Cloud Spanner is a fully managed relational database that provides industry-leading  consistency and availability at any scale. Organizations of all sizes in industries like financial services, retail, and games rely on Spanner to run their mission critical applications, but efficiently running line-of-business applications is often not enough. They want to react to business or customer […]

There is a data explosion challenge that most IT admins and companies are tackling regularly. The cost-effectiveness, durability and scalability make object storage the first choice for unstructured data. Cloud Storage is an object storage service capable of storing data at exabyte scale and easily managing billions, if not trillions, of objects. However, cost optimization […]

Editor’s note: Here we look at how a leading travel provider saved ten database administrators worth of work and accelerated delivery of door-to-door transportation options for users by migrating to Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL. Kiwi.com’s mission is to reveal unique travel options and pricing that customers can’t find anywhere else. The company helps users reach […]

In the current economic climate every organization is faced with a unique triple squeeze from inflation, scarce/expensive talent, and disrupted/constrained global supplies. IT leaders are faced with the challenge of optimizing their spend while continuing the momentum from pandemic forced digitalization. New research shows that in response, organizations are doubling down on cloud, modernizing infrastructure, […]

Budget concerns and inflation shock are causing noticeable shifts in consumer behavior, a head-spinning turnabout since the pandemic days of 2020. We went from not having access to enough goods to now not having the right goods at the right price points. Heading into the holiday season, retailers will need to look sharp and be […]

Recent security events, like the Log4j issue, underscore the need for security teams to be vigilant in evaluating not only the code written by developers in-house, but also the open source packages that code depends on, and the code that those open source packages depend on, and so on. This web of dependencies forms a […]

Editor’s note: Hal Cohen’s work at Google Cloud calls for technical knowledge, customer empathy, business sense, and the ability to work with diverse groups of people inside and outside of Google. However, his personal and professional strengths come from much more than that. Read on. Tell us about your work at Google Cloud. First off: […]