Cloud data breaches in the enterprise have skyrocketed in the last year — a worrying trend that’s led to the emergence of a host of new tools and services to help better secure that environment; as well as a major mobilization among cloud service providers to launch more specific tech to address the gap. Today comes the latest development on that front: Google Cloud is announcing a wide slate of security products and services, covering areas like supply chains; digital sovereignty;… Source link
Read More »Google Cloud expands to six more countries • TechCrunch
Google today announced its plans for a major expansion of its physical Google Cloud infrastructure. The company plans to launch new Google Cloud regions in six new countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Norway, South Africa and Sweden. That’s on top of the regions in Milan, Paris, Madrid, Columbus and Dallas the company already announced and plans to bring online in 2023. With these six new regions, Google Cloud’s footprint will expand to 41 regions. And maybe that’s no… Source link
Read More »“Giving Data Wings” at Google Cloud Next ’22
Datametica Solutions, a Google Cloud Partner, will share cloud migration best practices in a session at Google Cloud Next ’22 HIGHLAND PARK, Ill., Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Datametica, a global leader in data warehouse migration and modernization, will participate at Google Cloud Next ’22, on October 11–14. Google Cloud Next brings valuable perspectives and insights from industry leaders and partners with engaging keynotes, panel discussion, and breakout sessions. As a signature… Source link
Read More »Google Previews Log Analytics Feature in Its Cloud Logging Service
Google recently announced the preview of a new feature called Log Analytics in its Cloud Logging service, allowing companies to analyze data collected from their cloud environments. Cloud Logging is a fully-managed real-time log management service that enables storage, search, analysis, and alerting. With the Logs Explorer feature, for instance, users can search, sort, and query logs. The added Log Analytics powered by BigQuery allows them to perform advanced analytics using SQL… Source link
Read More »Column-Store ClickHouse Launches Cloud Version
Graphic courtesy of ClickHouse. ClickHouse, a distributed column-oriented analytic database management system provider, has announced the launch of ClickHouse Cloud. The company says its new cloud-based DBMS decouples storage and compute and scales automatically, relieving users of the need for sizing and tuning clusters to achieve fast query speeds. ClickHouse Cloud is initially being released in Public Beta on AWS and will soon be available through other cloud providers, according to… Source link
Read More »Google picks South Africa for its first cloud region in Africa • TechCrunch
Tech giant Google has today announced the launch of a cloud region in South Africa, its first in the continent, playing catch-up to other top providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, which made inroads into the continent a few years ago. Google said it is also building Dedicated Cloud Interconnect sites, which link users’ on-premises networks with Google’s grid, in Nairobi (Kenya), Lagos (Nigeria), and South Africa (Capetown and Johannesburg), in its quest to… Source link
Read More »Google to build its first cloud region in Greece
ATHENS, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will set up its first cloud region in Greece, the company said on Thursday, giving a boost to the country’s efforts to become a world cloud computing hub. The deal is estimated to contribute some 2.2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) to Greece’s economic output and create some 20,000 jobs by 2030, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. Since taking office in 2019, Mitsotakis’s conservative government has stepped up moves to diversify the economy… Source link
Read More »Google Web3 Lead Says Google Cloud Is a ‘Layer Zero’ for Crypto
Google has set its sights on becoming the backbone of Web3. While it might come as a surprise to Web3 natives, Richard Widmann—Google’s head of strategy, Web3, and cloud—sees the Web2 giant as ideologically aligned with many of crypto’s core values, including open-source development and decentralization. Prior to jumping headfirst into Google’s crypto initiatives, Widmann worked as legal counsel for the trillion-dollar tech company and also has a background in securities law. At the… Source link
Read More »Google Cloud Boosts Syft’s Financial Reporting Application to Scale Beyond South Africa
120,000 accountants and financial analysts use the application to analyze raw financial data, with over 1 million business reports generated since its launch JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Google Cloud announced today a collaboration with Syft Analytics, a South African – based financial reporting application which processes significant volumes of financial data and provides insightful financial reports to accountants, financial analysts, and businesses. Syft Analytics will… Source link
Read More »Google Cloud To Unfreeze Hiring Process By Next Month
Cloud News Mark Haranas September 26, 2022, 12:15 PM EDT Google Cloud will unfreeze its hiring pause, which initially was taken by Google several months ago in a few areas, according to an internal Google memo.
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