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GCP – A closer look at Translation Hub: Enterprise translation made easy
Hello! ¡Hola! 你好! नमस्ते! Bonjour! Being greeted in your own language can instantly put a smile on your face, and organizations around the world recognize that messages become more inclusive and powerful when translated into many languages. As the Head of Product Management for Translation AI at Google Cloud, I am always looking to make […]
GCP – Moneyball for the Front Office
In 2002, the Oakland Athletics’ successful application of sabermetrics – which was later popularized by the film Moneyball – transformed professional baseball (and later, most other sports) by applying statistics and data science to win games. For years, sports analytics efforts were focused on player stats and game outcomes. Today, the same applied statistics have […]
GCP – 4 new features of Active Assist to help automate idle resource management
Unattended Project Recommender makes identifying idle cloud projects easy, and helps you mitigate associated security issues, reduce unnecessary spend and environmental impact. In order to implement a scalable and repeatable resource lifecycle management process, it’s important to have the right tools for the job. Today, we’re announcing several new capabilities that can help you make […]
GCP – Pub/Sub Group Kafka Connector now GA: a drop-in solution for data movement
We’re excited to announce that the Pub/Sub Group Kafka Connector is now Generally Available with active support from the Google Cloud Pub/Sub team. The Connector (packaged in a single jar file) is fully open source under an Apache 2.0 license and hosted on our GitHub repository. The packaged binaries are available on GitHub and Maven […]
GCP – Move over 2022: Predictions from Google Cloud experts that will reshape IT
Here at Google Cloud, we love helping organizations imagine what is possible, work toward their biggest goals, and build the technology that brings this all together so they can convert opportunities into reality. To do this, we think it’s important to look towards the future so we can help developers and businesses learn, grow, and […]
GCP – IT prediction: Neuro-inclusive software design will become synonymous with good design
Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series on IT predictions from Google Cloud experts. Check out the full list of our predictions on how IT will change in the coming years. Prediction: By 2025, starting with neuro-inclusive design will increase user adoption by 5x in the first 2 years of production How […]
GCP – 12 no-cost ways to learn Google Cloud over the holidays
The holiday season is upon us! If you are making your list and checking it twice, we’ve got a few learning gifts you can tick off the list and share with others too. For the season of giving, we’ve wrapped up some of our most popular training and certification opportunities and made them available at […]
GCP – Digital and cloud skills programs for the Future Workforce launch in Australia and Thailand
Countries across the Asia Pacific region continue to launch programs to develop digital and cloud skills for the future workforce. In Australia and Thailand, Google is working with governments, not-for-profit organizations, and universities to bring development programs to enable the next generation of workers with the right digital skills. Learners at universities, and individuals supported […]
AWS – AWS Firewall Manager now supports FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall
Starting today, AWS Firewall Manager enables you to centrally deploy and monitor FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (CNF) across all AWS virtual private clouds (VPCs) in your AWS organization. With this release, customers now have a single firewall management solution to deploy and manage both AWS native firewalls and FortiGate CNF firewalls. Read More for the details.
Azure – Community support for Azure Functions Proxies will end on 30 September 2025
Transition to Azure API Management as soon as possible to avoid disruption to your Function applications using Proxies. Read More for the details.