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With Cloud Code, Google aims to speed up cloud-native app development
Google LLC wants developers to build more of their applications in Kubernetes-based containers hosted on its cloud. To encourage that, today it’s introducing a new set of plugins called Google Cloud Code, which allows apps built with Integrated Development Environments such as IntelliJ and Visual Studio Code to be deployed to Kubernetes more easily. IDEs ...
G Suite gets faster, smarter and more collaborative with a mass of new features
Google LLC’s G Suite productivity and collaboration tools have been recognized as a viable alternative to Microsoft Corp.’s Office suite for some time already, but with the software giant clicking again, Google can’t afford to let up in the race to help workers be more productive. That explains why Google today is rolling out what ...
Google steps up its bid to bring AI to the masses
Google LLC’s artificial intelligence tools are already considered to be some of the best in the business, but businesses are always looking for newer and easier ways to apply AI to their applications. With that in mind, Google Cloud today is adding more AI services to its portfolio in addition to a bunch of new ...
SPECIAL REPORT: THE NEW HYBRID CLOUD
Cisco expands hybrid and multicloud collaboration with Google
Cisco Systems Inc. is throwing its weight behind Google Cloud’s hybrid cloud services platform, newly rebranded as Anthos. The networking giant is integrating some of its core hardware platforms and software products with Google Cloud’s Anthos, formerly called Cloud Services Platform. It’s all part of a push by Cisco to become more relevant in a ...
SPECIAL REPORT: THE NEW HYBRID CLOUD
Google Cloud Run brings serverless infrastructure to software containers
Hoping to steal a march on its bigger cloud computing rivals, Google LLC is shaking up its stack of serverless software that enables developers to building applications in a more automated way. It’s doing so with a new offering called Cloud Run for developers announced today at its Cloud Next conference (pictured) in San Francisco. ...
Google to expand cloud infrastructure with new regions in Seoul and Salt Lake City
Google LLC today said it’s adding to its cloud infrastructure with new data center facilities in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Seoul, South Korea, that will help it scale up its capacity to cater for its growing customer base. The new cloud regions are scheduled to open in early 2020, and will each offer three ...
SPECIAL REPORT: THE NEW HYBRID CLOUD
Google brings the cream of open-source software to its cloud
Google LLC today revealed that it’s teaming up with a raft of prominent open-source software companies in a massive expansion of the number of “first class” services available on its public cloud. Opening its annual Cloud Next conference in San Francisco today, the internet giant announced “strategic partnerships” with Confluent Inc., DataStax Inc., Elastic NV, ...
AMD launches its second-generation Ryzen Pro mobile chips
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is keeping up the pressure on rival Intel Corp. with the launch of new additions to its Zen-based microprocessors. The company Monday unveiled its second-generation AMD Ryzen Pro mobile processors, alongside its first batch of Athlon Pro mobile chips. Both families of processors also integrate with AMD’s Radeon Vega graphics chips. ...
Cloud security company Bitglass raises $70M in late-stage round
Cloud access security broker Bitglass Inc. is in a confident mood after landing a $70 million round of financing. The Series D round, led by new investor Quadrille Capital, with participation from existing investors FutureFund, New Enterprise Associates, Norwest and SingTel Innov8, brings its total amount raised to date to $150 million. Cloud access security brokers provide ...
Nvidia spins up its GPUs to accelerate AI-driven medical diagnosis and drug discovery
Nvidia Corp. reckons artificial intelligence has evolved to the point where it can be reliably used to help diagnose diseases and discover new drugs. To enable these new capabilities, the maker of graphics processing unit chips and computers, today announced it’s collaborating with two groups, including the American College of Radiology on an open AI ...