Google is currently behind AWS and Microsoft in the cloud battle, and it would seem this play is an attempt to claw some ground back.

Canalys analysts say the huge growth in cloud services will be of benefit to channel partners with a number of incentives.

Last year saw almost manic growth in revenue for cloud providers as businesses continue to seek the benefits the services can provide.

"The Asia Pacific market is important for Google Cloud, and we are making long-term investments to support our growing business there.”

Research found a 35% increase DDoS attacks using public cloud server-based botnets from the previous 12 months.

Interxion is adding to its lineup of cloud providers with new dedicated access to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) across its Europe footprint

This will bring the tech giant's total Singapore data center investment to more than US$850m in a bid to meet surging demand.

The global data centre company says the new partnership with Google Cloud says the partnership will unlock insights and create new revenue streams.

The integrated solution provides enterprise-grade backup of applications that use Google Compute Engine (GCE), addressing a growing market demand.

Partner interconnect allows customers to link their on-premises resources to the GCP through a supported service provider.

“Together with Equinix, we are making it easier for customers to extend their on-premises infrastructure to the Google Cloud Platform.”

Rumours that Apple stores its iCloud data on Google’s public cloud have been around for a while but with never any confirmation from Apple.

​Acronis has revealed its intentions to enhance its backup solutions by integrating them with Google Cloud Platform.

Auldhouse now has the only two certified Google Cloud trainers in NZ after meeting the stringent requirements to become an official training provider.

Google Cloud Platform announced the general availability of Compute Engine machine types with 96 vCPUs and up to 624 GB of memory.

“CloudPoint 2.0 is architected so that new workloads and applications can be auto-discovered and protected with snapshots, as soon as they launch."

Google has open-sourced a set of reference high-performance Cloud TPU model implementations.

Google launched its first Cloud Region in Japan in 2016.

“The majority of organisations are leveraging cloud computing to accelerate their digital business strategies and growth."

Aiming to simplify the deployment and operation of Kubernetes clusters, this Kubernetes solution is for service providers and enterprise.

Commvault recently conducted a survey revealing that 56% of respondents are cloud-only or plan to move 100% of their workloads to the cloud.

The platform is now ready for customers to build applications and store data, joining the company’s other Asia Pacific regions.