When you are looking to modernize your organization’s tech stack or build a new transformational application, your choice of database becomes important.  There are many factors including cost, security, scaling characteristics, self-managed vs. fully managed, on-prem vs. public cloud, etc., that go into the decision-making process.  Cost is one of the key considerations for businesses […]

Imagine you just got the restaurant bill and you can see only one number: the total cost, tip included. You have a sense you overpaid. Also what about this significant delay with service? Is it reflected in the tip? It’s difficult to answer these questions if you don’t have visibility into a breakdown of the […]

In recent years, machine learning (ML) has gained tremendous popularity as a powerful tool for solving complex problems across various domains. However, building and deploying ML models at scale can be challenging, as it involves a range of tasks such as data preparation, feature engineering, model training, deployment, monitoring, maintenance and so on.  According to […]

Over the past few years, breakthroughs in computer vision and video analytics have generated a lot of interest – and put attention on Developers who work with large amounts of video assets. Unfortunately, many of the benefits of these breakthroughs in computer vision have remained elusive. Vertex AI Vision makes it easy for developers to […]

A few years back, it would’ve taken more than half-a-day for an official of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR), part of the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR), to track a Rocky Mountain elk. The process involved hauling a very high frequency (VFH) antenna to several locations until it picked up the signal […]

Optimizing your costs is a major priority for us here at Google Cloud. We are pleased to announce the general availability of committed use discounts (“CUDs”) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP. If you run consistent and predictable workloads on Compute Engine, you can utilize CUDs to save on […]

If you took one look at the title of this blog and thought, “just show me how, because I already know a million reasons why I’m stressed about billing things” then check out the interactive tutorial right here. For everyone else, read on, because we’ll walk through some common sense tips, and a few step-by-step […]

We are thrilled to introduce Accuracy Evaluation, the newest feature in our Cloud Speech UI, to allow for easy and seamless benchmarking of our Speech-to-Text (STT) API models and configurations. The STT API covers a wide variety of use cases, from dictation and short commands, to captioning and subtitles. Getting the most of STT, however, […]

5G has broadened the way we use data and technology, allowing for greater self-expression through digital art. As a result, more immersive virtual entertainment experiences are being created and delivered through mobile devices. This self-expression also enables communication service providers to explore new monetization models. To that end, KDDI worked with Google Cloud’s Immersive Stream […]

As one of the most trusted cloud platform providers, Google is committed to providing our clients secure and reliable environments for their workloads. Google believes the future of computing will increasingly shift to private, encrypted services where users can be confident that their data is not being exposed to cloud providers or their own insiders. […]