Tag: Google-cloud

GitHub

Google’s Open-Source Contributions by the Numbers: GitHub Activity, Repositories, and Community Impact

Google has published a detailed breakdown of its open-source activity over five years, showing that nearly 12,500 employees contributed to public repositories in 2019 and that its GitHub footprint has more than doubled since 2015.

DevOps

Atlassian Integrates Tasks Across Its DevOps Platform

Atlassian’s 2020 DevOps Trends Survey exposed a significant gap between practitioner and executive perceptions of DevOps success. In response, Atlassian shipped new cross-platform integrations across Jira, Bitbucket Cloud, Opsgenie, and Confluence to reduce context-switching and streamline the development pipeline.

Kubernetes

Couchbase Autonomous Operator 2.0: Kubernetes-Native Deployment for NoSQL at Scale

Couchbase released v2.0 of its Autonomous Operator for Kubernetes, promising single-click cluster deployment across any cloud and a reported 95% reduction in operational complexity. Here’s what the release means for database engineers running NoSQL workloads on Kubernetes.

Google Cloud

Google Cloud Revenue Takes Center Stage as Advertising Business Faces Economic Headwinds

As Google’s advertising revenue proved highly sensitive to economic conditions during Q1 2020, the company pivoted to aggressive cloud investment—accelerating hiring, expanding G Suite, and pursuing strategic acquisitions—to build a more resilient, diversified business.

Google Cloud

Google Cloud’s COVID-19 Response: Infrastructure, Credits, and Global Relief Initiatives

In early 2020, Google Cloud mobilized a broad set of initiatives to support researchers, businesses, government agencies, and educators during the COVID-19 pandemic — from $20 million in cloud credits to a 25x surge in Google Meet usage.