JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) on Thursday activated a local cloud region for Israel, offering cloud services to the country’s government and military in a move expected to boost jobs and economic growth. Israel signed a deal with Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS) (AMZN.O) in May 2021 for the more than $1 billion four-phase “Nimbus” project. As part of the project, billions of shekels will be invested in local infrastructure, Israel’s Finance Ministry said in a… Source link
Read More »Bloomberg Makes Data License Content Available on Google Cloud
Continued relationship with Google Cloud empowers Bloomberg Data License customers to streamline their data pipelines in the cloud NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Bloomberg announced today that its Data License content is now available on Google Cloud, enabling customers globally to receive content natively through cloud technology, which dramatically reduces the time to integrate data and derive insights. Building upon Bloomberg’s existing relationship with Google Cloud and the… Source link
Read More »Google Cloud Next 2022 – Customers Benefit From Enhanced AI Capabilities
This time of year is always busy with events, and every year Google Cloud Next, Google’s annual Cloud event, has many exciting announcements. Usually, there are so many announcements that I could write a book on each. A show highlight for me was the Six Five “On The Road” podcast with my co-host Daniel Newman joined by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist at Google and one of the co-inventors of the internet. This conversation revolves around the journey from the creation of the internet to… Source link
Read More »HCL CTO On ‘Significant’ Google Cloud ‘Bets’ And Its Future
Cloud News Mark Haranas October 17, 2022, 11:06 AM EDT Kalyan Kumar, HCL’s global chief technology officer, explains to CRN why his $11.5 billion solution provider is investing in Google Cloud and where the biggest opportunities are ahead. … Source link
Read More »Impressive Customer Wins Indicate Momentum For Google Cloud
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian delivers the keynote at Google Cloud Next 2022 in New York City at … [+] the Pier 57 Google Office. Daniel Newman – Futurum Research The cloud market is increasingly competitive, and while AWS and Microsoft have been the leaders by market share, we have seen in recent times names like Oracle, IBM, and Google, all ambitiously working to compete in the cloud marketplace with each finding footing as cloud adoption continues to proliferate. This week at… Source link
Read More »Google Cloud Rebrands Data Studio As “Looker Studio”
Google has unified all its business intelligence tools under the Looker brand, it announced at Cloud Next 2022, its virtual user’s conference. Looker will now be the face of all existing Google Cloud data analytics programs. These programs will be included in the Looker Suite and bear the Looker name. For example, Data Studio is now Looker Studio. “Looker is the name you’ll hear us use when talking about all of our Google Cloud business intelligence products, as we bring together… Source link
Read More »Google Unifies Recent Acquisitions Under New Cloud Security Offering
Following Google’s acquisition of cybersecurity groups Siemplify and Mandiant, the US tech giant has sought to bring all of its cloud capabilities under one roof with the launch of Chronicle Security Operations. Google’s Cloud Next division unveiled the cloud-born software suite on October 11, 2022, which it said can “better enable cybersecurity teams to detect, investigate, and respond to threats with the speed, scale, and intelligence of Google.” Google purchased Israeli security… Source link
Read More »Google Cloud consolidates analytics tools under Looker name
Looker is now Google Cloud’s primary analytics platform. On Tuesday during Google Cloud Next 2022, the tech giant’s virtual user conference, Google Cloud revealed a unification of its business intelligence tools under the Looker name and launched a new tool that is now part of the Looker suite. Google Cloud acquired Looker, a data and analytics vendor founded in 2012 for $2.6 billion, in June 2019, just days before Salesforce bought Tableau for $15.7 billion. Since then, the tech giant… Source link
Read More »Google introduces Chromebooks geared for cloud gaming • TechCrunch
It’s been barely a few weeks since Google announced that it is shutting down its cloud gaming service Stadia next year. And now, the company has a new cloud gaming announcement: it is launching Chromebooks tuned for cloud gaming made by different manufacturers. The search giant has also partnered with cloud gaming services like Nvidia GeForce Now, Microsoft Xbox Cloud Gaming and Amazon Luna to bring marquee titles to users. What’s more, the company has teamed up with accessory… Source link
Read More »Google’s Trying to Turn Chromebooks Into (Cloud) Gaming Laptops
These three new laptops from Lenovo (left), Acer (middle), and Asus (right) have been tuned for cloud gaming on ChromeOS. Image: Google Google has big plans for ChromeOS beyond catering to students and those looking for an ultra-affordable computer. The company is priming ChromeOS to help fill the gaping hole that Stadia left behind, and it’s partnering with what used to be its cloud gaming competition to do it. Google’s latest endeavor hopes to spin the Chromebook platform as an… Source link
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