It is often said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 10 years ago, building a data technology stack felt a lot more like a thousand miles than it does today; technology, automation, and business understanding of the value of data have significantly improved. Instead, the problem today is knowing […]

To simplify incident management for businesses, in August 2023 we introduced Personalized Service Health to provide fast, transparent, relevant, and actionable communication about Google Cloud service disruptions. Today, we’re excited to announce that Personalized Service Health is available in the Google Cloud mobile app as well, making it easier for businesses to stay informed, from […]

Generative AI is empowering developers — even those without experience in machine learning — to build transformative AI applications. In order to get started they need to integrate large language models (LLMs) and other foundation models with operational databases and craft prompts to pull relevant information from various data sources, including their existing enterprise systems.  […]

Editor’s note: Today we hear from Glance, which offers diverse and engaging content directly on the lock screen of Android Phones ranging from breaking news, gaming, entertainment, to personalized shopping recommendations, empowering individuals to effortlessly discover and engage with what they love, all at a single glance. The company recently migrated from Azure Cosmos DB […]

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) empowers businesses to efficiently orchestrate, manage, and scale containerized applications within Google Cloud. When designing your GKE environment, a pivotal decision arises: selecting between a regional or zonal cluster. This choice significantly impacts your application’s availability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. In this blog post, we delve into the characteristics and considerations associated […]

At Google Cloud, we’re committed to empowering customer choice and innovation through our curated collection of first-party, open-source, and third-party models available in Vertex AI. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce that Claude 3 — Anthropic’s new family of state-of-the-art models — will be generally available in Vertex AI Model Garden over the coming weeks, […]

While generative AI is a revolutionary technology that’s disrupting industries and transforming business operations, its success depends on data. Data is crucial for AI, as it is the foundation upon which machine learning algorithms learn, are grounded, make predictions, and improve performance over time. As a result, many CIOs are asking the question: are we […]

Editor’s note: Google Nest — a leader in smart home products — migrated its legacy services to Google Cloud with minimal downtime, no outages, and no lost or corrupted data. Here’s how the team reduced infrastructure costs, improved performance, and increased system reliability. Google Nest makes a variety of smart home products, including smart speakers, […]

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for February 2024. Today, Charley Snyder, a Google expert on the intersection of security and public policy, talks about our announcements at February’s Munich Security Conference — and why the conference plays a vital role in public policy conversations. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of […]

In today’s cloud-native landscape, organizations demand both agile API management and the flexibility of microservices running on Kubernetes. Google Cloud offers powerful solutions for comprehensive API management capabilities with Apigee and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for orchestration of containerized applications. But bridging these environments for streamlined API traffic to your Kubernetes-based microservices can present hurdles. […]