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Google Cloud

Why some open-source companies are considering a more closed approach

At the peak of its power, open-source software is having an existential crisis. There’s no question that the concept of… Read More

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene stepping down, to be replaced by former Oracle cloud exec Thomas Kurian

Three eventful years after veteran tech executive and longtime Google board member Diane Greene was brought in to run the… Read More

Google wants to make it easier for cloud customers to find AI tools that fit their needs

Google plans to introduce a central repository for machine-learning tools Thursday, with the aim of making it easier for companies… Read More

The cost of the cloud: Amazon takes a breath, while Microsoft and Google plunge ahead

Building and maintaining a modern cloud computing service requires billions of dollars in capital expenditures every quarter. Microsoft and Google… Read More

As storms gather over upcoming Saudi tech conference, Google says Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene will no longer attend

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene joined the increasing list of prominent U.S. technology and business executives distancing themselves from the… Read More

Google Cloud drops out of the running for the Pentagon’s $10B cloud contract

Google’s decision to articulate a set of principles around its use of artificial intelligence has officially cost it business. EARLIER:… Read More

Cloudflare enlists Microsoft and other cloud companies in the Bandwidth Alliance, promising cheaper cloud networking costs

With one notable exception, Cloudflare has brought several major cloud and data center companies together in a new industry group… Read More

Carnegie Mellon’s Andrew Moore to join Google Cloud as new head of AI later this year

After an interesting year for Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence group, Andrew Moore, dean of computer science at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon… Read More

Google is now using AI to keep its data centers cool and save energy

Google is practicing what it preaches, handing control of one of the most vital components of its data center operation… Read More

State of the cloud: Amazon Web Services is bigger than its other four major competitors, combined

Is Amazon Web Services going to be the Google of cloud computing? About 15 years ago, Google’s search technology catapulted… Read More

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene on wane of cloud pricing wars: “You never want to win on price”

After years of precipitous declines in the price of cloud computing, things seem to be stabilizing, and Google Cloud CEO… Read More

Interview: How Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene is navigating the tricky world of cloud-based AI

It has been a weird year for Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene. Just as the company’s cloud-computing division has started… Read More

As it awaits the close of the Microsoft deal, GitHub strikes partnership deal with Google Cloud

GitHub tried to put worries about its independence under Microsoft to rest Thursday, announcing a partnership with Google Cloud that… Read More

Google introduces new security tool for G Suite customers that helps identify internal threats

Customers of Google’s G Suite office productivity software will soon be able to access an investigative tool that lets them… Read More

Google CEO confirms Target as big cloud customer, continuing retail moves toward AWS competitors

Target is one of Google Cloud’s newest big customers, furthering a trend of major retailers opting to join up with… Read More

Google nearly doubles spending on capital projects as it continues major cloud investment

Google parent Alphabet spent a whopping $5.5 billion on capital expenditures in the most recent quarter, nearly doubling that output… Read More

A passing front? Diane Bryant out as Google Cloud COO after 7 months

Former Intel executive Diane Bryant, who joined Google Cloud just last November to give some executive support to Diane Greene,… Read More

Google Cloud CEO wanted to buy GitHub, hopes Microsoft really keeps it neutral; Azure CTO vows not to mess with it

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene was interested in buying GitHub, but she isn’t ready to buy Microsoft’s promise to keep… Read More

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at Google I/O 2017

Report: Google engineers resisted orders to build key cloud security feature needed for military deal

Google continues to find itself in some tricky positions as it tries to balance its desire for more cloud computing… Read More

Developers and cloud rivals will be watching Microsoft’s plans for Azure and GitHub very closely

It’s probably the central question surrounding Microsoft’s $7.5 billion purchase of coding repository GitHub: how will the owner of the… Read More

Report: After employee backlash, Google will walk away from Project Maven AI contract with the military after it expires

The employees have spoken. Google has decided that it won’t seek additional business related to a controversial artificial intelligence project… Read More

Pentagon delays the release of requirements for the once-in-a-generation cloud computing contract

Cloud companies lining up to bid on a ten-year cloud contract for the U.S. Department of Defense will have to… Read More

Report: Google wants the Pentagon cloud deal, but doesn’t want its employees to know

All major and minor vendors in cloud computing are currently polishing their bids for one of the biggest cloud deals… Read More

Google Cloud makes text-to-speech capabilities in apps like Google Maps available on Google Cloud Platform

Google continues to focus on ways it can use its artificial intelligence research to court cloud customers, announcing Tuesday that… Read More

Sure, why not? Google said to be getting in on the blockchain

It’s not a huge surprise that a company known for moonshots is taking a close look at the blockchain. Bloomberg… Read More

Why it might be time for Big Cloud to share the wealth with open-source startups

There’s no longer any point in ignoring the truth: during the age of open-source software, which was supposed to democratize… Read More

Alexa AI leader Ashwin Ram leaving Amazon to head up Google’s Cloud AI

Ashwin Ram, the head of Amazon’s Alexa AI research and development team, has jumped ship to lead AI development at… Read More

Google beefs up G Suite with some AI, takes Hangouts Chat out of beta

Google added several new features to G Suite Wednesday in hopes of convincing users to rely on its enterprise software… Read More

Google Cloud hires the former head of Intel’s data center group, Diane Bryant, as COO

Google is bringing on an experienced enterprise tech leader, former Intel datacenter executive Diane Bryant, to serve as chief operating… Read More

Melinda Gates

Melinda Gates on women in tech, her first love, and the origins of Comic Sans

Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, opened a revealing speech Wednesday by talking about her first love,… Read More

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