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Premium Finance 2022-11-16T16:04:17Z

Vanguard has cut costs by 30% thanks to its shift to the public cloud. Here's how the giant asset manager did it.

Michael Carr, CTO at Vanguard, tells Insider about his public cloud strategy for Vanguard, from cost cutting to potential public cloud partners.
Premium Enterprise 2022-05-02T12:00:00Z

Google Cloud's leadership is shuffling as top executives depart. Here are the 12 most important executives now leading the company as it races to catch rivals Amazon and Microsoft.

Google Cloud is pushing for a bigger presence in cloud as it competes against Amazon and Microsoft. These 12 executives are leading the unit.
Premium Enterprise 2022-04-29T12:00:00Z

Wells Fargo is in the middle of its first big data project since moving to Google's public cloud — and it's forcing the bank to upend how it thinks about data security

The bank is rebuilding a key CX platform for the public cloud, but moving from on-premises means it will operate in a new security landscape.
Premium Enterprise 2022-04-11T20:09:20Z

The CEO of a top Google Cloud implementation partner details his plan to target new markets and drive $2.5 billion to the cloud giant, 5 times its recent goal

SADA Systems CEO Tony Safoian says it sees rising demand for professional services, which Google Cloud said it would reward partners for investing in.
Premium Enterprise 2022-04-08T19:16:09Z

A leaked email reveals Google Cloud will reorganize its western North America sales team as a key vice president in the unit departs

The sales teams for western North America will reorganize, according to a leaked email from Google Cloud North America president Kirsten Kliphouse.
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Markets 2022-02-02T15:54:48Z

Google owner Alphabet is exploring the launch of new Web3 and blockchain-based products, CEO Sundar Pichai says

"On Web3, we are definitely looking at blockchain, and such an interesting and powerful technology with broad applications," CEO Sundar Pichai said.
Premium Enterprise 2022-01-12T00:27:42Z

Google Cloud changes how it compensates salespeople for working with partners, walking back one of its secret weapons in the cloud wars

Google Cloud is walking back its policy of incentivizing salespeople equally for selling its own products or those from partners.
Premium Enterprise 2021-12-29T13:30:00Z

Meet the 7 most important execs who left Google Cloud in 2021, and the 8 who joined

Google Cloud saw three leaders in the EMEA region leave this year, but it also hired a new EMEA president, as well as other product leaders.
Premium Enterprise 2021-12-03T11:07:40Z

Inside 3 years of change at Google Cloud, as employees say CEO Thomas Kurian's aggressive sales strategy has yielded real results at the cost of sowing internal dissent

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian is expected to renew his employment contract. His next goal for Google Cloud is to become profitable, sources say.
Premium Enterprise 2021-11-23T14:00:00Z

Google Cloud insiders worry the company is losing hot startups to Amazon Web Services because it won't match Amazon's famous offer of $100,000 in free credits

Google Cloud employees say the cloud unit has lost out on deals to Amazon Web Services because it gives fewer cloud credits to startups.
Premium Enterprise 2021-11-19T13:00:00Z

Google Cloud salespeople are 'frustrated' and worried about layoffs after finding out they might be ineligible for 25% of their huge cash bonuses

Google Cloud structured its sales compensation to reflect that of SAP and Oracle. Salespeople say new updates to this plan are biting back at them.
Premium Enterprise 2021-11-04T12:25:00Z

Meet the 10 Google Cloud product leaders who are crucial to the company's race to catch up to Amazon and Microsoft

Google Cloud is in a fierce cloud battle against Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, but its products in AI and analytics help it stand out.
Premium Finance 2021-10-27T17:27:14Z

An engineer shortage is forcing Wall Street to upskill more people to help tackle big cloud transformation projects

A shortage of experienced cloud engineers for banks, hedge funds, and private equity to hire is forcing Wall Street to re-skill existing talent.
Premium Enterprise 2021-07-26T16:00:00Z

Google Cloud is launching new policies to assure customers that it won't suddenly kill off its products

After analysts warned that Google's reputation could prevent cloud customers from signing long-term deals, it's rolling out new deprecation policies.
Premium Enterprise 2021-04-08T20:53:29Z

What Google Cloud looks for in data center workers as it aggressively hires and builds new locations

As Google Cloud builds new data centers to support increased cloud demand, it's looking for employees with strong collaborative work skills and more.
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Premium Enterprise 2020-08-13T17:01:00Z

Google Cloud partners explain all the ways that the search giant is getting more flexible, from letting customers reallocate their cloud resources to helping developers pay for their own sales and marketing pushes

Google Cloud has to catch up to Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, and partners say this flexibility can help it stand out in winning over customers.
Premium Finance 2020-08-11T12:28:00Z

Equifax's CTO walked us through a Google Cloud migration that's addressing security concerns, cutting $240 million in costs, and helping speed up product launches

Bryson Koehler, Equifax's CTO, walked Business Insider through its digital transformation and adoption of the public cloud via Google Cloud Platform.
Premium Enterprise 2020-07-30T22:36:00Z

How to impress a Google Cloud recruiter, as the unit continues to hire faster than the rest of the company during the coronavirus crisis

Google Cloud HR exec Brigette McInnis-Day told us which skills and traits the unit looks for when interviewing potential employees.
Premium Enterprise 2020-07-29T17:35:00Z

Here are 22 of the most important executives leading Google Cloud as it takes on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud is pushing for a bigger presence in the cloud as it competes against Amazon and Microsoft. These 22 executives are leading the charge.
Premium Enterprise 2020-03-23T20:17:00Z

The coronavirus crisis could make it harder for Microsoft's salespeople to do their jobs, hurting its best chance of catching up with Amazon Web Services

Microsoft may be particularly hurt by the crisis because it's counting on its enterprise sales force to outperform AWS and Google, an analyst says.
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