Google has created a relational database for its cloud-hosted App Engine application development and hosting platform, a much-requested addition, the company said on Thursday. For now, the database, ...

On Thursday, Google announced a whole series of database and data analytics improvements to its cloud data architecture. In this article, we'll focus on the substantial improvements to Spanner and ...

The SQL query language has been the cornerstone of database technology for decades. But what happens when you bring SQL together with modern generative AI? That's the question that Google Cloud is ...

Google is hosting a version of its Cloud Next conference in Tokyo this week, and it’s putting the focus squarely on tweaking its databases for AI workloads (because at this point in 2024, AI is the ...

In 2005 when Google was a $6.1 billion business, the database that underpinned the company’s primary cash cow – it’s AdWords online advertising platform that accounted for more than 95% of its revenue ...

The addition of Google Cloud SQL gives developers access to a cloud-based database server, meaning they won't have handle all of the heavy lifting of relational databases. "You can now choose to power ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. This article explores that question through ...

Google’s first attempt at MySQL as a service, Cloud SQL, launched in 2011, was somewhat of a disappointment from the standpoint of performance and scalability. Cloud SQL Second Generation, which was ...

Google Cloud Platform today released three database services from beta, signaling that they’re ready for production use. Cloud SQL, Cloud Bigtable and Cloud Datastore are all now in general release, ...