March 14 is Pi Day, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π. We’re doing a few experiments with the new Cloud Functions (2nd gen) this year to showcase the new serverless platform. Serverless π calculation Can we go serverless to calculate π? There is a relatively new algorithm called the Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula (BBP formula) […]

This is part 2 of the Data Governance blog series published in January. This blog focuses on technology to implement data governance in the cloud. Along with a corporate governance policy and a dedicated team of people, implementing a successful data governance program requires tooling. From securing data, retaining and reporting audits, enabling data discovery, […]

In today’s digital landscape, consumers expect near-instant feats of speed and personalized service packaged up as easy-to-use apps. To them, the sky’s the limit when it comes to what’s possible from technology experiences. But meeting (and ideally, exceeding) their expectations is often a heavy lift for many companies—especially those running modern apps on legacy, on-premises […]

Over the past several years, Google Cloud has made significant investments in our infrastructure product portfolio. We launched new Tau T2D VMs, which deliver 42% better price-performance vs. other leading cloud providers. We upgraded Cloud Storage to offer more flexibility to support customers’ enterprise and analytics workloads, with dual-region buckets and upcoming Turbo Replication. And […]

Every business has tools they start with, tools they grow with or grow out of, and tools they adopt along the way. GraphQL is an open source query language that many companies are adopting to modernize the way they, or their users, query resources. In this video, Apollo tells the story of how they’re meeting […]

2020 brought many challenges, especially as in-person operations were shut down, and many were left vulnerable to unemployment. The State of Rhode Island responded to these challenges, by modernizing their workforce development operations and moving completely to a custom online platform called the Virtual Career Center, also  nicknamed “the VCC.” Snapshot of the Virtual Career […]