by ezcloud | May 30, 2019 | General, Google, Google Cloud, Google Cloud Platform
Google is still closely associated with California to many people (and to a lesser degree New York), but it’s determined to change that reputation. The company is launching a $13 billion expansion in 2019 that will give it a total US footprint of 24...
by ezcloud | Mar 9, 2019 | General, Google
Mason Trinca/Getty Today, thousands of Google employees staged a company walkout to protest Google executives’ alleged protection of sexual harassers at the company. The walkout at the Company’s HQ in Mountain View, California, is reportedly the largest worldwide....
by ezcloud | Feb 1, 2019 | Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Azure, General, Google, Google Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft
Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced that it has agreed to buy RedLock Inc., a competitor focused on securing cloud environments, in an all-cash deal worth $173 million. The purchase is the latest in a series of nine-figure acquisitions that the network protection...
by ezcloud | Feb 1, 2019 | Google, Google Cloud
Let’s start from the end: after almost 6.5 years, I’m leaving what’s IMO the best company in the world to work for. This was my longest stint at any one company. I’m leaving to pursue a high-risk high-reward opportunity with a company that’s disrupting personal...
by ezcloud | Oct 18, 2018 | Google, Google Cloud Platform
Short Lived, Low Cost VMs Preemptible VMs are highly affordable, short-lived compute instances suitable for batch jobs and fault-tolerant workloads. Preemptible VMs offer the same machine types and options as regular compute instances and last for up to 24 hours. If...
by ezcloud | Oct 18, 2018 | Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft
AWS t2.nano or t3.nano (1 vCPU, 0.5 MB RAM) – $27/year Important Consideration t2 and t3 unlimited – https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/burstable-performance-instances-unlimited-mode.html Azure B1s (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM) – $71/year...
