When developing a real-time architecture, there are two fundamental questions that you need to ask yourself in order to make the right technology choice: Freshness – how fast does the data need to be available? Query latency – how fast do you need to be able to retrieve the data once it is available? For […]
Building a real-time analytics platform using BigQuery and Bigtable Read More »
If you leverage Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) within your Google Cloud environment, you’ve likely encountered the confidence-shattering “IP_SPACE_EXHAUSTED” error. It’s a common scenario: you’re convinced your IP address planning is flawless, your subnet design is future-proof, and then suddenly, your GKE cluster unexpectedly hits a scaling roadblock. You start to question your subnetting skills. How
GKE and the dreaded IP_SPACE_EXHAUSTED error: Understanding the culprit Read More »
As your Google Cloud usage expands, managing and understanding your cloud costs can become increasingly complex. As you drive adoption of cloud FinOps in your organization, identifying exactly which teams, projects, or services are driving your expenses is essential. That’s why we’re excited to introduce the Google Cloud Cost Attribution Solution. This comprehensive suite of
Gain control of your Google Cloud costs: Introducing the Cost Attribution Solution Read More »
For several years, BigQuery native tables have supported enterprise-level data management capabilities such as ACID transactions, streaming ingestion, and automatic storage optimizations. Many BigQuery customers store data in data lakes using open-source file formats such as Apache Parquet and table formats such as Apache Iceberg. In 2022, we launched BigLake tables to allow customers to
BigQuery tables for Apache Iceberg: optimized storage for the open lakehouse Read More »
Operating a telecommunications network is more than just connecting phone calls, or helping people share funny videos online. Telecom networks are critical components of our society’s infrastructure. Telecom operators face a wide array of risks to the critical communication services they provide and the sensitive data they protect, from network outages, to criminally-motivated ransomware attacks,
How Google Cloud supports telecom security and compliance Read More »
Ben Popper interviews Vladislav Voroninski, CEO of Helm.ai, about unsupervised learning and the future of AI in autonomous driving. They discuss GenAI’s role in bridging the gap between simulation and reality, the challenges of scaling autonomous driving systems, the commercial potential of partial autonomy, and why software is emerging as a key differentiator in vehicle
Is this the real life? Training autonomous cars with simulations Read More »
Project Shield has helped news, human rights, and elections-related organizations defend against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks since 2013 as part of Google’s commitment to keep online content universally accessible. The solution has helped keep election resources online, supported news reporting during pivotal geopolitical events, and helped governments during times of urgency. We are
Project Shield expands free DDoS protection to even more organizations and nonprofits Read More »
Data analysts have traditionally struggled to analyze data across different databases. Because of data silos, they need to copy data from transactional databases into analytical data stores using ETL processes. BigQuery made the problem a little easier to solve if you have data in Spanner and BigQuery. Using the EXTERNAL_QUERY table-valued function (TVF), you could
Better together: BigQuery and Spanner expand operational insights with external datasets Read More »
In today’s data-centric businesses, it’s not uncommon for companies to operate hundreds of individual applications across a variety of platforms. These applications can produce a massive volume of logs, presenting a significant challenge for log analytics. Additionally, the broad adoption of multi-cloud solutions complicates accuracy and retrieval, as the distributed nature of the logs can
Organizations are grappling with an explosion of operational data spread across an increasingly diverse and complex database landscape. This complexity often results in costly outages, performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps, hindering their ability to extract valuable insights and deliver exceptional customer experiences. To help businesses overcome these challenges, earlier this year, we announced
Database Center — your AI-powered, unified fleet management solution Read More »
