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Microsoft vs. Google cloud-spat belies anticompetitive reckonings for both

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Microsoft has accused Google of building a lobby front in Europe to take action against Microsoft. 28, Rima Alaily, Microsoft corporate vice president and deputy general counsel, described the recently founded Open Cloud Coalition (OCC) , allegedly financed and controlled by Google, as an “astroturf group.” In a blog post dated Oct.

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2020: The year the internet didn’t crash

GeekWire

JANUARY 4, 2021

But it could have been worse: the internet could have crashed, or not been there at all. Just look at how much of our lives shifted to the internet as a result of the pandemic. Imagine what things would have been like without the internet. Obviously, Google’s and Microsoft’s services relied on their own clouds.

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Adam Selipsky, the exit interview: Amazon Web Services CEO on AI, competition, and the future

GeekWire

MAY 31, 2024

” — outgoing Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky. GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Adam Selipsky spoke with GeekWire this week at Amazon Web Services headquarters in Seattle in an interview prior to his departure as AWS CEO. Microsoft and Google are going to be all over this space. ” In 2005.

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After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention

GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy with a chart showing AWS revenue growth at the company’s virtual re:Invent conference this week. He did not acknowledge the AWS outage that impacted a large swath of the internet last week. Nor did he seek to alleviate concerns about Amazon Web Services’ market power.

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HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Zero-Day Largest DDoS Attack in Internet History

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This exploit, tracked as CVE-2023-44487 , enabled cybercriminals to orchestrate what has been dubbed the largest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack ever recorded, targeting multiple internet infrastructure companies. HTTP/2, the successor to the widely-used HTTP/1.1 The scale of the Rapid Reset attack was staggering.

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Microsoft expands Defender security to Google Cloud, joining AWS, Azure

Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Microsoft says its cloud security tool, Defender for Cloud, now supports Google Cloud, in addition to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure. Read More.

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A company you’ve probably never heard of caused half the internet to go dark

Vox

JUNE 8, 2021

Swaths of websites went down on Tuesday morning after an outage at the cloud computing services provider Fastly. Internet users were unable to access major news outlets, e-commerce platforms, and even government websites. Everyone from Amazon to the New York Times to the White House was affected.

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Spotify, Discord, and a Ton of Other Web Services Are Down Right Now

Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Spotify, Discord, and Snapchat were all experiencing issues on Tuesday, with early reports indicating that a brief Google Cloud outage could have been the culprit. Read more.

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Microsoft reveals new search engine and browser with AI ‘copilot,’ escalating battle with Google

GeekWire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

. — Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing search engine and Edge web browser that take advantage of next-generation OpenAI artificial intelligence models in a move that promises to increase competition with longtime rival Google. The rise of AI may give Microsoft a new chance to challenge Google’s search dominance.

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A new browser extension blocks any websites that use Google, Facebook, Microsoft, or Amazon

The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The Economic Security Project is trying to make a point about big tech monopolies by releasing a browser plugin that will block any sites that reach out to IP addresses owned by Google, Facebook, Microsoft, or Amazon. Many websites use fonts from Google Fonts, or host their sites using Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.

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Google account hacks dropped by half after pushing two-step authentication by default

The Verge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

That’s the top-line finding four months into Google’s initiative to enroll users in two-factor authentication by default, detailed in a blog post to coincide with Safer Internet Day on February 8th. In the latest post, Google says it observed a 50 percent decrease in accounts being compromised among that test user group.

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Bezos’ Amazon: from bookstore to backbone of the internet

The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

to found an internet-based bookstore. In 1998, Amazon bought the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for approximately $55 million, in the company’s first major acquisition. In 2006, Amazon debuted one of its most significant products: the web server product that would come to be known as Amazon Web Services, or AWS.

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Google unveils ‘self-driving’ cloud security feature

Venture Beast

JULY 20, 2021

At its Security Summit, Google Cloud announced Chronicle integrations, Cloud IDS, an autonomic security operations stack, and more. Read More.

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NICE and Google Cloud team up to improve customer interactions

Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Integration of NICE’s AI-powered CXone with Google Cloud’s CCAI apps aims to make human agents, voice bots, and chatbots more effective. Read More.

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Google catches up to AWS and Azure with new database migration service

Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Google has debuted its database migration service, making it easier for Google Cloud customers to transfer databases to Google's Cloud SQL. Read More.

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Google debuts new data-powered cloud analytics products

Venture Beast

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At Google Cloud Next, Google launched a range of data products, including a manufacturing solution called Intelligent Product Essentials. Read More.

