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Google Cloud launches Filestore agent volumes for AI
Virtualisation

Google Cloud launches Filestore agent volumes for AI

The service aims to cut storage overheads for firms running thousands of AI agents, while keeping workspaces isolated and quick to spin up.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week
Google Cloud issues six-step guide for outage response
Disaster Recovery

Google Cloud issues six-step guide for outage response

Customers can use the six-step workflow to tell whether an outage stems from Google, their own systems or a third-party service.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week
Google Cloud expands session controls with 16-hour default
Privileged Access Management

Google Cloud expands session controls with 16-hour default

Administrators can now target shorter reauthentication windows to privileged users and specific apps as Google Cloud rolls out its new 16-hour default.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week
Google launches open-source Agent Substrate on GKE
Virtualisation

Google launches open-source Agent Substrate on GKE

Teams running AI agents at scale could save idle compute and tighten isolation as Google opens Agent Substrate on Kubernetes Engine.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Google Cloud named Leader in Forrester cloud assessment
Software-as-a-Service

Google Cloud named Leader in Forrester cloud assessment

Enterprises seeking AI-ready infrastructure may see Google Cloud's higher score as validation of its database, analytics and Kubernetes services.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Google Cloud adds pause & resume to Dataflow batch jobs
High Performance Computing

Google Cloud adds pause & resume to Dataflow batch jobs

Interrupted batch workloads can now resume where they stopped, potentially cutting wasted compute and delays for Google Cloud customers.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Candescent expands Google Cloud AI tie-up for banks
Software-as-a-Service

Candescent expands Google Cloud AI tie-up for banks

The expanded deal should help more than 1,300 banks and credit unions move AI from pilot projects into day-to-day banking systems.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week
Google Cloud & Accenture launch Gemini Enterprise group
Digital Transformation

Google Cloud & Accenture launch Gemini Enterprise group

A 1,000-person engineering push aims to help firms shift Gemini Enterprise from small pilots to company-wide AI deployment.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week
Google Cloud launches AI coding plugin for developers
DevOps

Google Cloud launches AI coding plugin for developers

The new bundle lets AI coding assistants handle Google Cloud setup and commands with fewer custom integrations, while adding guardrails.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Google Cloud eases Spanner DML transaction limits
Software Development

Google Cloud eases Spanner DML transaction limits

Developers can now keep multi-step updates together as Spanner drops the cumulative DML cap, though the 80,000 limit still applies per statement.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Google Cloud unveils Data Agent Kit for developers
Data Analytics

Google Cloud unveils Data Agent Kit for developers

The preview kit could cut the time data developers spend switching between warehouses, databases and storage while still needing approval for each action.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Nvidia in talks to buy Hugging Face for USD $13 billion
Semiconductors

Nvidia in talks to buy Hugging Face for USD $13 billion

The deal could reshape AI infrastructure by tying the leading open-model hub more closely to Nvidia's GPU dominance.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
Google Cloud finds Gemma 3 12B outscales 27B on TPU
AIOps

Google Cloud finds Gemma 3 12B outscales 27B on TPU

Under heavy generation load, the smaller model kept scaling on TPU v6e while the 27B version hit a throughput plateau above 64 users.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Google Cloud adds BigQuery streaming & Dataflow updates
Open source

Google Cloud adds BigQuery streaming & Dataflow updates

Live analytics get a boost as BigQuery now handles stateful streaming queries, while Dataflow and Kafka gain easier pipeline and testing controls.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Yahoo cuts Spark cluster failures by 85% with flexible VMs
Data Analytics

Yahoo cuts Spark cluster failures by 85% with flexible VMs

Google Cloud's fallback machine selection has helped Yahoo keep analytics jobs running, cutting Spark cluster provisioning failures by 85%.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • This month
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Private Cloud

Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform

Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • This month
Google launches Gen AI SDK for Kotlin with Gemini support
Generative AI

Google launches Gen AI SDK for Kotlin with Gemini support

Kotlin developers can now tap Gemini models in Android and server-side apps through a single package that supports streaming, images and live sessions.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Equinix launches managed AI cloud connectivity service
Network Infrastructure

Equinix launches managed AI cloud connectivity service

Enterprises could cut the manual work of linking AI and cloud systems as Equinix readies a managed service built on an open standard.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

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