Google Cloud stories
A 24-hour failure at a key Amazon Web Services region could wipe out GBP £1 billion in revenue for exposed UK companies, the report says.
The ranking boosts Google Cloud's bid to win more AI infrastructure spend as firms look for cheaper, scalable systems for training and inference.
New tools for governing AI agents are moving to the fore as Google picks 33 cybersecurity startups for its first cybersecurity forum cohort.
Security teams could cut alert overload as Google ties exposed assets to live attacker activity, helping prioritise the riskiest flaws first.
Most organisations must upgrade their systems to run agentic AI in production, as cloud costs, governance and energy use climb.
The controls are helping network teams filter routes, steer traffic and preserve appliance state without third-party virtual networking tools.
Firms with manually rotated ADFS certificates could still be exposed, as attackers may recover live signing keys and forge SAML logins.
Enterprises can now buy and register third-party AI agents through Google Cloud Marketplace for use inside Gemini Enterprise.
The framework aims to help IT leaders control security, governance and costs as agent-based systems move from pilot projects into production.
Demand for production-ready AI agents is pushing Google to reframe Cloud Run as a platform for long-running, data-driven workloads.
As fleets of autonomous agents move into daily use, teams are wrestling with crashes, credentials and recovery that model demos never cover.
Carmakers may gain cheaper, more secure software-defined vehicle tools as the open-source Nexus SDV core targets 100 million devices.
Buyers will gain a clearer signal on autonomous AI, as certified providers can now display a trustmark in the widely used STAR Registry.
The approach could cut token use and errors as developers build more complex multi-agent workflows with changing schemas.
Dutch ministries can now adopt Google Cloud after a privacy review found no known high data protection risks if safeguards are applied.
The ranking bolsters Looker as Google pushes AI-driven analytics, with buyers weighing governance and trusted data more heavily than dashboards.
Faster threat hunting and fewer manual database tasks are helping the cybersecurity firm cope with rising data volumes and alert fatigue.
Businesses could gain faster in-database AI queries as Google Cloud adds summarisation, sentiment analysis and new speed options to AlloyDB.
The top ranking signals growing demand for university AI that can manage sensitive data, automate admin work and scale across campus systems.
Mid-market security teams can now get permanent vulnerability and cloud checks free, easing access to tools often priced for larger enterprises.
