The opening session of the Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir Digital event was kicked off by Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian outlining Google Cloud strategy around accelerating digital transformation in the cloud — something pretty much every business is focused on right now. The sessions that followed focused on Productivity & Collaboration, Infrastructure, Security, Data Analytics, Data Management & Databases, Application Modernization, Cloud AI, and wrapping up with Business Application Platform, featuring relatively deep dives on them all. Google Cloud continues to work to make inroads in the cloud arena and this was an impressive look at some of their progress on that front.
HPE Announces Updates to Its HPE GreenLake for Partners Program
HPE announces updates to its HPE GreenLake for Partners program with emphasis on expanded storage, management services, container enablement, enhanced learning, sales and marketing. This strategy is solid, and likely to spur continued steady growth.
Microsoft Azure Scoops up Metaswitch in Bid to Make Azure the Meta-5G Edge Cloud
Microsoft Azure is making the solid bet that the dual acquisitions of Metaswitch and Affirmed Networks will strengthen the Azure portfolio in providing virtualized network software and voice/data/unified communications solutions aimed at operator 5G edge hybrid cloud demands, but must show its ongoing portfolio expansion will not scare off many potential CSP customers and supplier partners.
MATRIXX Software and AWS Roll Out Digital Transformation Assessments to Spur 5G Monetization
MATRIXX Software, expanding its collaboration with AWS, makes a compelling bid to gain early mindshare in driving the rapidly unfolding CSP, supplier, public cloud collaboration frameworks within emerging 5G environments. Here’s what I think is ahead as it relates to MATRIXX’s next moves as well as the competitive landscape and what to expect on that front.
Leaning into Digital to Drive Demand when Face to Face is Impossible
What should companies be thinking about in their efforts to continue marketing and driving business during this time where traditional events and face-to-face meetings are impossible?
Google Cloud and AT&T Team to Build 5G Edge Computing Solutions
Google Cloud partnering with AT&T to build 5G edge computing solutions is a move toward helping telcos optimize for 5G wireless applications. It’s also a move that’s central to Google’s strategy of moving the company beyond its core ad business and working to claim a larger share of the enterprise cloud business. What’s most noteworthy about this announcement from Google Cloud is the breadth of its strategy for partnering with 5G carriers, including, but not limited to, AT&T. Here’s a look at that in greater depth.
Google Acquires Cornerstone to Address Mainframe Workloads
Google continues its investments in companies that will drive more workloads to the cloud, but is the purchase of Cornerstone a sound move for Google Cloud?
Alphabet’s Fiscal Q4 and Year-End 2019 Results Show Strong Growth Under Competitive Pressure
Alphabet’s fiscal Q4 and year-end 2019 results show strong growth under competitive pressure. As the company attempts to diversify beyond its consumer focus into enterprise opportunities, Google’s cloud business and the continued courting of enterprise cloud customers may become a crucial failsafe for the company. More on that here.
Epic Systems Moves Away From Google Cloud Citing Security Concerns — The Healthcare Industry Should Take Note
Major medical records vendor Epic Systems moves away from Google Cloud, citing security concerns, and indicating plans to rely Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft Azure. This is big news in the healthcare market, and likely something that hospitals and healthcare providers can’t help but take note of—especially if they are current customers of Google Cloud for medical research, data storage, or other IT operations.
Google’s Appsheet Acquisition Moves The Needle, But Just a Bit
Google has acquired small low/code no/code platform AppSheet to expand its platform and appeal to developers looking to build simple apps for cloud tools.