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Following Google egress fees recent announcement, I've shared my insights in our latest OVHcloud blog shedding light on the importance of addressing egress fees. While it is a first step in the right direction for fairer competition within the cloud market, it's crucial to recognize that some critical aspects remain in the shadows, and that other unfair practices are still used in the cloud market. Read my blog post to uncover the full story: https://lnkd.in/ecVzsA9H #EgressFees #Cloud #OVHcloud #Blog

This week at Google Cloud Next '24, we announced a major milestone in our partnership with Google: Starburst is now the ONLY lakehouse query engine certified for use with Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), enabling high performance analytics in highly secure on-prem and hybrid environments. For those not yet familiar with GDC, this solution allows customers to deploy most of Google Cloud's services (such as AI, K8s, and GCS object storage) in an on-premises and air-gapped platform. For customers looking to address security requirements or ensure compliance with global data sovereignty/residency requirements, this is a perfect solution. Gerrit Kazmaier, Thomas Kurian, Brad Calder, Oliver Ratzesberger, Irina Farooq, Yasmeen Ahmad, Ritika Suri, Naveen Punjabi, Brian Boukal, Prajakta Damle, Dan Sandlin, Sid Singh, Digby Norris, Toni Adams, Boone Quesnel, Steven Chung, Théo Chamley, Tobias Ternström, Adam Ferrari

Meet Googler Sam (right)—Sam is such a kind, generous, smart, and overall a fantastic person! It was great catching up with Sam at Google recently. We go back to when we were both Nooglers in late 2017 / early 2018. Five and a half years ago! Wow. To many more at Google! #GoogleCloud #Google #Alphabet #Cloud

So much progress made on the Cloud side of Google business. Alphabet Q2 results are out and it's great to see the continuous growth of Cloud (at 28% YoY). We're also proud to be profitable for the second quarter in a row. Looking forward to continuing our journey and supporting our customers as they leverage the massive potential of #GenAI and the continuous opportunities to generate business value through cloud solutions. https://lnkd.in/ezaXD3EE

Today, Google are announcing the general availability of Firestore Multiple Databases, which lets you manage multiple Firestore databases within a single Google Cloud project, enhancing data separation, security, resource management, and cost tracking. Read more https://bit.ly/3TzD5xo #cloudace #cloudaceindonesia #Google #firestore #cloudacebiggerstronger

Finally, a look at how the dominance of three cloud providers has an impact on the internet as a whole. Looking forward to the findings! I'm entertained seeing Amazon Web Services boast about providing free 100 Gigabytes per month data transfer bandwidth, considering your smart phone comes with at least 10 times more than that. At Sharktech we provide 5TB free of charge for our cloud solutions and our standard data transfer prices are less than 1/10th of the prices AWS charges and it isn't because we use lower-end infrastructure, lower end IP transit providers, or have an abysmal uptime record. We use top Tier1 transit providers, our infrastructure is 100GE native with redundancy, and we have a 100% uptime on our cloud services. Yet if we charged as much as AWS offers we would consider ourselves price gouging. In our industry, where we still believe in healthy competition with other service providers, we have to provide customers the best service at the best price. https://lnkd.in/gsx_yvkT

👏👏👏 Good decision by Google ! The #cost of data traffic is a hot topic for anyone thinking about moving to the #cloud. Especially when it comes to calculating the potential costs if your IT strategy has to be changed abruptly or unexpectedly. 🤷♂️ Exit costs can bind customers if they decide to move to another cloud or on-premise solution. The pricing of most players in this market is not random or "accidental". They are carefully coordinated instruments. 💡 My opinion: I think this move will pay off in the long run as it makes it much easier to get started with these types of services. I'm excited to see how the whole thing develops. https://lnkd.in/g8h5mCTV

For anyone that wants to know more about best practices for a successful go to market with Google Cloud Marketplace, you should make time to attend this event! #saassales #saas #cloud #googlecloud #googlecloudpartners Partnership Leaders

Alphabet (GOOGL) results are in for Q3 2023, Google Cloud brought in $8.41 billion. Google Cloud continues to grow at a rapid pace, increasing revenue by ~24% YoY. Google Cloud’s Q3 2023 revenue of $8.41 billion represents nearly ~11% of Alphabet’s total sales of $76.7 billion. Full results can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eRGnBM8A #GoogleCloud #Google #Alphabet #Cloud