Since there was some excitement about this morning's network outage in Atlanta, here's more background on our network. In short: Covid-19 won't break it. blog.google/inside-google/…

Google Cloud VMware Engine is here! Migrating your VMware environment to Google Cloud, made simple. (er, CloudSimple ☁️😉) techcrunch.com/2020/05/14/goo…

You *herd* it from Urs first, but Business Insider had more to say about Oregon cows, a fallen line, and "Google's bulletproof network" 🐄☁️ businessinsider.com/cows-were-caus…

Today we are announcing a set of concrete commitments to build sustainable equity for Google’s Black community, and make our products and programs helpful in the moments that matter most to Black users. blog.google/inside-google/…

Grateful for Marian Croak – for all that she does as Google Site Reliability Engineering VP, for her countless, essential inventions (voice calls over the internet, to name one!), and for opening up to The Wall Street Journal with these tough, powerful memories. wsj.com/articles/googl…

Google Cloud has been looking to make some waves. The latest: a new contract with Box. David Jeans spoke to Google's Thomas Kurian and Box CEO Aaron Levie about the deal. forbes.com/sites/davidjea… tip Techmeme

Google has many traditions, but among the most important? Planning for the unexpected. WIRED goes behind the scenes of Google Meet's 30x WFH "explosion" 💪 wired.com/story/how-goog…

From masks to home goods to groceries, online retail is scaling beyond "wildest projections." Wayfair.com . Etsy are tapping Google Cloud to support booming capacity: on.wsj.com/32kRL7N 😷🛋️🛒

"Sometimes breaking glass is the only way to make progress." Got chills watching Marian Croak's #vGHC keynote all over again. Thank you, Marian, for your stories and your bravery and your big heart. ❤️ #TogetherWeBuild #BuildforEveryone

Today's USPTO commemorative card honors Marian Croak, VP of #SRE at Google! Hear an interview with Marian on “Journeys of Innovation”: uspto.gov/learning-and-r…

Double the grins. Double the trouble when you're dealing with twins. Bonus: stay for a third Kurian... ntap.com/31KQMyc #NetAppINSIGHT

"There's just no way you're going to produce the best of everything without a little bit of everyone." Inspirational must-read about Kelsey Hightower, the cloud legend, Kubernetes superhero and so much more: protocol.com/kelsey-hightow…

Because we all need some good news this year... WIRED takes an inside look at the effort (spearheaded by Google Cloud and others) to secure one of the top vulnerabilities in internet infrastructure.

.Google Cloud and SpaceX are teaming up to deliver data, cloud services, and applications quickly & securely using SpaceX’s low-earth-orbit Starlink satellites and Google Cloud infrastructure--I guess you’d call it a cloud Cloud. techcrunch.com/2021/05/13/goo…

Today we’re announcing Firmina, the longest subsea cable in the world capable of running from a single power source at one end if necessary. Firmina will run from the US East Coast to Argentina to help improve access to Google services in South America. cloud.google.com/blog/products/…

VoIP makes video chat possible. Honored to work with the woman who helped invent it, Google's own Dr. Marian Croak. She explains how VoIP works with Alie Ward on CBS Innovation Nation: youtube.com/watch?v=67RDKb…

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It's a cover-worthy kind of day! Bloomberg Green takes a deep dive into our biggest, most urgent moonshot yet – to run entirely on carbon-free energy, 24/7. No offsets, no accounting tricks, just rethinking what's possible. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Earth's rotation is slowing, creating odd consequences for the computers running the internet. David Pogue's entertaining look at what the world's doing about it (and a neat innovation from Google Site Reliability Engineering!)

FUN FACT: The internet doesn't live up in the clouds — it's deep beneath the ocean. A dive into the fascinating world of subsea cables and why they're important for the global economy. blog.google/products/googl…