Tag: Google
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The Google Cloud Platform Q&A
GCE explained quick and dirty: The Google Cloud Platform Q&A:
While the bulk of the attention at Google I/O last week, at least in terms of keynote airtime, was devoted to improvements to user-facing projects like Android and Chrome, the Cloud team had announcements of their own.… Continued
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A second spring of cleaning
We’re living in a new kind of computing environment. Everyone has a device, sometimes multiple devices. It’s been a long time since we have had this rate of change—it probably hasn’t happened since the birth of personal computing 40 years ago.… Continued
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Google’s Larry Page on Why Moon Shots Matter
Google’s Larry Page on Why Moon Shots Matter:
Larry Page lives by the gospel of 10x. Most companies would be happy to improve a product by 10 percent. Not the CEO and cofounder of Google. The way Page sees it, a 10 percent improvement means that you’re basically doing the same thing as everybody else.… Continued
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Why Does Everyone Think Google Beat the FTC?
Why Does Everyone Think Google Beat the FTC?
In the aftermath of the FTC’s settlement with Google yesterday, too many reporters fell for the line that Google used some fancy combination of executive charm and lobbying prowess to beat the federal government at its own game.… Continued
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The Three Ages of Google – Batch, Warehouse, Instant
The Three Ages of Google – Batch, Warehouse, Instant:
The world has changed. And some things that should not have been forgotten, were lost.
Nice way to start an article about Google’s processing and data ages. Google is so much ahead of the curve that we can still learn a lot from the stuff they’re publishing about their past!
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Amazon Is Ripe For Disruption
Amazon Is Ripe For Disruption:
Amazon, the great disintermediator that put a spanner — in fact, a set of 25 spanners in a handy case, yours for just $9.99 — in the businesses of many a retailer, is going to face exactly the same fate if it doesn’t start to address its weaknesses soon, particularly in the area of publishing.… Continued
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Google’s Megastore
I don’t think I’ve written about Google’s Megastore yet, so here’s a quick summary of worthwile resources.
Megastore is the data engine supporting the Google Application Engine. It’s a scalable structured data store providing full ACID semantics within partitions but lower consistency guarantees across partitions.… Continued
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Nutanix Google-like Storage Architecture