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Microsoft unveils new ‘Copilot + PC’ initiative in new bid to revitalize Windows with AI

GeekWire

MAY 20, 2024

The move leverages Microsoft’s traditional strength in PC operating systems, software, and services, in contrast with the company’s initial attempt to use its Copilot technology to challenge Google in internet search last year. Some of the capabilities are similar to those shown by Microsoft partner OpenAI last week.

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Google goes for market share in 5G cloud

Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Google and Intel have partnered to offer 5G cloud capabilities that will help Google Cloud better compete with AWS and Azure. Read More.

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MadHive signs $100M deal with SADA for Google Cloud

Venture Beast

OCTOBER 9, 2021

SADA, a Google Cloud Platform partner, will assist with integration as MadHive doubles its $50 million GCP investment. Read More.

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France says Google, Microsoft cloud services are OK for sensitive data

Venture Beast

MAY 17, 2021

France said its state and corporate data can be stored on Google and Microsoft's cloud services which have been licensed to French companies. Read More.

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Google Cloud acquires Siemplify for boosting security operations

Venture Beast

JANUARY 4, 2022

Google Cloud announced it has acquired Siemplify to help security operations teams to improve their threat response. Read More.

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Google Looker gets Azure support, API explorer

Venture Beast

JULY 21, 2021

As a part of Looker 21, the newest version of the Looker platform, Google launched new features including Microsoft Azure support. Read More.

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Google Cloud and Vodafone partner on data analytics

Venture Beast

MAY 3, 2021

Vodafone and Google Cloud entered a strategic partnership to jointly develop data services, Vodafone said on Sunday. Read More.

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Google Cloud research credits expand to nonprofits

Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Google Cloud is extending research credits to nonprofit researchers, according to an announcement in a company blog post. Read More.

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Google unveils cloud products to help analyze and organize data

Venture Beast

MAY 26, 2021

At its inaugural Data Cloud Summit, Google introduced a slew of new products, including Dataplex, Datastream, and Analytics Hub. Read More.

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Google Cloud announces Network Connectivity Center to simplify hybrid cloud management

Venture Beast

MARCH 23, 2021

Google Cloud announced the Network Connectivity Center to integrate management of on-premises IT, as well as cloud-based services. Read More.

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Inside Twitter’s growing interest in Google Cloud

Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Twitter has shifted more of its data and workloads to Google Data Cloud as part of its hybrid cloud strategy. Read More.

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Analyst: Only a matter of time before U.S. cloud companies shut off services in Russia

GeekWire

MARCH 5, 2022

A flurry of tech companies — including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google — are halting sales of services and products in Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine and resulting government sanctions. tech giants could take it a step further and cut off access to Russian companies using their cloud computing services.

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Google announces new cloud regions for Germany, Chile, and Saudi Arabia

Venture Beast

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Google has announced three new cloud regions -- in Germany, Chile, and Saudi Arabia -- as the global public cloud market heats up. Read More.

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Google Cloud partners with OSIsoft to simplify industry cloud migration

Venture Beast

APRIL 15, 2021

Google Cloud partnered with OSIsoft to help enterprises deploy the PI Core industrial operations platform and generate business insights. Read More.

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Google makes Workspace cloud collaboration tool widely available

Venture Beast

JUNE 14, 2021

Google is introducing new features aimed at improving collaboration among enterprises that use Google Workspace. Read More.

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Oribi raises $15.5 million to challenge Google Analytics with no-code marketing insights

Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

million in a series B round of funding to take on Google Analytics. Oribi, a no-code marketing analytics tool, has raised $15.5 Read More.

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Google Cloud boosts threat detection with cloud-native network security offering

Venture Beast

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Google Cloud announced availability of its cloud-native network security offering, Cloud IDS, which offers new threat detection capabilities. Read More.

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Google launches Recommendations AI ecommerce tool in public beta

Venture Beast

JULY 22, 2020

Following a lengthy preview period, Recommendations AI is available to eligible Google Cloud customers in beta from today. Read More.

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Optimizely partners with Google Cloud to improve digital experience

Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Optimizely’s partnership with Google Cloud will open the door to a range of solutions they can use to enhance their customer’s digital experiences, while remaining operationally agile. Read More.

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Can the Department of Justice teach Google how to share?

Venture Beast

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The DoJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google this past week. But it won't be an easy fight for DoJ attorneys. Read More.

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Cloudera expands enterprise data platform to Google Cloud

Venture Beast

MARCH 31, 2021

Enterprise-focused data cloud company Cloudera has announced that its data platform is now available on Google Cloud. Read More.

