Detecting vulnerabilities in open-source software requires a holistic approach, and security best practices recommend scanning early and often throughout your development lifecycle to help maintain an effective security posture. However, only scanning in the CI/CD pipeline or registry can miss artifacts and containers that are deployed to production through other mechanisms. Likewise, only scanning runtimes […]

We all want queries to run faster, better, and cheaper. BigQuery certainly does! But queries can get complicated quickly; this sometimes makes manual optimization necessary and unavoidable. BigQuery is a complex distributed system, and numerous internal and external factors can influence query speed. Understanding what is going on might be a bit of a puzzle. […]

Google Cloud customers rely on a mixture of Google Cloud services and third party software. In this blog, we discuss how to deploy Google Cloud Run from GitHub Actions using code from example workflows built by Google. We focus on deploying Cloud Run with a declarative service YAML to multiple environments. Guidance on how to […]

Google Cloud has a vast array of storage options to meet your workload needs, including block storage for high-performance applications, object storage for workloads including content distribution and AI/ML, file storage for workloads including those that require multi-writer capabilities, and specialized storage for data lakes and warehouses. As the second installment in our decision-tree series […]

The economic climate is unpredictable, with factors such as rising inflation, supply chain disruptions, and increasing costs compelling businesses to optimize expenses and implement financial resilience strategies. While it is widely acknowledged that leveraging the cloud can lead to reduced IT capital expenses, it is worth noting that a well-executed cloud strategy can also facilitate […]