Cloud Computing

We’re thrilled to share that Google Cloud Spanner has been recognized by Gartner in the Critical Capabilities for Cloud Database Management Systems for Operational Use Cases report, where it was ranked #1 in the Lightweight Transactions Use Case and was ranked #3 in the OLTP Transactions Use Case and the Application State Management Use Case.

It’s a core part of our mission at Google Cloud to help you meet your evolving policy, compliance, and business objectives. To help further strengthen the security of your cloud environment, we continue regular delivery of new security controls and capabilities on our cloud platform. We announced at Google Cloud Next multiple new capabilities in

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for April 2025. Today, Sandra Joyce, vice president, Google Threat Intelligence, will talk about the practical applications of AI in both attack and defense, adapted from her RSA Conference keynote. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog.

Recently at Google Cloud Next 25, we announced our latest Cross-Cloud Network innovation: Cloud WAN, a fully managed, reliable, and secure solution to transform enterprise wide area network (WAN) architectures. Today, we continue our series of deep dives into the technologies powering Cloud WAN, namely Premium Tier networking and the Verified Peering Provider program.  The

At Google Cloud Next 25, we expanded the availability of Gemini in Looker, including Conversational Analytics, to all Looker platform users, redefining how line-of-business employees can rapidly gain access to trusted data-driven insights through natural language. Due to the complexity inherent in traditional business intelligence products, which require steep learning curves or advanced SQL knowledge,

The rise of AI is revolutionizing data management platforms, where advanced automation, built-in data intelligence, and AI-powered data management are changing how organizations manage traditional tasks like data ingestion, data processing and governance. We’re excited to announce that Google was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Management for Analytics Platforms, Q2 2025 report.

AI is fundamentally transforming the compute landscape, demanding unprecedented advances in data center infrastructure. At Google, we believe that physical infrastructure — the power, cooling, and mechanical systems that underpin everything — isn’t just important, but critical to AI’s continued scaling.  We have a long-standing partnership with the Open Compute Project (OCP) that has been