Cloud Computing

Improving platform resilience at Cash App

This post was coauthored with engineers at Cash App, including Ben Apprederisse (Platform Engineering Technical Lead), Jan Zantinge (Traffic Engineer), and Rachel Sheikh (Compute Engineer). Cash App, a leading peer-to-peer payments and digital wallet service from Block, Inc., has grown to serve over 57 million users since its launch in 2013. Providing diverse offerings like […]

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Google I/O 2025: Innovation that drives mission impact

At Google I/O 2025 we unveiled a suite of groundbreaking AI advancements, signaling a new frontier in how technology will empower organizations everywhere. The new era of innovation is here. Over the two day event, Google showcased everything from industry leading reasoning models to AI-assistants in your glasses. For public sector agencies, these innovations promise

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Optimizing fleet operations using Amazon SageMaker AI and Amazon Bedrock

Every year in the United States, distracted driving claims thousands of lives and causes immense financial damage. More than 1.6 million accidents annually are caused by cell phone use while driving, and another 1.5 million result from drowsy drivers falling asleep at the wheel. These devastating—and preventable—accidents have sparked a major push for enhanced driver

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Leveraging AI for incident response: Personalized Service Health integrated with Gemini Cloud Assist

In the event of a cloud incident, everyone wants swift and clear communication from the cloud provider, and to be able to leverage that information effectively. Personalized Service Health in the Google Cloud console addresses this need with fast, transparent, relevant, and actionable communications about Google Cloud service disruptions, customized to your specific footprint. This

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Google Cloud’s open lakehouse: Architected for AI, open data, and unrivaled performance

The Google Data Cloud is a uniquely integrated platform built on Google’s planet-scale infrastructure, infused with AI, and features an open lakehouse architecture for multimodal data. Already, organizations like Snap Inc. credit Google’s Data Cloud and open lakehouse architecture with empowering their data engineers and data scientists to do more with their data assets. “Partnering

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Mark Your Calendar: APT41 Innovative Tactics

Written by: Patrick Whitsell Google Threat Intelligence Group’s (GTIG) mission is to protect Google’s billions of users and Google’s multitude of products and services. In late October 2024, GTIG discovered an exploited government website hosting malware being used to target multiple other government entities. The exploited site delivered a malware payload, which we have dubbed

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Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) & GDC air-gapped appliance achieve DoD Impact Level 6 (IL6) authorization

Today, we’re thrilled to announce another significant milestone for our Google Public Sector business: Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) & GDC air-gapped appliance achieved Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 6 (IL6) authorization. Google Public Sector is now able to provide DoD customers with a secure, compliant, and cutting-edge cloud environment at IL6, enabling them to

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