Topic: google
Google Cloud sets up advanced network threat detection with Packet Mirroring
Packet Mirroring, Google’s solution to enhance threat detection in public cloud environments, is now generally available. The feature offers full packet capture, which allows users to identify network anomalies within and across VPCs, internal traffic from VMs to VMs, traffic between end locations on the internet and VMs, and also traffic between VMs to Google … continue reading
AT&T and Google Cloud team up to enable network edge 5G computing solutions for enterprises
AT&T and Google Cloud teamed up to provide GCP’s technologies and capabilities using AT&T’s 5G network connectivity at the edge. The partnership will also add a portfolio of 5G edge computing solutions. The edge devices will span manufacturing, retail, transportation, local enterprise 5G, and gaming. These solutions will use AT&T’s 5G network and Google Cloud’s … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Google adds cluster management fee to GKE, Hailo raises $60 for deep learning chip, and Mission and Cloudwick team up on managed data and analytics
Google Kubernetes Engine clusters will start accruing a cluster management fee starting June 6. The fee will include $0.10 per cluster per hour. According to the company, one zonal cluster per filling account is free and GKE fees will not apply to Anthos GKE clusters. The company is also introducing a service level agreement backed … continue reading
Transitioning to SRE
Over the years, there have been a lot of new methodologies that aim to help an organization manage their technology more efficiently, whether that means making programmers more efficient or the operators who manage a company’s technology infrastructure. DevOps, which sought to bring developers and operators together, is one such example of this, and one … continue reading
Dynatrace partners with Google and Microsoft on the OpenTelemetry project
Dynatrace has announced that it is partnering with Google and Microsoft on the OpenTelemetry project. “Our goal is to ensure the ‘run the business’ software underpinning digital enterprises works perfectly, so we feel it’s important to contribute our expertise to this open source project to improve and advance observability in a broader manner,” said Alois … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: gVisor
Google has developed a sandbox for container runtimes called gVisor that is focused on security, efficiency, and ease of use. “Containers are not a sandbox. While containers have revolutionized how we develop, package, and deploy applications, running untrusted or potentially malicious code without additional isolation is not a good idea. The efficiency and performance gains … continue reading
Google explains cloud-native security model
To address security issues as early in the development and deployment lifecycle as possible, Google implemented a new approach to cloud-native security called BeyondProd. Google released a whitepaper to show how other companies can benefit from BeyondProd as well. Cloud-native security steers away from the traditional perimeter-based security model in which all users or services … continue reading
Google introduces general purpose VMs
Google has announced a new solution designed to improve general-purpose virtual machines in cloud applications. The company’s E2 family of virtual machines for the Google Compute Engine features dynamic resource management, flexible configurations and total cost of ownership. “E2 VMs are a great fit for a broad range of workloads including web servers, business-critical applications, … continue reading
Google launches Bare Metal Solution to accelerate cloud adoption
Google has announced a new solution to help with the migration of applications, helping facilitate cloud adoption. The company explained the new Bare Metal Solution contains all of the infrastructure that is needed to run specialized workloads. It also features a low-latency and highly resilient interconnect and connects with all Google Cloud services. It uses … continue reading
Google launches Network Intelligence Center to provide insights into network operations
Google has announced a new solution designed to make it easier to monitor network traffic. Its new Network Intelligence Center provides comprehensive network monitoring, verification, and optimization in cloud and on-prem data centers. According to Google, more and more organizations are adopting multi-cloud strategies, but today’s fragmented networking tools lead to a lack of visibility, … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Cloud Security Scanner in GKE and Compute Engine, ManageEngine’s Log360 update, and ITSM Academy’s new course
Google has announced the general availability of its Cloud Security Scanner in GKE and Compute Engine. The new service will provide insights into app vulnerabilities and allow organizations to take action before those vulnerabilities can be exploited. Potential use cases include notifying organizations of common external vulnerabilities in their application, alerting them of accessible GIT … continue reading
Google to create new subsea cable connecting Africa and Europe
Google is trying to make the world more connected with the announcement of a new subsea cable that will connect Africa and Europe. The new cable, Equiano, is entirely funded by Google, and the third international cable that it has funded entirely on its own. Equiano is also the 14th subsea cable that Google has … continue reading
