Today’s post is the first in a series that will provide the reasons for why administrators and architects should build batch processing platforms on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Kubernetes has emerged as a leading container orchestration platform for deploying and managing containerized applications, speeding up the pace of innovation. This platform is not just limited […]

Want to make ultra-fast ML predictions without writing and maintaining siloed applications, or having to move your data? How about doing it all with just SQL queries, and without worrying about scaling, security, or performance? Google Cloud Spanner, a globally distributed and strongly consistent database, has revolutionized the way organizations store and manage data at […]

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, secure and reliable disaster recovery solutions are paramount. For CELSA Group, a leader in steel and steel product manufacturing, ensuring uninterrupted access to critical systems is not just a priority — it’s a necessity. That’s why CELSA Group made a strategic decision to migrate SAP S/4HANA for disaster recovery […]

Internal research by Google, and by Google’s DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) organization, shows that teams that encourage a culture of trust — one that allows for questioning, risk-taking and mistakes — perform better. The way an organization responds to opportunity is a big part of its culture. And for software delivery and overall team […]

Google’s infrastructure security teams continue to advance the state of the art in securing distributed systems. As the scale, capabilities, and geographical locations of our data centers and compute platforms grow, we continue to evolve the systems, controls, and technology used to secure them against external threats and insider risk. Building on the principles laid […]

For retailers, having a powerful search function for their website and mobile applications is crucial. However, most current search experiences are somewhat basic and limited, primarily returning a list of results ranked based on keyword relevance. And typically, customers only have a vague idea of what they want, rather than a specific item in mind. […]

Climate change and its effects have significantly increased the number of allergy sufferers. According to theWorld Allergy Organization, over 400 million people now suffer from a pollen allergy globally, creating a very large market for allergy remedies. People who suffer from allergies are looking for relevant information they can trust to manage their symptoms. In […]

At Reckitt, we exist to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner and healthier world. We work tirelessly to get our products into the hands of those who need them across the world because we believe that access to high-quality health and hygiene is a right and not a privilege. The […]

Scaling down your workloads by 4x certainly sounds appealing, doesn’t it? The State of Kubernetes Cost Optimization report discovered that elite performers can scale down four times more than their low-performing counterparts. This advantage stems from elite performers tapping into existing autoscaling capabilities more than any other group. The elite performer group understands that demand-based […]

Google Cloud offers a variety of load balancing solutions which simplify the management of networking infrastructure and support different types of backend services. Now available, the cross-region internal Application Load Balancer expands this coverage by providing integrations to load balance, geo-route, and automatically failover to backends in multiple regions. In this walkthrough we’ll focus on […]