Cloud Computing

This blog was co-authored by Brandon Raabe, Sr. Site Reliability Engineer at HashiCorp. In cloud-based systems, minutes of downtime can translate to significant business impact and eroded customer trust. HashiCorp, a leader in multicloud infrastructure automation software, faced this critical challenge as their HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) scaled to serve enterprise customers with stringent availability […]

In April, we released Cluster Director, a unified management plane that makes deploying and managing large-scale AI infrastructure simpler and more intuitive than ever before, putting the power of an AI supercomputer at your fingertips. Today, we’re excited to release new features in preview including an intuitive interface, managed Slurm experience, and observability dashboard that

Building applications is sometimes messy, it’s always iterative, and it often works best when it’s collaborative. As a developer, you regularly experience the frustration of a cryptic error message and the quiet triumph of finding a clever workaround. Either way, finding help or sharing success is best facilitated by a community of builders. That’s why

The evolution of the cloud has been tremendous over the past decade. Every step of the way, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) has been there to meet new challenges. From giving DevOps more scalable foundations to supporting the rise of cloud-native AI, we took Kubernetes’ brilliance and gave it the fully managed service it deserved to

Introduction In mid 2025, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GITG) identified a sophisticated and aggressive cyber campaign targeting multiple industries, including retail, airline, and insurance. This was the work of UNC3944, a financially motivated threat group that has exhibited overlaps with public reporting of “0ktapus,” “Octo Tempest,” and “Scattered Spider.” Following public alerts from the Federal

Written by: Stuart Carrera, Brian Meyer Executive Summary Broadcom’s VMware vSphere product remains a popular choice for private cloud virtualization, underpinning critical infrastructure. Far from fading, organizations continue to rely heavily on vSphere for stability and control. We’re also seeing a distinct trend where critical workloads are being repatriated from public cloud services to these

With its exceptional price-performance, Google Cloud’s Dataproc has evolved from a simple, managed open-source software (OSS) service to a powerhouse in Apache Spark and open lakehouses, driving the analytics and AI workloads of many leading global enterprises. The recent launch of the Lightning Engine for Spark, a multi-layer optimization engine, makes Dataproc’s performance even more