Google (Alphabet)

Pilot program may lay groundwork for automating major part of hardware supply chain operations

At home in the CMO’s office, Google finds selling its cloud services to enterprise IT an uphill battle.

Report says companies are discussing potential joint venture that would build data centers around Saudi Arabia

Partners with MobileIron on platform that bundles services; the tool will increase Google G Suite’s application offerings

Chronicle is latest unit to spin out of research lab X. Exec touts speed, security but no details on clients and plans.

Currie, one of the cables, will be funded and owned in its entirety by Google. It will link the US and Chile. Another will be funded jointly with Facebook and others and link US to Europe. The third will land in Hong Kong and Guam.

The solution, called Retpoline, was created by Google software engineer Paul Turner to mitigate the Spectre vulnerability without a loss to performance.

Here’s what happens to a startup when Google gets all up in Its business

Buys two parcels in Loudoun County for data center construction, saving tens of millions by stepping out of Data Center Alley

Says large plot of land was purchased as potential future data center site.