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Google Cloud partners with Air France-KLM to enhance operations with AI

Google Cloud said in a statement that the Franco-Dutch airline group's 551 operating aircraft, 93 million passengers carried in 2023, and its commercial and cargo flights generated large amounts

NTT DATA announces intent to acquire cloud engg firm Niveus Solutions

The acquisition accelerates NTT DATA's strategy to expand its cloud capabilities to meet the global demand for cloud solutions across industries

Google Cloud expands support for early-stage AI startups in India

Google said it has introduced the Emerging ISV Partner Springboard, a 12-week programme designed to supercharge growth for AI startups

Nara Lokesh pitches Vizag to Google Cloud CEO for setting up data centre

Andhra Pradesh's IT and Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh has pitched port city of Vizag in his state for setting up a data centre to Google Cloud CEO, saying the new government in the state has taken various initiatives for supporting industry that will help it transform into a cloud infrastructure hub. The state is focused on setting up data centres in Visakhapatnam and the minister invited Google Cloud to establish its data centre in the port city. As part of his mission to attract investments during his ongoing visit to the United States, Lokesh visited the Google campus in San Francisco where he met Google Cloud chief executive Thomas Kurian, its global networking vice-president Bikas Koley, vice-president of its business applications Rao Surapuneni, and vice-president of Google Maps Chandu Thota. The minister asked all these top echelons of Google to consider setting up of a data centre in Visakhapatnam under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode. "Under the visionary leadersh

Alphabet Inc beats sales estimates in Q3 results on Google Cloud growth

As its main search business matures, Google is betting on growth from its cloud division, which supplies computing power, software and services to other companies

Meet Avira & Vir: JSW MG Motor's new AI chatbots revolutionising car buying

JSW MG Motor India claims to be the first automotive company in India to launch two AI-powered chatbots, which are designed to enhance customer interaction and service

We are now partners in biz transformation for firms: Google Cloud India MD

India is among the fastest-growing markets for Google in the cloud services segment, a senior executive has said, adding that the tech giant is looking to partner companies in their business transformation through its offerings. Google Cloud India is seeing an "increased adoption" of its offerings across segments from the public sector to small and medium businesses and from startups and digital-native companies, Google Cloud India Vice President and Country Managing Director Bikram Singh Bedi told PTI. "If you look at cloud services as a segment, India is one of the fastest-growing countries for Google. If you look at the kind of customers that we're working with across segments -- public sector, SMB, smaller companies, medium-sized companies, large enterprises, startups, digital native companies... across the board...we're working with multiple stakeholders who are essentially using Google Cloud services and then over a period of time, this usage has been incrementally growing," ..

Google Cloud, Wipro partner to use Gemini Code Assist to boost productivity

Google Cloud on Thursday said it has partnered with IT firm Wipro to integrate Gemini Code Assist into the latter's development workflows. Gemini Code Assist is an AI-powered collaborator that helps developers write, review, and debug code more efficiently. This collaboration will enhance developer productivity, improve code quality, and encourage innovation, a company statement said. "At Wipro we are using conversational AI/Gen AI technology to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of the work done by associates on an individual basis. Tools like Google Cloud's Gemini Code Assist will significantly enhance first party productivity among our developers enabling them to deliver higher quality solutions more efficiently," Wipro Limited Chief Information Officer Anup Purohit said. Integrating Gemini Code Assist will accelerate development cycles, reduce errors, and enable developers to focus on higher-level problem-solving, the statement said.

Wipro expands partnership with Google Cloud to adopt AI tech Gemini

Wipro integrates Gemini models within its FullStride Cloud Studio Platform, and enables its associates on Google Cloud's latest GenAI tools

Fitterfly collab with Google Cloud to launch AI feature for diabetic people

Fitterfly Klik uses AI computer vision paired with the Fitterfly Nutrition Database, comprising over 37,000 Indian foods, to recognize, analyze, and break down food

Soon, you can transfer photos directly from Google to Apple's cloud storage

While the option to transfer images from Apple's iCloud to Google Photos has been available for some time, Google and Apple have collaborated to offer the service other way round

CAMS, Google Cloud come together to build cloud-native platform

Computer Age Management Services Ltd (CAMS) has collaborated with Google Cloud to develop next-generation platform for various business services, in the asset management industry. The initiative aims to modernise the largest platform serving the Indian asset management industry with next generation capabilities. The next generation platform, envisaged with Google Cloud, is a strategic step of the company to leverage the multiple benefits of cloud-based platforms and emerging technologies for the rapidly growing asset management industry, CAMS said in a statement here on Tuesday. The platform would be designed and developed over a five-year period with implementation of specific modules in a phased manner. Commenting on the development, CAMS Managing Director Anuj Kumar said, "our technology platform has been the financial infrastructure for the Indian Mutual Fund industry, serving investors and the complex ecosystem diligently, while scaling up to build a market share of about 68 p

Google CEO Pichai testifies at Ozy trial, denies $600 million offer

Pichai on Friday told the jury in Brooklyn, New York, federal court that an acquisition of Ozy was never discussed but that Google did consider hiring Watson as head of its news programming

Persistent Systems partners with Google Cloud to drive GenAI in key markets

Agreement will create solutions for various sectors including financial services and health care

Persistent up 2% on deal with Google Cloud to drive innovative solutions

The uptick in share price came after the IT major announced that it has entered into a long-term strategic partnership agreement with Google Cloud, to drive innovative solutions

HCL Technologies launches Enterprise AI Foundry to speed up GenAI-led biz

IT services company HCL Technologies (HCLTech) on Monday announced the launch of Enterprise AI Foundry and said it will simplify and scale enterprise AI journeys across business value chains. An HCLTech release said that the integrated suite of assets combines data engineering and Artificial Intelligence (AI) with cognitive infrastructure to accelerate Generative AI (GenAI)-led transformation across business value chains. "HCLTech announced the launch of HCLTech Enterprise AI Foundry to simplify and scale enterprise AI journeys," the release said. HCLTech Enterprise AI Foundry is tuned for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and designed to scale for on-premises infrastructure. "It removes the complexity of industrial-scale AI foundation models, data silos and overload of tools and frameworks, empowering IT leaders to establish seamless integration across IT and data assets," the release further said. It effectively enables business leaders

Google Cloud accidentally deletes $125 billion Australian pension fund

The 'unique misconfiguration' affected over half a million members who were unable to access their pension accounts for a week

Soket AI labs launch Pragna-1B AI model in collaboration with Google Cloud

The model will provide AI services in Indian vernacular languages including Hindi, English, Bengali, and Gujarati

Airtel to offer cloud and Gen-AI solutions with Google Cloud in India

The two companies are targeting the large and growing Indian public cloud services market, which is expected to reach $17.8 billion by 2027, according to IDC

Airtel, Google Cloud partner to propel cloud adoption & gen AI in India

Public cloud services market in India is expected to reach $17.8 billion by 2027