Google’s first step into the cloud was App Engine, launched in 2008. Google Cloud Storage followed later in 2010. Since then, the company has steadily expanded to what is now known as the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and consolidated its position as one of the three, global “hyperscale” cloud storage providers. Google Cloud is seen…
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Over the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has proved its worth as a long-term investment for businesses. It brings a range of perfectly wrapped presents to the table, making a significant impact on productivity, efficiency, and automation across business functions. With almost 40% of companies worldwide already using AI in some form, it’s undeniable that…
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Encouraging the public sector to ramp up its adoption of automation and generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools could generate annualised savings of £38bn by 2030, according to Google Cloud research. The public cloud giant commissioned policy research consultancy Public First to look into the potential benefits that expanding the use of AI and automation technologies…
Many enterprises are moving towards use of data lakes to help in managing increasing amounts of information. Such large repositories allow organisations to gather and store structured and unstructured data before handing it off for further data management and processing in a data warehouse, database, enterprise application, or to data scientists and analytics and artificial intelligence…
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The United States’ Department of Justice (DoJ) yesterday unsealed criminal charges against five individuals, including a 22 year-old British national named as Tyler Robert Buchanan, over their alleged involvement in the Scattered Spider cyber attacks. During their criminal rampage, the gang used social engineering techniques to game their victims into giving up vital credentials, often…
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Microsoft has taken issue with a newly formed cloud-focused lobbying body, known as the Open Cloud Coalition (OCC), describing the organisation is an “astroturf group” organised by Google. The OCC debuted on Tuesday 29 October, positioning itself as a group focused on making the public cloud a more transparent, open and competitive market for enterprise…
During an earnings call for the third quarter of 2024, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company would make its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) model available to developers. The company reported a 15% increase in revenue for the quarter, reaching $88.3bn. Google Cloud posted a 35% revenue increase to $11.4bn, led by accelerated growth in…
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When it comes to managing data, we need to know where it is – but we also need to know what it is. With the rise in regulatory controls, enterprises now pay more attention to data sovereignty, especially when it comes to data in the cloud, but to know exactly what information they hold is…
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Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has gone live with its Parallelstore managed parallel file storage service, which is aimed at intensive input/output (I/O) for artificial intelligence (AI) applications and is based on the open source – but developed by Intel – Distributed Asynchronous Object Storage (DAOS) architecture. Intel originally intended DAOS to be supported by its…
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Google Cloud continues to gain traction as businesses roll out artificial intelligence (AI). Its data management and analytics tools are also receiving significant improvements. And Google is improving connections between its AI tools and the rest of its technology stack. Google Cloud’s president of EMEA, Tara Brady, told attendees at the London edition of the…
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