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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 […]

GCP – Maximize your cloud potential at Next ‘24: Lead with learning at any skill level
This April, what happens in Vegas could raise the stakes on your cloud expertise! Join us April 9-11 at Google Cloud Next ‘24 in Las Vegas, where Google Cloud Consulting will offer three epic days of learning opportunities for attendees at any stage in their cloud journey – from curious beginners to advanced professionals, developers […]

GCP – AlloyDB fuels 50% faster margin calculations for Apex FinTech
Editor’s note: Apex FinTech Solutions Inc. (“Apex”) enables modern investing and wealth management tools through an ecosystem of frictionless platforms, APIs, and services. As part of its clearing and custody services (provided through Apex Clearing Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Apex Fintech Solutions Inc.), Apex wanted to deliver its fintech clients in the trading […]

GCP – TPG Telecom reduces API delivery time by 50% with Apigee
TPG Telecom is a rising star in Australian telecommunications with a strategy based on extensive mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and organic growth. Our brands, including Vodafone, TPG, iiNet and AAPT, service five million mobile customers and 2.2 million fixed broadband customers through extensive mobile and fiber networks. APIs are integral to our business on three […]

GCP – How to set up Google Cloud VMware Engine regional disaster recovery with VMware Site Recovery Manager
As a VMware admin, you understand the importance of business continuity and minimizing downtime. Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) customers have several options of tools to choose from (such as GCVE Protected, Zerto, Veeam replication, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and other third-party tools) based on their RTO and RPO needs. Of these, VMware SRM […]

GCP – Introducing Security Command Center Enterprise: The first multicloud risk management solution fusing AI-powered SecOps with cloud security
The stakes have never been higher for managing cloud risks. With organizations of every size and in every industry pursuing cloud-first strategies, the cloud is now home to their most critical applications and data. Adversaries have picked up on this ongoing shift, too: APT groups known for regularly targeting corporate and government organizations are increasingly […]

GCP – Healthcare’s AI transformation is already underway
AI is making a powerful impact all around us, but few sectors stand to benefit as profoundly as healthcare. Doctors and nurses are already starting to use AI as a capable assistant — getting help with medical notes, for example, or using AI in medical imaging to help with disease detection. This is just the […]
GCP – A window into protein folding: Lowering the barriers for AlphaFold Inferencing
The open-source tool Vertex AI AlphaFold Inference Pipeline has enabled biotech companies in streamlining protein-folding activities, accelerating their go to market timeline. It addresses key challenges in protein structure prediction by unleashing the power of parallel processing, optimizing compute resources, and scaling to meet high-throughput demands. Furthermore, it ensures reproducibility, lineage analysis, flexibility, adaptability, and […]