IDC estimates that by 2025, there will be 175 zettabytes of data in the world, and 80% of that data will be unstructured. However, 90% of unstructured data is never analyzed. That’s because it can be cumbersome, expensive and risky to extract and transform unstructured data, requiring multiple tools. As such, it’s rarely used in […]

As organizations continue to digitally transform, one of the major barriers they face is how to safely run analytical and reporting queries or large batch jobs against live operational databases without risking disruptions. Database owners implement strict controls and limits on data sharing scenarios because these queries can consume a lot of resources — and […]

Innovators in financial services, gaming, retail, and many other industries rely on Cloud Spanner to power demanding relational database workloads that need to scale without downtime. Built on Google’s distributed infrastructure, Spanner provides a fully managed experience with the highest levels of consistency and availability at any scale. In a continued push to meet developers […]

Over the last few months, I’ve been blessed with a front-line opportunity to partner with many of the most forward-leaning technology companies using generative AI. I felt fortunate enough already to join Google Cloud last year — largely because I believe the companies who are able to harness modern analytics and AI are the ones […]

Today, we are introducing the preview of Duet AI in Looker, tapping into the full power of Google and our years-long leadership in generative AI to reinvent how you work with and present your data. It’s time to reimagine what business intelligence truly means and go beyond traditional limits that have slowed you down, kept […]

Organizations that are effective at using data and AI are more profitable than their competitors and see improved performance across a variety of business metrics, according to recent research: Already, 81% of organizations have increased their data and analytics investments over the previous two years. However, many organizations are still struggling to extract the full […]

Businesses across industries are increasingly combining their data with external sources or collaborating directly with partners to gain new insights and unlock business value. As more data is being shared within and across organizational boundaries, the security and privacy of data — especially sensitive data — is more important than ever. To help organizations solve […]

Redis has continued to grow in popularity, whether that’s to reduce load on a database to save money, improve the end user experience with lower latency, or simply because developers love it. However, in industries like gaming (leaderboards, session stores), finance (fraud detection), ads (ultra-low-latency serving), or retail (checkouts), workloads push the boundaries of a […]

Migrating off expensive, legacy databases, wherever they may be, remains a top priority for enterprises. Last year, we announced the general availability of AlloyDB, a fully-managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service that provides a powerful option for modernizing your most demanding enterprise database workloads, and for scaling existing PostgreSQL workloads without having to change the application. Then, […]