Cloud Computing

Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google + Wiz changes multicloud strategy for CISOs

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2026. Today, Vinod D’Souza, director, Office of the CISO, shares highlights from his RSA Conference fireside chat with Anthony Belfiore, chief strategy officer, Wiz. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. If you’re reading this

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How Glance turns hours of video into mobile-ready clips with AI

Every day, thousands of hours of new video content sits waiting to be discovered. Most of it lives in long-form, horizontal formats, while audiences are scrolling through vertical feeds on their phones. Glance, a mobile-first content platform, knows this challenge well. The company processes 1-2 hour videos from sources like podcasts, news reports, movies, and

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The new era of SaMD: Why cloud infrastructure is the foundation for digital health in 2026

In the healthcare and life sciences industries, speed saves lives, but meeting regulatory requirements and other administrative burdens often pumps the brakes for manufacturers of software as a medical device (SaMD). These devices include AI image analysis for cancer detection, diagnostic mobile apps for viewing MRIs, and software that can calculate insulin dosages.  Today, the

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The power of LLMs on your data, more than two orders of magnitude faster and cheaper

Databases have introduced new AI-powered SQL functions which take natural language instructions as input and are evaluated using LLMs. They leverage the power of LLMs to answer new kinds of queries: Which product reviews are negative about durability? Which customer support tickets have been resolved by providing a workaround?  These new AI functions push the

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Streaming CloudWatch metrics to VPC-based OpenTelemetry collectors using Lambda

Organizations are increasingly drawn to open-source observability frameworks like OpenTelemetry. They seek to reduce costs associated with third-party licensing and avoid vendor lock-in. Combining OpenTelemetry collectors with Amazon CloudWatch Metric Streams helps enterprises pursue their observability goals while eliminating third-party licensing fees and achieving sub-minute latency for real-time alerting. CloudWatch Metric Streams offer built-in support

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Our continued commitment to Chromebooks, and looking ahead

At the Android Show yesterday, we introduced Googlebooks: a new category of premium laptops built with Gemini’s helpfulness at the core. Designed for Gemini Intelligence, Googlebooks will give personalized, proactive support across their workflows, access to powerful agentic capabilities, and seamless compatibility across their devices. For over 15 years, Chromebooks have given organizations a secure

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SAP SAPPHIRE 2026: Google Cloud unveils unified agentic vision and massive compute scaling

In today’s hyper-connected market, an enterprise’s most valuable asset — mission-critical data — often remains trapped in legacy silos. For years, leadership teams have navigated a data pipeline dilemma, forced into a cycle of complex data movement that relies on slow, manual extraction processes. This fragmentation strips away essential business context, increases technical debt, and

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