New York Times reported late Wednesday. The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability, or JWCC, program is the successor to the controversial Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure of JEDI cloud contract that the DOD scrapped earlier this year. The […]

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Google describes AI-driven masterplan to tackle sustainability through climate action

Victor Dabrinze — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:50:08 +0000

The demands of the modern economy, cities and industries have placed a considerable burden on the Earth, so sustainability and eco-friendliness have become key considerations by governments and organizations alike. Google LLC is implementing modern technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, in its bid to eventually reach a 24/7 carbon-free state, as well […]

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Google relies on engineering expertise, AI savvy to help companies optimize business outcomes

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:20:44 +0000

Opting for inefficient and poorly designed solutions can make digital transformation a costly nightmare. But it isn’t always easy to spot well-designed and engineered solutions from generic solutions with an industry-specific label stuck on top. “It’s really important to dig down, to identify is this just a horizontal solution or has a company done the […]

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Anthos enhancements highlight Google’s focus on building an open, transformative experience

Mark Albertson — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:49:28 +0000

Since its unveiling of Anthos in April 2019, Google LLC has sought to unify the management of infrastructure and applications across edge, on-premises and numerous public cloud environments based on the Google Kubernetes Engine. More recently, the tech giant announced Anthos for Virtual Machines, which included an automated process to migrate and modernize existing applications […]

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Google, Cybereason collaboration promises proactive, automated threat detection and elimination

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:07:32 +0000

Security has traditionally worked by detecting potential threats, analyzing them to pinpoint actual threats, then responding to neutralize or fix the issue. Today, with nation-state actors conducting what amounts to a Cyber Cold War, this reactive response is too slow. “By the time that I tell you that there is ransomware in your environment and […]

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Sachin Gupta discusses the tech behind Google Distributed Cloud

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:46:58 +0000

Google LLC has lagged behind major competitors in the game of cloud, taking a 4.6% share in 2020 against Amazon Web Services Inc.’s 43.6% and Microsoft Corp.’s Azure’s 14.3%. But the good news is that strategy changes last year look to be paying off as Google Cloud Platform reported a 49.3% growth spurt in 2020, estimated to […]

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At Cloud Next, Google debuts Distributed Cloud plus data and AI product additions

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:00:45 +0000

Google LLC is giving enterprise customers more choice on where they want to run their cloud workloads. The company today launched Google Distributed Cloud, a new service that combines hardware and software to extend Google Cloud infrastructure to customers’ data centers and edge locations. That was just one of several new services and updates announced during […]

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Google cloud customers can now track their carbon emissions

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:00:22 +0000

Google LLC has been quite vocal about its sustainability efforts over the past few years and it’s known to operate some of the greenest cloud data centers around, matching 100% of its energy use with renewable energy purchases, for example. Now, not content with simply limiting its own carbon emissions, Google is also striving to […]

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Google strengthens security for remote workers with Work Safer program

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:00:15 +0000

Google LLC is expanding its cybersecurity services with a new initiative announced today at Cloud Next ’21 targeted at smaller organizations that rely on legacy technology and lack the expertise to address the security challenges associated with remote work. Google Work Safer is a new program that gives companies access to a range of services designed […]

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Google Cloud grows its partner ecosystem around big data, hybrid work and sustainability

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:00:01 +0000

Google Cloud is one of the most capable cloud computing platforms around, but it wouldn’t be what it is without the expertise of Google LLC’s vast ecosystem of partners. In the past few years Google Cloud has massively expanded that ecosystem, with regular announcements about new integrations, services and solutions provided by third-parties across a […]

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After fits and starts, Google’s cloud strategy is finally finding its footing

Paul Gillin — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:00:26 +0000

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC popularized the phrase, “We’re number two. We try harder.” But what do you do when you’re number four? That’s the challenge facing Google LLC in its drive to overcome a late start, a once questionable commitment and two dominant competitors in the market for public cloud services. With a market […]

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MadHive to expand Google Cloud deployment in $100M deal with consultancy SADA

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 07:00:54 +0000

Digital TV advertising platform provider MadHive Inc. has announced another megabucks deal with the Google Cloud consultancy firm SADA Systems Inc. The company is expanding its use of Google Cloud in a big way, it said in an announcement today, having agreed to a $100 million deal aimed at supporting its growth and enhancing its […]

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Google extends its cloud storage capabilities with more choices on data replication

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:00:01 +0000

Google LLC is beefing up its cloud data storage capabilities with new features and products aimed at making it easier for companies to protect their most critical information across a wide range of applications and use cases. In an interview with SiliconANGLE, Google Cloud General Manager of Storage Guru Pangal and Director of Product Management […]

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Google Cloud and C3 AI team up to drive AI adoption in vertical markets

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:00:23 +0000

Google LLC and C3 AI Inc., a publicly traded maker of artificial intelligence software, today announced a partnership aimed at helping more enterprises incorporate machine learning into their operations. As part of its collaboration with Google, C3 AI has made its entire lineup of AI software products available on Google Cloud. The companies’ sales teams […]

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How Google Cloud makes diving into the data lake simpler for the enterprise

Chad Wilson — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:00:29 +0000

When COVID-19 struck, companies were forced to take a step back and rethink the way they did business. That, in turn, led to innovation in the digitization of and access to data as companies adapted to the new normal. A part of this process was learning how to better and more quickly access the vast […]

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Workday selects Google Cloud as a preferred cloud partner

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:00:18 +0000

Google LLC scored another key customer win for its cloud business today with the news that it’s partnering with Workday Inc., the financial and human capital management software provider. The deal sees Google become a preferred cloud partner for Workday across core industries such as financial services, healthcare and retail, with Google Cloud hosting those […]

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Ad spending and Google Cloud accelerate Alphabet’s earnings once again

Robert Hof — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:28:33 +0000

The economy’s fitful emergence from the pandemic drove a big upside surprise in second-quarter earnings at Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc., thanks to advertising on search results and YouTube — as well as an acceleration in cloud computing revenue and a big reduction in cloud unit losses. The advertising and cloud services giant today said […]

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Google Cloud rolls out Healthcare Data Engine to bring interoperability to health records

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:00:38 +0000

Google LLC today announced the launch of Google Cloud’s private preview of Healthcare Data Engine, an end-to-end cloud solution for healthcare and life sciences organizations aimed at enabling advanced interoperability for health records. The objective of the Healthcare Data Engine is to harmonize data from multiple sources – including medical records, claims, clinical trials and […]

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