SAP backup, the blended way
An SAP architect designing a backup solution is faced with questions towards the business (what needs to be done) and delivery (how it can be accomplished). This blog gives an overview of the challenges, available options, the advantages and disadvantages. As a conclusion, a blended…
How Google Cloud and SAP solve big problems for big companies
With SAP Sapphire kicking off this year in Orlando, Google are looking forward to seeing the customers and discussing how they can make core processes more efficient and improve how they serve their customers. One thing is certain to be top of mind – the…
How to get the most from your Intel-based instances on Google Cloud
Deploying mission-critical applications on Google Cloud can yield immediate benefits in terms of performance and total cost of ownership (TCO). That’s why Google Cloud is partnering with Intel to help our mutual customers optimize their most demanding workloads on Intel-based instances. The Intel Software Center…
Analyze Pacemaker events using open source Log Parser
This blog is the fourth in a series and it follows the blog Analyze Pacemaker events in Cloud Logging, which describes how you can install and configure Google Cloud Ops Agent to stream Pacemaker logs of all your high availability clusters to Cloud Logging. You can…
Filestore Enterprise for fully managed, fault tolerant persistent storage on GKE
Storing state with containers Kubernetes has become the preferred choice for running not only stateless workloads (e.g., web services) but also for stateful applications (e.g., e-commerce applications). According to the Data on Kubernetes report, over 70% of Kubernetes users run stateful applications in containers. Additionally, there…
How Google Cloud and Fitbit are building a better view of health for hospitals, with analytics and insights in the cloud
Great technology gives us new ways of seeing and working with the world. The microscope enabled new scientific understanding. Trains and telegraphs, in different ways, changed the way we think about distance. Today, cloud computing is changing how we can assist in improving human health….
Utilizing Cloud Support API to Programmatically Update Support Cases
Have you ever thought of leveraging Google Cloud’s Support API to programmatically manage your support cases? Or what if you wanted to create some scripts that can be plugged into your existing support case management system? In this blog post, we will walk you through…
Cloud Wisdom Weekly: 5 ways to reduce costs with containers
“Cloud Wisdom Weekly: for tech companies and startups” is a new blog series we’re running this fall to answer common questions our tech and startup customers ask us about how to build apps faster, smarter, and cheaper. In this installment, Google Cloud Product Manager Rachel…
Google Cloud Deploy gets continuous delivery productivity enhancements
Since Google Cloud Deploy became generally available in January 2022, Google have remained focused on the core mission: making it easier to establish and operate software continuous delivery to a Google Kubernetes Engine environment. Through ongoing conversations with developers, DevOps engineers, and business decision makers alike, Google have received feedback about…
Accelerate your developer productivity with Query Library
Google’s goal in Cloud Logging is to help increase developer productivity by streamlining the troubleshooting process. The time spent on writing and executing a query, and then analyzing the errors can impact developer productivity. Whether you’re troubleshooting an issue or analyzing your logs, finding the right logs…
Best practices of migrating Hive ACID Tables to BigQuery
Are you looking to migrate a large amount of Hive ACID tables to BigQuery? ACID enabled Hive tables support transactions that accept updates and delete DML operations. In this blog, we will explore migrating Hive ACID tables to BigQuery. The approach explored in this blog…
Develop for Compute Engine in your IDE with Cloud Code
When developing services with Compute Engine, the customizable compute service that lets you create and run virtual machines on Google’s infrastructure, you’ll likely find yourself frequently switching between your code editor, terminal, and the Google Cloud Console. Cloud Code is a set of IDE plugins for popular…