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Experts Sound Alarm on Critical Cloud Security Risks

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 1, 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Azure continuously upgrade and evolve their security recommendations. External cloud assets face continuous threats The report shows that approximately 4% of scanned cloud assets have public IP addresses, making them directly accessible from the internet.

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Google Cloud federates warehouse and lake, BI and AI

Venture Beast

APRIL 6, 2022

Google Coud introduces new BigLake data lake service, consolidates its BI offerings around Looker, and adds a model registry to Vertex AI Read More.

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Should the OpenStack Community Embrace Amazon & Google?

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Should the OpenStack Community Embrace Amazon & Google? Should the OpenStack Community Embrace Amazon & Google? Should the OpenStack community focus on creating an open source alternative to Amazon and Google? CloudScaling today called on the OpenStack community to work more closely with Amazon and Google.

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More than one-third of cloud environments are critically exposed, says Tenable

Network World

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Add in the fact that 23% of cloud identities on the major hyperscalers (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure), both human and non-human, have critical or high severity excessive permissions, and you have a recipe for disaster.

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Cogniflare unveils data management and catalog platform for Google Cloud

Venture Beast

MAY 9, 2021

Cogniflare launches data management platform that promises to bring order to the chaos on Google cloud services. Read More.

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Google Cloud announces VM Manager, a suite of tools to automate infrastructure management

Venture Beast

JANUARY 28, 2021

Google Cloud announced VM Manager, a new suite of tools to automate and simplify infrastructure management. Read More.

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Amazon Is Helping Researchers Study How to Dim the Sun

Gizmodo

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Computer processors across Amazon Web Services recently hummed into gear to create 30 simulations of what Earth could look like by the middle of this century. Normally, climate models run on supercomputers. But this effort on Amazon’s servers represents one of the first attempts to do modeling on the cloud and could… Read more.

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Microsoft vs. Google cloud-spat belies anticompetitive reckonings for both

2020: The year the internet didn’t crash

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Adam Selipsky, the exit interview: Amazon Web Services CEO on AI, competition, and the future

After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention

HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Zero-Day Largest DDoS Attack in Internet History

Microsoft expands Defender security to Google Cloud, joining AWS, Azure

A company you’ve probably never heard of caused half the internet to go dark

Spotify, Discord, and a Ton of Other Web Services Are Down Right Now

Microsoft reveals new search engine and browser with AI ‘copilot,’ escalating battle with Google

A new browser extension blocks any websites that use Google, Facebook, Microsoft, or Amazon

Google account hacks dropped by half after pushing two-step authentication by default

Bezos’ Amazon: from bookstore to backbone of the internet

Google unveils ‘self-driving’ cloud security feature

NICE and Google Cloud team up to improve customer interactions

Google catches up to AWS and Azure with new database migration service

Google debuts new data-powered cloud analytics products

Microsoft unveils new ‘Copilot + PC’ initiative in new bid to revitalize Windows with AI

Google goes for market share in 5G cloud

MadHive signs $100M deal with SADA for Google Cloud

France says Google, Microsoft cloud services are OK for sensitive data

Google Cloud acquires Siemplify for boosting security operations

Google Looker gets Azure support, API explorer

Google Cloud and Vodafone partner on data analytics

Google Cloud research credits expand to nonprofits

Google unveils cloud products to help analyze and organize data

Google Cloud announces Network Connectivity Center to simplify hybrid cloud management

Inside Twitter’s growing interest in Google Cloud

Analyst: Only a matter of time before U.S. cloud companies shut off services in Russia

Google announces new cloud regions for Germany, Chile, and Saudi Arabia

Google Cloud partners with OSIsoft to simplify industry cloud migration

Google makes Workspace cloud collaboration tool widely available

Oribi raises $15.5 million to challenge Google Analytics with no-code marketing insights

Google Cloud boosts threat detection with cloud-native network security offering

Google launches Recommendations AI ecommerce tool in public beta

Optimizely partners with Google Cloud to improve digital experience

Can the Department of Justice teach Google how to share?

Cloudera expands enterprise data platform to Google Cloud

Experts Sound Alarm on Critical Cloud Security Risks

Google Cloud federates warehouse and lake, BI and AI

Should the OpenStack Community Embrace Amazon & Google?

More than one-third of cloud environments are critically exposed, says Tenable

Cogniflare unveils data management and catalog platform for Google Cloud

Google Cloud announces VM Manager, a suite of tools to automate infrastructure management

Amazon Is Helping Researchers Study How to Dim the Sun

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