Knowledge catalogue
Whether you use it for data preparation, real-time interactive queries, AI model training, or something entirely different, running Apache Spark at scale is demanding — you shouldn’t have to manage th
Many data engineers spend significant time managing compatibility and getting best performance across multiple analytics engines. To help solve this pain point, we are excited to announce gcs-analytic
At Google Cloud Next, we announced the preview of graph algorithms with Spanner Graph, bringing Google Research’s state-of-the-art graph mining capabilities natively to your database. These graph inte
Google Cloud Storage (GCS) is a foundational component of the modern agentic tech stack and the preferred home for unstructured data at scale. As enterprises deploy agents in production, the critical
What happens when your workload fails in one region but you need access to service? This is a common case for availability and uptime. With recent enhancement to the Kubernetes ecosystem and capabilit
Processing millions of user reviews in real-time, under strict latency and cost constraints, is no easy task. Trustpilot has been doing exactly that with custom machine learning since long before larg
Application owners and platform engineers have long faced a difficult choice: spend excessively by over-provisioning to guarantee quick startups, or minimize costs but endure slow cold starts. We are
The example of a growing restaurant Imagine you are running a restaurant chain. You just can't physically feel and touch things to know how your business operates. You need tools and a digital replica
AI agents possess incredible reasoning capabilities and can perform increasingly complex actions. But the reliability of agentic outcomes depends entirely on the quality of the context they can access
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL is a fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service designed for the most demanding enterprise workloads. It combines the best of PostgreSQL with the power of Google, del
Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2026. Today, Usman Chaudhary, Field CISO, Google Public Sector, offers a guide for CISOs protecting government agencies and critical infrastructur
If you've built a chatbot, you know this conversation: User: 'Book a table for two tomorrow at 7pm.' Agent: 'Okay, for what day?' User: 'Tomorrow.' Agent: 'What time?' A date picker would have ended t
Many organizations’ single source of truth is data that resides in BigQuery, Google’s governed, secure and petabyte-scale data platform. However, the 'last mile' of ad-hoc analysis, modeling, and repo
Since its inception over 20 years ago, Google has used Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to keep services like Search, Gmail, Maps, YouTube and Google Cloud reliable and highly available, adhering to
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible. In high-growth, technically ambitious markets like the Middle East, North Africa, and Türkiye (MENA-T), we f
Google created MapReduce more than 20 years ago to solve the scaling problems in data processing that the then young company was running into. The AI era that we are in now demands efficient, large-sc
Managing planned maintenance is a critical part of running a reliable business. But as your cloud footprint grows into hundreds or even thousands of projects, keeping track of every individual update
In the high-stakes world of forensic science, time is the enemy of justice. The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) Forensic Science Institute (FSI) was looking for an innovative AI solution that cou
Organizations are unlocking entirely new ways to use image generation and editing across their industries. To drive next-generation experiences, businesses are embedding AI directly into creative, age
I saw a developer asking on Reddit if there was any “sane way” to manage Cloud Run cold starts for AI across multiple regions. They were experiencing startup latencies of up to 20 seconds, a frustrati
aside_block <ListValue: [StructValue([('title', 'Summary of today’s news'), ('body', <wagtail.rich_text.RichText object at 0x7fb0f516f910>), ('btn_text', ''), ('href', ''), ('image', None)])]> AI-powe
Over the last 25 years of building Google’s global network, we’ve navigated major architectural eras — from the Internet, to streaming, and the cloud. Today, we are squarely in the midst of a fourth:
The way we work has fundamentally changed. From automated agents to sophisticated AI services, Generative AI (GenAI) has become a daily tool for a vast majority of employees. But with this rapid adopt
Written by: Jamie Collier While Russian-speaking threat actors have historically dominated the phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) landscape, a rival ecosystem is rapidly growing within the Chinese-language
Written by: Takahiro Sugiyama, Peter Revelant, Mathew Potaczek Introduction In late 2025, Mandiant responded to a security incident involving a compromised web server running KnowledgeDeliver. Knowled
Welcome to The Blueprint, a regular feature where we highlight how Google Cloud customers are tackling unique and common challenges across industries using the latest AI and cloud technologies. We hop
At Google I/O 2026, we announced updates to the integration between Google AI Studio and Google Cloud: New users can deploy up to two full-stack applications to the Google Cloud Starter Tier, no billi
Today, AI services rely heavily on API keys. To run AI agents, users provide API keys that signify paid tokens, subscriptions, or paid accounts. While API keys are easy to use, it is just as easy to u
Many development teams are familiar with the hesitation that comes right before pushing a new feature live. As AI helps developers write code faster, the gap between rapid code generation and safe pro
Many of the world’s fastest-growing AI startups are choosing to build their future — and the world’s — on Google Cloud because of our complete and open AI stack. We embed AI into every layer of our ar
