Topic: google cloud
Google Cloud waives all “exit fees” globally
Google Cloud has implemented a policy to enable easier data migration for customers wishing to transfer their data from Google Cloud to other providers or on-premises systems. This policy removes network data transfer fees, making it more accessible for customers to switch cloud services globally. However, Google Cloud points out that this new policy doesn’t … continue reading
Google Cloud expands security offerings with new AI capabilities
The new capabilities were announced at the Google Cloud Security Summit, along with new partnerships across the industry. It announced Chronicle TDIR for Google Cloud, which enables customers to ingest telemetry data into Chronicle, which is a security operations platform provided by Google. Chronicle can then correlate telemetry data with threat intelligence to detect and … continue reading
Updates to Google Cloud’s networking portfolio improve multi-cloud connectivity
Google Cloud today announced an expansion of its Cloud Interconnect portfolio with Cross-Cloud Interconnect. This allows the user to connect any public cloud network with Google Cloud, enabling organizations to run apps on several clouds, make SaaS networking in a multicloud environment easier, and move workloads between clouds. Improvements have also been made for Private … continue reading
Google Cloud VMs can now be suspended
Google Cloud launched a new generally available feature called “VM suspend/resume,” which enables users to save money by temporarily suspending virtual machines (VMs) on Google Compute Engine when they are not in use, and then resuming them when needed. In the suspended state, users no longer have to pay for cores or RAM and instead … continue reading
Red Hat’s Ansible Automation Platform is now available in the Google Cloud Marketplace
Red Hat has made the announcement that the Ansible Automation Platform can now be accessed through Google Cloud Marketplace. According to Red Hat, this new availability provides users with easier access to the platform, which will allow them to get started with automation more quickly and scale it up more efficiently. Users will get access … continue reading
Virtana announces early support for Google Cloud in its cloud cost management tool
Virtana announced early access availability of Google Cloud support for bill analysis within Virtana Cloud Cost Management. Virtana is a unified multi-cloud management platform that helps optimize, migrate, and monitor application workloads across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. Virtana users can now integrate with Google Cloud Platform, analyze trends in their GCP bill by … continue reading
Google Cloud to launch cloud computing certification on edX
Google Cloud has announced that it is teaming up with the online learning platform edX to provide a certification program on its platform. According to Google Cloud, this partnership will offer edX’s 45 million users access to learn skills such as cloud basics, big data, machine learning, and Google Cloud specifics. The course will launch … continue reading
Google Cloud Next ‘22: Google Cloud envisions the future of data clouds, open infrastructure, and more
Google Cloud Next ‘22 kicked off today. The event brings together companies from different industries to solve the challenges of tomorrow. “With customer expectations and global markets rapidly changing, organizations need to make sure they are prepared for tomorrow by making the right decisions today,” Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, wrote in a blog … continue reading
Canonical releases Ubuntu image for Google Cloud’s Tau T2A VMs
Google Cloud and Canonical, the company that releases Ubuntu, have announced that they have released a new Ubuntu image to be used for the preview of Google Cloud’s Tau T2A virtual machines (VMs). Tau T2A is Google Cloud’s VM for running on Arm architectures. “With the launch of T2A VMs on Google Cloud and corresponding … continue reading
Google Cloud acquires Mandiant for $5.4 billion
Google entered into a definitive agreement to acquire threat intelligence provider Mandiant for approximately $5.4 billion. Upon the close of the acquisition, Mandiant will join Google Cloud. Mandiant gathers research from more than 300 intelligence analysts to power its dynamic cyber defense solutions that are delivered through the managed multi-vendor XDR platform, Mandiant Advantage. Together … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Google Cloud acquires Siemplify; 1NCE and AWS partnership; and Ontic updates Real-Time Threat Detection
Google Cloud has acquired Siemplify, which is a provider of security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR). According to Google Cloud, this acquisition will enable it to further its vision of offering a modern threat management stack that will empower customers to go beyond security event and information management (SIEM) and extended detection and response (XDR) … continue reading
ITOps news digest: AWS announces the availability of Amazon EC2 R6i instances, Red Hat bolters partnerships, IOTech partners with Google Cloud
The general availability of Amazon EC2 R6i instances are designed for memory-intensive workloads. Like M6i and C6i instances, these new R6i instances are built on the AWS Nitro System, building blocks that can offload a lot of the traditional virtualization functions to dedicated, delivering high performance, high availability, and highly secure cloud instances. The new … continue reading
