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News Skiptocontent News Menu LatestNews PressReleases Leadership DigitalAssets Subscribe Getstarted LatestNews PressReleases Leadership DigitalAssets Subscribe GoogleCloudKicksoffNext’21:HelpingCustomersSolveforWhat’sNext Newcustomers,partners,andinnovationsacrossdata,openinfrastructure,collaboration,security,andsustainabilityheadlineGoogleCloud’sannualconference SUNNYVALE,Calif.,Oct.12,2021/PRNewswire/-- Todayat Next'21,GoogleCloudannouncedaseriesofnewcustomerwins,partnerships,products,andservicestoenableorganizationstotransformtheirbusinesses.GoogleCloud'sannouncementshighlightthreeuniquecapabilitiesthathelpcustomersandpartnerssucceedintheeraofcloudtransformation:first,GoogleCloudPlatform,whichisdesignedandbuilttohelporganizationsdigitizeinanopenandsecureway;second,Google'sdeepandbroadecosystemofconsumerservicesanddevices,whichgivesorganizationstheabilitytouniquelyconnecttheirenterpriseecosystemwiththeconsumerecosystem;andthird,thecompany'scomprehensivesecurityofferingsthathelporganizationsprotecttheirdigitalassetsandusers. "EachyearatNextwecelebratetheachievementsofourcustomersandpartners,andthemanywaystheyhavetransformedtheirbusinessesdigitally,"saidThomasKurian,GoogleCloudCEO."Wealsolookforwardtosharingourlatestcloudinnovationsandprovidingaviewintothefuture—whatwethinkwilldrivebusinesstransformationforthedecadestocome." CustomerMomentumAcrossEveryGeographyandIndustry Businessesofallsizes,spanningeveryindustry—fromdigitalnativestoestablishedmultinationals—areleveragingGoogleCloud'sproductsandservicestohelpthemdigitallytransform.Buildinguponrecentmomentumwithleadingorganizationslike CasinoGroup, Energizer, Ford, HSBC, RelianceJio, Scotiabank, Univision, U.S.AirForce,and WellsFargo,aswellasfast-growingtechnologystartups AppLovin, BlueZoo, CueHealth, DapperLabs,and Outdoorsy,GoogleCloudtodayannouncedseveralnet-newrelationshipswith DPDHL, GeneralMills, SiemensEnergy,Walmart,and Wendy's. ExtendingCustomerSuccessThroughNewInnovationsandPartnerships Continuousinnovationisahallmarkofthecloud.Today,GoogleCloudannouncedanumberofnewpartnerships,products,andservicesthatextenditsabilitytohelporganizationsineveryindustryacceleratetheircloudjourneys: Aunifieddata,analytics,andAIportfolio CustomersturntoGoogleCloudproductsforunmatchedspeed,scale,security,andreliabilitytobuildtheirdataclouds.Theseproductsenableorganizationsofallsizes tounifytheirdataacrossmultiplecloudsandsilos,combineunstructuredandstructureddata,andmakeinsightsaccessibletoeveryemployee. Newinnovationsannouncedtodayinclude: VertexAIWorkbench,whichprovidesaunifieduserexperiencetobuildanddeployMLmodelsfaster;thegeneralavailabilityof BigQueryOmni,whichenablescustomerstoruncross-cloudanalyticswithdatainAmazonWebServicesandMicrosoftAzure; SparkonGoogleCloud,theindustry'sfirstautoscalingandserverlessSparkservice;andanewPostgreSQLinterfacefor CloudSpanner. Additionally,tohelporganizationsmakebetterdecisionswithreal-timedata,GoogleCloud announced partnershipswithCollibra,Databricks,Fivetran,Informatica,Tableau,andTrifacta. Anopencloudthatrunsanywhere OrganizationsareturningtoGoogleCloudbecauseofitscutting-edgeperformance,migrationtools,andserverlessandcontainercapabilitiesthatmakemodernizationeasy.GoogleCloudoffersamulti-cloudstrategyandconsistentdeveloperexperience,builtonopensource,thatallowscustomerstowriteonceanddeployanywhere.Toaccelerateclouddeploymentsregardlessoflocation,GoogleCloudtodayannounced: GoogleDistributedCloud,whichextendsGoogleCloud'sinfrastructureandservicestoedgelocationsandcustomerdatacenterswithanAnthos-managedcontrolplane. AnexpandedpartnershipwithNetApp,whoisourprimarypartnersupportingGoogleDistributedCloud'sstorageinfrastructure. ElasticandMongoDBarealsomakingtheirsupportforGooglePrivateServiceConnectgenerallyavailable,allowingcustomerstoprivately,securely,andquicklyconnecttheircloudnetworkstoserviceslikeElasticCloudandMongoDBAtlas. Collaborationacrosseveryfacetofthehybridworkplace  GoogleCloudiscommittedtoprovidingservices,products,andpartnershipsthatwillhelpenablesecureandproductivehybridworkfororganizationsofalltypes.GoogleWorkspaceenablesmorethan3billionuserstocommunicateandcollaborate,regardlessofwheretheyare,bycreatingadigitallocationforwork.IthelpsincreaseproductivitythroughassistivetoolslikeSmartCanvas,anddeliversaseamlessuserexperienceacrossproductslikeDocs,Gmail,Meet,andChattoaddresstheuniquerequirementsoffront-lineworkers.Today,GoogleCloudis announcing: