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Google Cloud says most need upgrades for agentic AI

Most enterprises will need costly infrastructure changes before agentic AI can move from pilots to production, Google Cloud research says.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Data centers

Google Cloud time-slices accelerators for RL training

Large language model post-training could get cheaper as idle accelerator time is cut from about 60% to 30% in early tests.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Data Protection

Voicify cuts costs with Google Cloud's Gemini models

The switch has cut Voicify's model costs by up to 30% while helping the platform keep restaurant and healthcare calls flowing at peak times.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Digital Transformation

Keyfactor expands partner push for AI & PQC services

Partners will be able to sell higher-margin advisory and managed services as organisations brace for AI-driven identity sprawl and PQC risk.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

Checkout.com moves Airflow to Google Cloud, cuts costs

By shifting orchestration to Google Cloud's managed service, the payments firm cut monthly data platform costs by about 30% and improved reliability.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Platform-as-a-Service

Google details IAM conditions to tighten cloud access

Cloud operators can now use IAM conditions to curb privilege escalation and narrow access to MCP tools, BigQuery and logs.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Gaming

SOFTSWISS launches Warsaw summit on high-load systems

More than 1,000 engineers and executives are expected in Warsaw as digital firms face mounting pressure to keep systems fast and reliable at scale.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 5 days ago

Disaster Recovery

Google adds failover for multi-region Cloud Run services

Downtime risk is lower for apps running across multiple regions, as traffic can now shift to a healthy Cloud Run region within seconds.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 5 days ago

Software Development

Panasonic validates cockpit virtualisation on Google Cloud

Cloud-based testing could cut prototype costs as Panasonic Automotive brings cockpit software validation closer to production hardware.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 5 days ago

Data Science

Google Cloud unveils 13 Gemini Enterprise agent demos

Developers can now use Google Cloud's examples to build and govern Gemini-powered agents for approvals, compliance and data workflows.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Google Cloud adds BigQuery governance tags in preview

The preview could ease multi-region compliance headaches by letting organisations apply column-level security through global tags and regional policies.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

DevOps

Google Cloud issues guide to cut AI coding token use

Developers are being told to trim AI context and automate routine checks as token-heavy workflows raise latency, errors and cloud costs.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

Google Cloud unveils agent tool for faster AI upgrades

The new workflow could cut model migration from months to hours, easing the testing burden for businesses running multiple AI features.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week

Cloud Security

Google Cloud sets out AI security plan with Gemini & Wiz

Defenders could gain a faster edge against AI-driven attacks as Google Cloud ties Gemini, Wiz, CodeMender and Mandiant into one platform.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

Privileged Access Management

Keeper launches Privileged Cloud for zero standing access

The move could help organisations curb cloud admin account abuse by revoking elevated access automatically after approved sessions end.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Postgres

Google Cloud boosts AlloyDB search for CJK text with Gemini

Developers can now improve Chinese, Japanese and Korean search in AlloyDB without external tokenisers, cutting preprocessing overhead for PostgreSQL users.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week