In just a short time, we’ve seen AI transition from simple chat interfaces to autonomous agents capable of function calling, code execution, and persistent terminal use. But to orchestrate these capab
LLMs have become more powerful at smaller sizes, but deploying them to edge devices like smartphones remains a massive challenge. Today, developers have to optimize across a sprawling combination of a
As models and harnesses improve, agents are taking on increasingly complex tasks that can run for hours or even days. But as we push agents to do more, this has surfaced a new operational problem: lon
Editor’s note: Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) recently completed a major infrastructure upgrade, migrating its IBM Sterling Order Management System (Sterling OMS) from an Oracle database to Google Clou
At Google Cloud Next ‘26, we unveiled the blueprint for the Agentic Enterprise, sharing our eighth-generation TPUs, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, a fully reimagined Agentic Data Cloud, Workspace I
This is a new era — the agentic era – and the question is no longer, “what’s possible?” but rather, “what creates impact?” Today, organizations across industries around the world are swiftly moving fr
The modern software development landscape isn’t happening just on one surface — it’s happening across an entire ecosystem of agentic tools. Agents are being developed at an unprecedented scale, and th
At Google I/O, we introduced a unified development toolkit featuring Antigravity 2.0 and the Managed Agents API, giving developers better ways to build locally and deploy securely to the cloud on a sh
Accessing enterprise data is shifting from static reports to dynamic use by autonomous systems. To keep up, organizations must route fragmented data from SaaS, IoT, and legacy sources into secure, sca
When most people think of A/B experimentation, they think of button colors, landing page layouts, or checkout flows. At Google, many fundamental infrastructure improvements also need the rigor of A/B
Every device, user, and microservice generates data. Ingesting this data, extracting meaning and insights, and driving business decisions in real time has the potential to deliver transformational bus
The Gemini Live Agent Challenge is officially in the books! We challenged developers worldwide to break out of the traditional 'text box' paradigm by building next-generation AI agents. From our initi
Written by: Austin Larsen, Tyler McLellan, Genevieve Stark, Dan Ebreo Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has continued to track an expansive extortion campaign by UNC6671, a threat a
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2026. Today, Vinod D’Souza, director, Office of the CISO, shares highlights from his RSA Conference fireside chat with Anthony Belfiore, chief stra
May 2026 update: We’ve refreshed this post to reflect our mid-cycle positioning and the evolution of our platform since the report was first published last November. Last fall, Google was recognized a
Every day, thousands of hours of new video content sits waiting to be discovered. Most of it lives in long-form, horizontal formats, while audiences are scrolling through vertical feeds on their phone
At the Android Show yesterday, we introduced Googlebooks: a new category of premium laptops built with Gemini’s helpfulness at the core. Designed for Gemini Intelligence, Googlebooks will give persona
What does transportation mean to you? For some, it’s making sure the train is on schedule so they can get to work on time. Maybe it’s making sure you have time connecting between flights. Maybe it’s a
In the healthcare and life sciences industries, speed saves lives, but meeting regulatory requirements and other administrative burdens often pumps the brakes for manufacturers of software as a medica
Databases have introduced new AI-powered SQL functions which take natural language instructions as input and are evaluated using LLMs. They leverage the power of LLMs to answer new kinds of queries: W
As AI coding agents become deeply embedded in developer workflows, defenders must evolve their definition of malicious files and rethink how to protect against them. Autonomous AI agents operate acros
The modern web is extremely visual. People are busy and easily-distracted, and smart companies know they have just seconds to attract would-be customers with compelling images, videos, animations, and
In today's hyper-connected market, an enterprise's most valuable asset — mission-critical data — often remains trapped in legacy silos. For years, leadership teams have navigated a data pipeline dilem
Across the public sector, the conversation has shifted; we are no longer just talking about the potential of AI, we are already seeing the impact. While visionary leadership and cultural buy-in are cr
At Google Cloud Next ’26 we announced Cloud Storage Rapid, a family of object storage capabilities for data-intensive workloads like AI and analytics. Out of the gate, Cloud Storage Rapid consists of
Frontier AI models have redefined the unit of compute. At trillion-parameter scale, AI training requires thousands of interconnected components, orchestrated in industrial-scale deployments to operate
As you look out at your 2026 infrastructure roadmap, your goal is to balance the need for rapid innovation with operational stability. You shouldn't have to choose between adopting the latest database
Executive Summary Since our February 2026 report on AI-related threat activity, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has continued to track a maturing transition from nascent AI-enabled operations
Managing a modern database fleet is both a scale and cognitive problem. As database estates grow, the effort required to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize them often outpaces teams’ capacity, who fi
With AI coding tools like Antigravity and Claude Code, I can build a working web app in record time. But deploying it? That's where I'd historically lose the rest of the afternoon to Dockerfiles, IAM