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Google Introduces Spinnaker for GCP, Simplifying the Configuration of Continuous Delivery
Spinnaker is an open-source multi-cloud continuous delivery platform co-developed by Google and Netflix. In a recent blog post, Google introduced the Spinnaker for Google Cloud Platform solution, which allows customers to install and run Spinnaker in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
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Google Acquires Elastifile to Expand Its Cloud File Storage Offering
Google recently acquired Elastifile, a provider of scalable, enterprise file storage in the cloud. With the acquisition, Google further extends its current file storage offering, Cloud Filestore, and third-party partner offerings.
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Google Releases Deep Learning Containers into Beta
In a recent blog post, Google announced Deep Learning Containers, allowing customers to get Machine Learning projects up and running quicker. Deep Learning consists of numerous performance-optimized Docker containers that come with a variety of tools necessary for deep learning tasks already installed.
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Timescale Cloud: Managed Time Series Database on Azure, Google Cloud and AWS
Timescale announced the availability of Timescale Cloud, a fully managed version of their time series database on Azure, GCP, and AWS. It provides time series analysis functions, the ability to scale up and down, visualization integration with tools like Grafana and Tableau, and data encryption.
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Google Cloud Scheduler is Now Generally Available
In a recent blog, Google announced that customers can now securely invoke HTTP targets on a schedule using Cloud Scheduler – a fully managed cron job service that allows any application to invoke batch, big data, and cloud infrastructure operations.
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Google Kubernetes Engine Enhancements: Upgrade Channels, Windows Container Support and Stackdriver
At the recent KubeCon EU in Barcelona, Google announced that it will offer three new release channels for its Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE): Rapid, Regular, and Stable. With these channels, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) users can choose whether they want the freshest release or the most stable one — or quickly evaluate the latest updates in a development environment.
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Google's Cloud TPU V2 and V3 Pods Are Now Publicly Available in Beta
Recently, Google announced that its second- and third-generation Cloud Tensor Processing Units (TPU) Pods — its scalable cloud-based supercomputers with up to 1,000 of its custom TPU — are now publicly available in beta. With these Pods, Machine Learning (ML) researchers, engineers, and data scientists can speed up the time needed to train and deploy machine learning models.
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Google Launches AI Platform - an End-to-End Platform to Build, Run, and Manage ML Projects
Google has recently launched AI Platform, an end-to-end platform to build, test, and deploy machine learning models. It brings together a host of products and services to help businesses solve complex challenges using AI in a way that is easier and collaborative.
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Partly Cloudy, Twitter Embarks on Their Cloud Journey
In a recent blog post, Twitter announced the start of their journey, a project known internally as "Partly Cloudy", to the public cloud. The post outlines some of the constraints that have prevented them from doing so in the past and describes why now is a good time to embark on this transformation.
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Google Announces Cloud Code: Extending IntelliJ and Visual Studio Code to Kubernetes Apps
Recently at Google Cloud Next 2019, Google introduced a new developer tool called Cloud Code. With Cloud Code, developers will get a set of plugins for development environments like JetBrains IntelliJ Idea IDE and Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor.
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Q&A with Google VP Eyal Manor about Anthos, Kubernetes, and Multicloud
InfoQ caught up with Eyal Manor, VP of product and engineering, Google Cloud, as a follow-on to his appearance at the Google Next keynote to deep dive into the Anthos architecture.
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Google Announces the General Availability of Elastifile Cloud File Service for GCP
Recently, Google announced the availability of Elastifile Cloud File Service (ECFS) for its Cloud Platform (GCP) on their blog website. With ECFS, Google provides a managed file service for its customers.
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Running Serverless Containers on Google Cloud Run
Google Cloud Run, now available in beta, allows you to run serverless applications based on Docker containers that are automatically activated when an HTTP request comes in. Google Cloud Run is a fully managed platform and is based on KNative, which allows you to easily port your applications to any other platforms using Kubernetes clusters.
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TriggerMesh Releases Open Source Knative Event Sources for Multi-Cloud Environments
TriggerMesh has released their latest open-source project, Knative Lambda Sources (KLASS). KLASS are event sources that can be used to trigger Knative functions in Kubernetes clusters. This enables AWS events to be consumed within a multi-cloud or on-premise environment. This release follows the release of Knative Lambda Runtimes which further enhance the TriggerMesh cloud platform.
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Google's New Cloud Security Services for Better Threat Detection and Protection in Enterprises
Google announced three new services for better threat detection and protection in enterprises: Web Risk API, Cloud Armor, and Cloud HSM. All these security services will offer Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers advanced security functionalities.