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CIOs highlight negotiation opportunities as AWS and Google lower cloud costs

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Recent cloud price revisions by AWS and discounts offered by Google Cloud for some of their key services have created opportunities for CIOs to negotiate better contracts or lock in low-price contracts. Industry analysts emphasize that these price cuts are driven by more than just competitive pressure.

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Google Cloud partners with Indian startup SuperGaming to offer gaming engine to developers

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Google Cloud has partnered with SuperGaming to offer the Indian gaming startup’s proprietary gaming engine, SuperPlatform, to developers worldwide, the latest in a series of recent steps from the Android-maker to expand focus into the gaming industry. The two did not disclose financial terms of the deal. million, with $5.5

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How Google Cloud learned to embrace its partner ecosystem

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Google Cloud’s annual Next event is happening in San Francisco next week (and we’ll be on the ground to cover all of the announcements), but ahead of the event, Google Cloud today put a spotlight on its partner ecosystem. ” When the ISVs grow, Google Cloud grows, after all. .

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Alphabet pins hopes on Google Cloud as ad revenue growth declines

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While overall revenue growth slowed to 6% in the quarter for Alphabet, Google Cloud grew 38% year-on-year to $6.9 I’ve long shared that cloud is a key priority for the company,” said Sundar Pichai, CEO at Alphabet, while addressing analysts on Tuesday, according to a transcript from Motley Fool. “The

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Oracle inks deal with AWS to offer database services

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In continuation of its efforts to help enterprises migrate to the cloud, Oracle said it is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer database services on the latter’s infrastructure. Oracle Database@AWS is expected to be available in preview later in the year with broader availability expected in 2025.

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Google turns up the heat on AWS, claims Cloud Spanner is half the cost of DynamoDB

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Google’s Cloud Spanner is now half the cost of Amazon’s DynamoDB “for most workloads,” Google says. And Google doesn’t want you to forget it.

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Google’s AI innovations at Cloud Next 2025: What CIOs need to know

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During his one hour forty minute-keynote, Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud showcased updates around most of the companys offerings, including new large language models (LLMs) , a new AI accelerator chip, new open source frameworks around agents, and updates to its data analytics, databases, and productivity tools and services among others.

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