Cloud Computing News, Features, and Interviews

• Google boosts G Suite with collaboration, AI, integration features

  At this week’s Google Cloud Next conference, Google signalled its intentions for G Suite with a host of enhancements across the office suite.

• ANZ to explore world of multi-cloud through Google Cloud's Anthos

  ANZ is looking to become one of Australia and New Zealand's first major enterprises to explore Google Cloud’s hybrid, multi-cloud environment Anthos.

• New CEO Thomas Kurian lays out his vision for Google Cloud

  Since being appointed, Thomas Kurian has kept a low public profile, embarking on a broad listening brief across a business he believes can compete with AWS.

• Community pursues tighter Kubernetes integration in Openstack Stein

  The latest release of open source infrastructure platform Openstack, called 'Stein', was released today with updates to container functionality, edge computing and networking upgrades, as well as improved bare metal provisioning and tighter integration with popular container orchestration platform Kubernetes - led by super-user science facility CERN.

• Amazon, Microsoft chosen to compete for Pentagon cloud computing contract

  Amazon and Microsoft have been selected to continue competing for Pentagon cloud computing services as part of a contract that could be worth some US$10 billion, the U.S. Department of Defense said on Wednesday.

• Everything you need to know about Google Cloud Anthos

  Google Cloud has announced the general availability of Anthos: a platform that allows customers to run applications on-premise, in the Google Cloud and, crucially, with other major public cloud providers like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Cisco taps into AWS for data centre, cloud applications

  Cisco Cloud ACI for AWS lets customers manage and secure applications running in the data center or in Amazon Web Service cloud environments

• Google Cloud launches fully managed serverless product Cloud Run

  Google Cloud signalled its commitment to serverless computing today with the announcement of the public beta availability of Cloud Run, a fully managed environment for customers to deploy applications in a 'serverless' way.

• Air New Zealand demos on-demand printing of aircraft parts

  Air New Zealand has staged a proof of concept demonstration of on-demand 3D printing of replacement aircraft parts in partnership with Microsoft and aerospace industry players.

• Cisco, Google reenergize multi-cloud/hybrid cloud nuptials

  Cisco and Google have expanded their joint cloud development activities with Google's Anthos announcement

• Google Cloud Run runs stateless containers, serverlessly

  Google Cloud Run lets you deploy stateless, HTTP-invocable containers to a managed compute service or to Google Kubernetes Engine

• SAP cloud business head quits in latest top departure

  SAP said the head of its cloud business group had quit, the latest in a string of top departures as the technology company reshapes its operations.

• Microsoft seeks to lure game developers to Azure

  Microsoft has brought its services for game developers under a single umbrella, dubbed Microsoft Game Stack, and launched a range of new gaming-focused Azure services.

• Google Cloud hires another Oracle veteran for top engineering role

  ​Alphabet's Google Cloud has hired Amit Zavery to lead one of its engineering teams, a company spokeswoman confirmed on Monday.

• Victoria University deploys TechnologyOne’s student management system

  Victoria University has implemented TechnologyOne’s cloud-based Student Management Software for its vocational education (TAFE) division, VU Polytechnic.

• Discontinuity, disruption and digitalisation

  Cisco Live spotlights ways to tackle the common issues organisations face as they transform for the digital era

• Microsoft introduces integrated Darktrace-a-like, Azure Sentinel

  Microsoft has announced an AI-powered security solution called Sentinel that is designed to integrate with the Azure public cloud platform.

• VMware preps milestone NSX release for enterprise-cloud push

  VMware's NSX-T 2.4 includes network-configuration automation among 100 new features to better support corporate hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

• Data centre and cloud investments pay off for Macquarie Telecom

  Investments in data centres and cloud computing has paid off for Macquarie Telecom after experiencing nine consecutive halves of revenue and profit growth.

• Google to buy data migration company Alooma

  Google has announced it will buy data migration company Alooma, as part of efforts to catch up with bigger cloud service rivals Amazon and Microsoft.