Gartner has recognized Google as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems for the fifth year in a row. Google is positioned furthest in vision among all vendors evaluated; we believe this is a testament to Google’s innovations that help tens of thousands of Data Cloud customers across all […]
Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for December 2024. To close out the year, I’m sharing the top Google Cloud security updates in 2024 that attracted the most interest from the security community. There’s a lot of AI, of course, as well as a few surprises. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents
Cloud CISO Perspectives: From gen AI to threat intelligence: 2024 in review Read More »
Computer science deals with concurrency, but what about simultaneity?
Can a programming language implement time travel? Read More »
Developers, it’s time to take your skills to the ballpark! Are you ready to step out of the bleachers and onto the field where code collides with my (and America’s) favorite pastime? Get ready to swing for the fences at the Google Cloud X MLB Hackathon — powered by the groundbreaking Gemini family of models.
Calling all devs: Code the future of baseball with Google Cloud and MLB Read More »
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that 2024 was a busy year for Google Cloud. From AI to Zero Trust, and everything in between, here’s a chronological recap of our top blogs of 2024, according to readership. You’ll probably see some favorites on this list, and discover a few that you
The Year in Google Cloud – 2024 Read More »
Spanner is Google’s always-on, virtually unlimited database that powers planet-scale applications like Gmail, YouTube, and Google Photos. Outside of Google, Spanner powers demanding workloads for household brands like Yahoo!, The Home Depot, Wayfair, and Pokémon Go. Today, Spanner handles over 4 billion queries per second at peak and more than 15 exabytes of data, with
Spanner in 2024: A year of innovation Read More »
Google Cloud’s Database Center provides a unified fleet management solution to help manage your databases at scale. In October 2024, Database Center was made available to all Google Cloud customers, with support for Cloud SQL, AlloyDB and Spanner engines. Today we are expanding Database Center’s capabilities with the addition of Bigtable, Memorystore, and Firestore databases
Database Center: Now with support for Bigtable, Firestore, and Memorystore Read More »
Google Cloud’s Database Center provides a unified fleet management solution to help manage your databases at scale. In October 2024, Database Center was made available to all Google Cloud customers, with support for Cloud SQL, AlloyDB and Spanner engines. Today we are expanding Database Center’s capabilities with the addition of Bigtable, Memorystore, and Firestore databases
Database Center: Now with support for Bigtable, Firestore, and Memorystore Read More »
Would updating a tool few think about make a diff(erence)?
This developer tool is 40 years old: can it be improved? Read More »
Today, generative AI is giving organizations new ways to process and analyze data, discover hidden insights, increase productivity and build new applications. However, data sovereignty, regulatory compliance, and low-latency requirements can be a challenge. The need to keep sensitive data in certain locations, adhere to strict regulations, and respond swiftly can make it difficult to
