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Google Cloud Wins Pentagon Cyber Threat Contract
No, not the JEDI contract. Google Cloud wins contract to help the US defense department detect and respond to cyber threats
Google AI Scheme Targets Banks Overwhelmed By Pandemic
Google Cloud’s PPP Lending AI Solution aims to help banks analyse and process loan applications under US government’s aid scheme for small businesses
Google Acquisition Of Looker Data Sciences Approved
Alphabet unit completes $2.6bn acquisition of Looker Data Sciences after approval from British competition watchdog
Google Sent Private Videos In Google Photos To Strangers
Oh boy. Google admits significant privacy gaffe with its popular Google Photos service that saw people’s videos shared with other users
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