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GCP – Introducing Isolator: Enabling secure multi-party collaboration with healthcare data
With more than a decade of experience building AI and machine learning models, Google Cloud understands both the benefits and challenges that await those looking to take advantage of these new technologies. Organizations around the world are now looking to AI solutions to solve some of their thornier problems, and to do so they need […]
GCP – Accelerating database modernization with Gemini in Database Migration Service
At Google Cloud Next ‘23, we announced support in Database Migration Service (DMS) for Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migrations to make them smooth, intuitive and efficient. We also introduced integrated code and schema conversions to reduce friction in the most time-consuming phases of the migration. This week at Google Cloud Next ‘24, we unveiled Gemini for Google Cloud, […]
GCP – Migrate your SQL Server workloads to Cloud SQL with Database Migration Service, now in preview
Cloud SQL for SQL Server is a fully managed relational database that offers native SQL Server features along with several Google Cloud innovations, and allows migrating databases while retaining their existing versions or upgrading to newer ones. But migrating SQL Server databases to the cloud can be daunting. Concerns about downtime, complexity, and security risks […]
GCP – Announcing the general availability of Next Gen Firewall Enterprise
In today’s ever-evolving threat landscape, organizations require robust network security solutions to protect their critical assets in the cloud. Google Cloud is committed to providing superior cloud-first security controls, and today at Google Cloud Next, we’re thrilled to announce the general availability of Google Cloud NGFW Enterprise, our next-generation cloud firewall offering. Cloud NGFW Enterprise […]
GCP – What’s new with Firestore at Next ‘24
Developers love Firestore because of how fast they can build applications and services end to end. As of today, Firestore has more than 500,000 monthly active developers, and Firestore apps power more than 1.3 billion monthly active end users using Firebase Auth. Recently, we’ve made updates to Firestore to improve developer productivity, enable developers to […]
GCP – Private, secure, and seamless connectivity to Cloud SQL using Private Service Connect
Private connectivity is critical for organizations to secure data access and meet regulatory requirements — particularly if their applications access an operational database. Traditionally, organizations have relied on VPC Network Peering leveraging private services access, but that can be cumbersome at scale. And for more demanding environments, there’s Private Service Connect, which helps customers simplify […]
GCP – Cloud FinOps news from Next ‘24
At Next ’24, we announced several FinOps innovations to help our customers inform on their cloud costs, optimize their cloud spend, and ensure no day-to-day cost surprises. Didn’t attend Next? No problem, read our summary of Google Cloud FinOps announcements here. 1. Driving cloud FinOps with game-changing billing cost data Cloud Billing cost data, specifically […]
GCP – Turbocharge applications with Memorystore’s persistence and flexible node types
Since the general availability (GA) of Memorystore for Redis Cluster in November 2023, we have seen rapid adoption and growth of the service. At Google Cloud Next 2024, we announced several major launches for Memorystore for Redis Cluster: Public preview of data persistence for both RDB (Redis DataBase) and AOF (Append Only File) General availability […]
GCP – Eating our own dogfood: Building an AI-driven business at Google Cloud Consulting
At Google, we have a strong culture of dogfooding products — using and testing them internally to improve the experience for our own teams and customers. This practice is at the heart of Project LEAP, our internal effort within Google Cloud Consulting (GCC) to leverage Vertex AI in every part of our business. This week […]
GCP – Your scannable list of our top migration announcements from Next ‘24
Regardless of what you’re looking to migrate or modernize, Google Cloud is committed to helping you on that journey, and we’re excited to announce a number of new updates for our portfolio of migration products and programs. What’s new with the Rapid Migration Program (RaMP)? We understand that customers’ journeys to the cloud are driven […]