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GCP – Streamlining data integration with SQL Server source support in Datastream
Datastream, Google Cloud’s fully managed change data capture (CDC) service, has expanded its capabilities to include support for SQL Server sources. With existing support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle, support for SQL Server sources extends the reach of Datastream and empowers you to replicate data from a range of relational sources to several Google Cloud […]
GCP – Optimize costs for Windows workloads using Persistent Disk Async Replication
Before launching your critical workloads in the cloud, you need to plan for disaster recovery. A robust disaster recovery (DR) strategy can minimize business disruption by enabling rapid recovery in another region. For most traditional Windows Server environments, DR also requires careful consideration of Microsoft licensing compliance, costs, and how quickly you can recover — […]
GCP – Generative AI in insurance: How Cytora helps insurers prioritize underwriting risks
Speed, convenience, and consistent control over risk selection and decision-making matter in the insurance industry. This is why forward-thinking insurers are investing considerably in AI and digital risk processing technologies that streamline large parts of their risk workflows. These investments help insurers to consistently identify and choose the risks they want to quote, and consequently […]
GCP – Next ’24 session library with Agenda Builder is now live
aside_block <ListValue: []> Update March 12, 2024: A new and improved Agenda Builder is now live! This year, it’s easy to view all the available sessions for a given time period, so you don’t miss out any of the valuable opportunities to learn, certify, and network while you’re at the show. So go ahead, secure […]
GCP – Google Public Sector and WWT Team Up to Enhance Cloud Sovereignty
Google Public Sector and World Wide Technology (WWT), a leading global technology solutions provider, have announced a joint effort to advance the adoption of Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDC Hosted), a sovereign cloud solution that provides a consistent, secure, and scalable platform for hosting applications in any location. WWT is the first partner approved by […]
GCP – Digital bank N26 strengthens security and simplifies compliance with Chrome Enterprise
Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Carlos Rodriguez, Internal IT Tech Lead, and Jamie Sayers, IT Manager, IT Support and Endpoints Management, for N26, a digital bank with headquarters in Berlin. N26 adopted Chrome Enterprise and Chrome’s cloud management tool to meet high security standards and compliance demands while remaining digital-first. At N26, our vision […]
GCP – What’s new with Google Cloud network observability partner ecosystem
At Google Cloud, our mission is to meet you where you are in your observability and cloud transformation journey – by delivering observability solutions that are customized to your specific deployments, both inside and outside Google Cloud, and aligned with your existing observability tooling and workflows. To that end, last year, we expanded our network […]
GCP – Announcing SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) in Google Cloud SQL
SQL Server comes with built-in business intelligence reporting capabilities provided by SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) to build and run well formatted, paginated style reports. With Google Cloud SQL for SQL Server, our fully managed relational database service to run SQL Server workloads, you can now build and run SSRS reports with databases hosted on […]
GCP – Save up to 40 percent with Dataflow streaming committed use discounts
Dataflow is an industry-leading data processing platform that provides unified batch and streaming capabilities for a wide variety of analytics and machine learning use cases: real-time patient monitoring, fraud prevention and real-time inventory management. It’s a fully managed service that comes with flexible development options like pre-built templates, notebooks, and SDKs for Java, Python and […]
GCP – How FibroGen achieved 40x ROI by automating invoice processing
The small accounts payable (AP) team at FibroGen, a biotech focused on developing therapies for chronic and life-threatening conditions, has been inundated with vendor invoices. Despite a recent SAP implementation that streamlined many operations, invoice processing has remained stubbornly manual and time-consuming. FibroGen receives about 1,000 invoices per month. With a two-person AP team and […]