AnewAtlassianJiraintegrationthathelpspeopleeasilycreatenewticketsandmonitorissueswithintheplatform. AnewGmailAppSheetintegrationthatallowsanyone—evennon-coders—tobuildemailappsfortaskslikebudgetapprovals,vacationrequestsandmore. An expandedpartnership withCitrixtoensurethatdistributedandhybridworkershaveeasy,secure,andlow-latencyaccesstovirtualizedapplicationsanddesktopsfromanywhere,withmanagementcontrolsfromCitrixandGoogleCloud'sglobalinfrastructure. NewsecurityinnovationsinGoogleWorkspace,includingclient-sideencryptionforMeetthatgivescustomerscontroloverencryptionkeys,andDataLossPrevention(DLP)forChattopreventsensitiveinformationfromleakingoutsideanorganization. Keepingusers,applications,anddatasafeonline Whetherit'ssecurelyoperatingglobalserviceslikeGoogleWorkspace,Gmail,andYouTube,eliminatingvulnerabilitieswithourZeroTrustapproach,orleveragingdataanalyticsandmachinelearningforthreatdetection,Googlehasdecadesofexperienceinpioneeringdifferentiatedapproachestosecurity.Toaddresstheunprecedentedsecuritychallengesthatorganizationsfacetoday,GoogleCloudismakingtwoannouncements: Thenew GoogleCybersecurityActionTeam comprisedofexpertsfromacrossGooglewhowillleverageGoogle'sownsecuritybestpracticestoguide,educate,andinformorganizations.Fromdevelopingaroadmapandimplementation,torespondingtoamajorincident,toengineeringnewsolutionsasthethreatlandscapechanges,thisteamwillhelpshapecustomers'securitytransformations. Thenew WorkSaferprogram willhelporganizations,especiallythosewithoutin-housesecurityexpertise,quicklyachieveastrongersecuritypostureintoday'shybridworkenvironment.WorkSaferprovidesbest-in-classsecurityforemail,meetings,messagingandmorebybringingGoogleWorkspacetogetherwithotherindustry-leadingGoogleproductsandsolutionsfromCrowdStrikeandPaloAltoNetworks. ScalingtheCleanestCloudintheIndustry Lastyear,Googlemadeits biggestsustainabilitycommitmentyet:tooperateon24/7carbon-freeenergyacrossitsofficesanddatacentersby2030.Andearlierthisyear,GoogleCloudintroducedawayforcustomerstochoosethecleanestregionstoruntheirworkloads.Today,thecompanyis announcing anexpansionofitscarbon-freesolutionsportfolioandpartnershipsthatwillhelpcustomersreducetheircarbonfootprints: CarbonFootprint isanewtoolthatreportsonthecarbonemissionsassociatedwitheachcustomer'sGoogleCloudPlatformusage,enablingthemtomeasure,track,andreportontheprogressagainsttheirclimategoals.ItisavailabletoeveryuserintheGoogleCloudConsole,atnocharge. UnattendedProjectRecommender usesmachinelearningtoidentifyandflagprojectsthatarelikelyabandoned,sothatorganizationscanchoosetoeasilydeletethem,inturnsavingmoneyandmitigatingsecurityrisks.Customerswillsoonbeabletoestimatethecarbonemissionssavedbyremovingtheseidleresources. GoogleEarthEngine isnowavailableinpreviewaspartofGoogleCloudPlatform.Combinedwithothergeospatial-enabledproductslikeBigQuery,CloudAI,andGoogleMapsPlatform,EarthEngineenablescompaniestotrack,monitor,andpredictchangesintheEarth'ssurfaceduetoextremeweathereventsorhuman-causedactivities,helpingthemsaveonoperationalcosts,mitigate,andbettermanagerisks—alltohelpthembecomemoreresilienttoclimatechangethreats. A newpartnershipinitiative withleadingdataandapplicationproviderstohelpglobalbusinessesandgovernmentsacceleratetheirsustainabilityprogramsandbetterunderstandtheimpactsofclimatechange. Carto,ClimateEngine,Geotab,NGIS, and Planet willbringtheircoreapplicationsandmorethan50petabytesofsatelliteimagery,demographics,mobility,andtelematicsdatatoGoogleCloud,helpingcustomersdeployandaccessapplicationsanddataatglobalscaleandmakemoredata-drivendecisionswithBigQueryandEarthEngine. AllofthisinnovationistakingplaceonGoogleCloud'sleadinginfrastructure,whichdeliversthecapacityandperformancecustomersneed.Thisyear,GoogleCloudopenedfournewregionsin Warsaw, Delhi, Melbourne,and Toronto.Now,withitsglobalfootprintof28regionswithmultipleavailabilityzones,GoogleCloudhasthelargestandlowestlatencynetworkamonghyperscalecloudproviders.Thecompanyhasalsoannounced10futureregionsinBerlin-Brandenburg;Columbus,Ohio;Israel;Madrid;Milan;Paris;Santiago;SaudiArabia;andTurin. FormoreonGoogleCloudannouncementsduringNext,pleasevisitthe GoogleCloudblog orour presscorner. AdditionalResources GoogleCloudNext EventSite AboutGoogleCloud: GoogleCloudacceleratesorganizations'abilitytodigitallytransformtheirbusinesswiththebestinfrastructure,platform,industrysolutionsandexpertise.Wedeliverenterprise-gradesolutionsthatleverageGoogle'scutting-edgetechnology–allonthecleanestcloudintheindustry.Customersinmorethan200countriesandterritoriesturntoGoogleCloudastheirtrustedpartnertoenablegrowthandsolvetheirmostcriticalbusinessproblems.     CONTACT:[email protected] Year SelectYear202120202019201820172016