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Command and control – Google on its vision of the cloud, privacy, data and security

We spoke to Google’s Joe Valente about the tech giant’s vision of the cloud, privacy, data and security and its plan to put users in control

Google Cloud Next UK: Google Cloud To Offer AI Explanations

Explainable AI. Google Cloud will offer explanations so that businesses can see and understand why AI made a particular decision

Google Cloud Next UK: G Suite Gains New Assistive Features

Day two of Google’s cloud event, sees new assistive features that utilise AI for G Suite to help both consumers and businesses focus on their core requirements

Google Cloud Next UK: Google Highlights European Data Protections

Largest Google Cloud event in Europe sees search engine giant commit to enhance European data protection with additional tools

Google Cloud Next UK: Google Touts Vodafone, John Lewis Deals

Google kicks off its largest Google Cloud event in Europe touting contracts with Vodafone, as well as the John Lewis Partnership

Regulators Investigate Google Over Ascension Health Data Deal

Probe begins of Google, after deal that gives it access to healthcare data about millions of Americans

What is the Hybrid Cloud?

As businesses expand their use of cloud-based services, a hybrid cloud approach to developing the network infrastructures they need is fast becoming the norm. What is the hybrid cloud, and what impact is this approach to cloud services having on CIOs, CTOs and their enterprises?

Google Cloud Acquires Storage Start-Up Elastifile In Latest Buy

Google Cloud chief executive Thomas Kurian has made a series of acquisitions this year as he seeks to give the service an edge against Amazon and Microsoft

Google Partners For Open Source Tech On Cloud Platform

Google announces ‘strategic partnerships’ with seven open source companies, as CEO questions rivals’ attitudes

Apple Confirms Major Cloud Deal With Its Fiercest Rival, Google

The deal, said to be worth up to $600m, sees users’ iCloud data hosted with Apple’s top competitor in the mobile arena

Google AutoML Will ‘Democratise’ AI By Minimising Skill Needed To Train Custom Models

Google AutoML tools will make it simple to train custom AI models that are ‘beyond the dreams’ of most engineers

Google Plots 5 New Regions And 3 New Subsea Cables To Boost GCP

Google makes investments in cloud infrastructure to boost GCP and other apps

Google Plans Hong Kong GCP Region For 2018

Google to open sixth data centre in Asia Pacific, this time in Hong Kong

Google Cloud IoT Core Goes Live For GCP Users

Google Cloud IoT Core aims to simplify the management of an IoT environment.

Google Buys Bitium To Boost Secure Cloud Access & Adds Per-Second Billing

The search giant has also introduce more pay-per-second billing to its cloud services

Google Cloud Platform Opens To Public Internet For Cheaper Use

Cheaper option. Network Service Tiers allows Cloud Platform users to use public Internet instead of Google’s network

Nutanix Teams Up With Google For Hybrid Clouds

Enhances cloud offerings and signs deal with Google Cloud for expanded enterprise push

Google Launches Cloud Service For Managing Internet Of Things Devices

Cloud IoT Core will integrate with analytics services such as Dataflow and BigQuery on the Google Cloud Platform

Microsoft Claims IaaS Crown In Europe To Close Gap On AWS

AWS is still out in front globally, but pressure from Azure increases as cloud adoption boom continues

Google Updates Firebase Platform For Its Cloud Services

Firebase app development suite gains closer integration with Google’s cloud platform

EU Data Protection Authorities Confirm Google Cloud Compliance

Google celebrates “important milestone” as cloud platform meets European regulatory requirements

Google Makes Audit Logging Technology Available Across Cloud Stack

Google’s Cloud Audit Logging technology will enable customers to track administrator and data access activity across a majority of Google’s cloud services

Google Cloud Increases Encryption Push With Key Management Service

New beta tool for Google Cloud seeks to simplify encryption key management

Slack Deepens Google Cloud Integrations With New Partnership

Workplace communications app Slack will integrate more deeply with Google Cloud platform, coming in the first half of 2017.

Google Cloud Platform Adds GPUs And Expands Machine Learning

Google Cloud users will be able to draw on AMD and Nvidia GPUs from early next year

Google Cloud Platform Expands In Asia With New Japan Data Centres

Google Cloud Platform expands into Asia with new region in Tokyo Japan as it prepares for worldwide expansion in 2017

Big Four Of AWS, Google, IBM & Microsoft Azure Continue To Dominate Cloud

New research suggests the big four have no intention of letting cloud lead slip

Ocado Mixes AWS & Google Cloud Because Retailers Fear Amazon Having Their Data

Online retailer Ocado uses a mix of AWS and GCP for its cloud needs so that retail customers of its own Smart Platform aren’t deterred by rival Amazon

Google Cloud And Facebook To Benefit From ‘Highest Capacity’ Transpacific Cable

Google and Facebook invest in new subsea cable between Los Angeles and Hong Kong