Google Cloud Platform

In a recent announcement, Google introduced Community Connectors to Data Studio, which is designed to make data collection, analysis, and visualization easier. What’s more is that users can also share their connectors with others.

Google is sending Chromebooks to Microsoft resellers and customers in an attempt to get them to explore what Google has to offer.

Google has announced a new feature for G-Suite, called Hire; the service makes it easier to streamline the recruitment process for new employees.

Google is pushing its cloud agenda forward this week and is overhauling its support structure and offering new incentives.

Outages are inevitable and while the ‘cloud’ offers many advantages, it is vulnerable to the same issues as on-premises environments.

Microsoft is turning on two new data centers in South Korea and for Kubernetes fans, that service is now generally available on Azure.

For the fourth quarter of 2016, Amazon continued to dominate the cloud market by having more market share than Microsoft and Google combined.

Google is moving further into Microsoft’s Azure territory with new SQL features for the enterprise.

Google is finally making a serious move into the enterprise and cloud spaces; a series of announcements over the last year highlight this new initiative.

Because I already miss Atlanta, this edition of Short Takes focuses on Salesforce and Microsoft, Microsoft’s new AI-focused reorganization, Google’s new enterprise cloud push, Xbox strategy changes, China accuses Samsung of discrimination in Samsung Note 7 recall, and a ton of headline riffs.