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GCP – Cloud switching just got easier: Removing data transfer fees when moving off Google Cloud
At Google Cloud, we work to support a thriving cloud ecosystem that is open, secure, and interoperable. When customers’ business needs evolve, the cloud should be flexible enough to accommodate those changes. Starting today, Google Cloud customers who wish to stop using Google Cloud and migrate their data to another cloud provider and/or on premises, […]
GCP – Tech Empowerment Day helps underserved students explore modern technology
On October 4th, Los Angeles County hosted its second annual Tech Empowerment Day to celebrate Digital Inclusion Week at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. This event is part of L.A.’s Delete the Divide initiative, which supports underserved communities with technology resources. A founding sponsor of Tech Empowerment Day in 2022, Google Cloud again served as […]
GCP – Driving diversity in AI: a new Google for Startup Accelerator for Women Founders from Europe & Israel
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GCP – Document AI Custom Extractor, powered by gen AI, is now Generally Available
Today, we are excited to announce that the Document AI Custom Extractor, powered by generative AI, is Generally Available (GA), open to all customers, and ready for production use through APIs and the Google Cloud Console. The Custom Extractor, built with Google’s foundation models, helps parse data from structured and unstructured documents quickly and with […]
GCP – Optimizing BigQuery computational analysis costs
BigQuery is a powerful and scalable petabyte-scale data warehouse known for its efficient SQL query capabilities, and is widely adopted by organizations worldwide. While BigQuery offers exceptional performance, cost optimization remains critical for our customers. Together, Google Cloud and Deloitte have extensive experience assisting clients in optimizing BigQuery costs. In a previous blog post, we […]
GCP – Simplify data loading with new enhancements to BigQuery Data Transfer Service
BigQuery makes it easy for you to gain insights from your data, regardless of its scale, size or location. BigQuery Data Transfer Service (DTS) is a fully managed service that automates the loading of data into BigQuery from a variety of sources. DTS supports a wide range of data sources, including first party data sources […]
GCP – Google Cloud discounts: Five ways Kubernetes experts get more for less
As Kubernetes adoption grows, so do the challenges of managing costs for medium and large-scale environments. The State of Kubernetes Cost Optimization report highlights a compelling trend: “Elite performers take advantage of cloud discounts 16.2x more than Low performers.” There are probably lots of reasons for this, but a couple might be these teams’ in-house […]
GCP – Google Cloud upskills 100k in India through Google Developer Student Clubs
Students pursuing undergraduate degrees in engineering, computer science, IT, and other related fields: Are you curious about how to apply training and certifications to your real-life, day-to-day experience, or to upskill your technical capabilities? If so, this blog is for you. In September and October 2023, approximately 100k students from 700 educational campuses in India […]
GCP – Getting started with AI notebooks and Jupyterhub on GKE
The recent growth in distributed, compute-intensive ML applications has prompted data scientists and ML practitioners to find easy ways to prototype and develop their ML models. Running your Jupyter notebooks and JupyterHub on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) can provide a way to run your solution with security and scalability built-in as core elements of the […]
GCP – Introducing the Dataflow ML Starter project: A practical template to develop and deploy Dataflow ML jobs
As part of BigQuery’s integrated suite of capabilities; Dataflow ML enables scalable local and remote inference with batch and streaming pipelines, as well as facilitating data preparation for model training and processing the results of model predictions. Our new Dataflow ML Starter project provides all of the essential scaffolding and boilerplate required to quickly and […]