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Uber unlocks the power of cloud, AI and edge with Google

Google and Uber have expanded their partnership to support Uber’s modernization of its data cloud infrastructure and reimagine the customer experience for users, drivers, and merchants.

Bard for business? Google enters the chatbot game

Google has entered the AI chatbot arena with Bard, an artificial intelligence search tool. What does it mean for enterprise?

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Kroger groceries well-stocked with Google Cloud and Deloitte

Google Cloud and Deloitte have formed a strategic collaboration with Kroger to help the grocery chain use cloud technologies to increase associate productivity across its nearly 2,800 stores nationwide.

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Google Cloud unveils new AI tools for Retailers

Ahead of NRF2023 beginning today, Google Cloud has introduced four new and updated AI technologies to help retailers transform their in-store shelf checking processes and enhance their ecommerce sites.

Kuwait government picks Google Cloud

Google Cloud has announced a strategic alliance with the Government of Kuwait. The agreement is another important milestone in Google Cloud’s expansion in the Middle East region.

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Kingfisher goes multi-cloud with Google Cloud partnership

Kingfisher, a global home improvement company, has announced a new, five-year partnership with Google Cloud, to grow its digital capabilities.

Google Cloud launches new ‘accelerators’ for healthcare

Google Cloud has launched three new Healthcare Data Engine (HDE) accelerators to help organizations address common use cases around health equity, patient flow, and value-based care.

Deloitte reveals large-scale expansion with Google Cloud

Deloitte and Google Cloud have made the most significant expansion of their alliance to date, to continue industry-leading cloud solution builds.

Renault Group steers new innovations with Google

Google and Renault Group have expanded their partnership, accelerating Renault’s digitalization and the digital architecture for the Software Defined Vehicle (SDV).

Crypto hedge bet? Google combines Coinbase into Cloud

Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase has selected Google Cloud as a strategic cloud provider, in a move touted as one driving Web3 innovation and development. The news comes after Google's recent partnership with the blockchain arm of embattled crypto service Binance.

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Google Cloud bolsters leading blockchain with BNB Chain

Google Cloud has formed a strategic collaboration with BNB Chain, the smart contract blockchain giant. The partnership is set to enable early-stage Web3 and blockchain start-ups to develop and scale high-performance, efficient, and sustainable innovations.

Google further exits Smart City stage with Cloud closure

Five years after its inception, Google Cloud's IoT Core system is no more, pointing towards a further pivot away from smart city technology for Google and parent company Alphabet. The news comes not even one year after Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet's controversial urban planning subsidiary, was folded back into Google. The IoT Core closure was announced with a message on the product's page stating the service will be retired on August 16, 2023.

Google Cloud losses continue in latest Q2 earnings report

Google parent company, Alphabet, reports lowered profits for consecutive quarters, despite overall revenue increasing for the business. Google Cloud sales continue to miss profit estimates, with growing losses of $858m in Q2, despite revenue increasing to $6.2bn for the division.

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Deutsche Telekom and Google Cloud sign partnership agreement

Google Cloud and Deutsche Telekom have expanded their partnership to define a joint roadmap for the telecommunications industry by bringing the power of the cloud closer to mobile and connected devices at the edge of Deutsche Telekom’s network.

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Google Cloud and Vodafone launch AI booster platform

Google Cloud and Vodafone have collaborated to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to enable the next generation of AI use cases, including optimizing customer experiences, customer loyalty, and product recommendations. That ‘AI Booster’ platform has been in development...

Google Cloud and SAP expand partnership

Google Cloud and SAP are expanding their partnership and have unveiled new integrations between Google Workspace and SAP’s flagship cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Boeing cloud mega-deal takes flight

Boeing has strengthened its strategic partnerships with AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft in a cloud mega-deal that will reduce the company’s reliance on on-premises systems and provide employees with connected digital solutions.

Ukraine needs more than just ‘flag washing’ from Big Tech

ERP Today asks why the Big Tech brigade hasn’t put its money where its mouth is and shut off current services to their Russian client base.

Google deepens investment in Workday

Google has strengthened its partnership with Workday by investing in additional Workday products to support its global workforce. Google has subscribed to Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Extend, Workday Prism Analytics and Workday Strategic Sourcing. As part of its ongoing investment...

Why multi-cloud is the New Normal

Not long ago the IT landscape of an enterprise was a simple affair: one or a few data centres, usually determined by location requirements, would create a system landscape that every IT person with 10 or more year’s work experience grew up with. Fast forward to the 2010s and the landscape was characterised by duality – meaning that the data centres were still there – and a few workloads in the cloud, most likely a single cloud.

Workday vs. ServiceNow: The Big Shift

Every decade there’s a major shift in enterprise software. In the 1970s companies bought integrated financial systems; in the 1980s and 1990s it was ERP; now it’s a wild west of tools for digital customer experiences, digital employee experiences, and AI-enabled automation

Inchcape chooses RISE with SAP to drive transformation

Inchcape, a global multi-brand automotive distributor, has selected RISE with SAP on Google Cloud to bring its business-critical sales, marketing and operations systems, and data to the cloud.

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Google Cloud and Workday announce global partnership

Google Cloud and Workday have announced a multi-year partnership to enable businesses to further their digital transformations. As a Workday preferred cloud partner across industries such as healthcare, financial services, and retail, Google Cloud will help businesses run Workday enterprise...

OpenText gets pumped for SAP RISE

Information management company OpenText used its (virtual) engagement at SAP’s Sapphire NOW conference to detail its latest wares. The company’s data management tools are offered as SAP Solution Extensions to complement the RISE with SAP package; they are designed to drive organisations...

Automation Anywhere partners with Google Cloud to develop RPA-powered solutions

Automation Anywhere and Google Cloud have announced a new multi-year partnership in a bid to generate industry solutions.

Survival strategies in a hybrid and multi-cloud world

There is no question anymore that technology progress has overtaken the technology demands of business best practices, creating the current need for experimentation and exploration of how to operate a business in the 21st century...

Deloitte and Google Cloud team up to support public sector

Deloitte and Google Cloud are expanding their alliance to develop new solutions and services to help public sector organisations drive digital transformation...

The state of the enterprise in 2020 and beyond

While the world struggles with its most severe pandemic in 100 or so years, the key underlying dynamics...

Is private equity ‘dry powder’ going to ignite the SAP market?

The coronavirus pandemic and the resulting global lockdown have caused a sudden and sharp...

COVID stress test demonstrates resilience in software values

M&A activity is set to play a key role in the enterprise tech sector as strategic alliances, opportune acquisitions and distressed sales bolster the ERP market. It used to be the case that it was only when the tide went out that you could see who was swimming naked...