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Google Cloud Newsletter, November 2017. Cloud trends, resources, and platform news.
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PLATFORM NEWS
 
Wired calls Spanner "the database that mastered time," because it delivers strong consistency across the globe with a 99.999% availability SLA. And it's why Evernote is replacing over 750 MySQL instances with a single Spanner instance.
The measure of performance was once bandwidth – now it's often network latency. Whether you rely on it for microservices, HPC, ad tech, or gaming, the software defined network that underpins GCP is now much faster.
Vinton G. Cerf, hailed as one of the creators of the internet, joins our intrepid hosts to celebrate their 100th podcast. Listen in as they discuss the internet's past, present, and future. Spoiler: he's awesome.
The latest GCP region is up, running, and ready for rupees. Users in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Mumbai can see a 20%–90% improvement in latency compared to the next-closest region.
RESOURCES
 
Have your Kubernetes the easy way – or the hard way
For fine-grained control, Kubernetes the hard way is your guide. For a fully managed option, start here.
Google Patents Public Datasets: connect public, paid, and private patent data
Patent geeks: Query any volume or range of sources in BigQuery – with no need to set up a database of your own.
Why mabl chose GCP over AWS
Who better to test cloud platform performance than a software test platform? See if you agree with their conclusion.
GCP products in four words – or less
Sound poetry or technical classification? You be the judge. Follow one man's quest to redefine GCP.
Five steps to better GCP network performance
Learn to eliminate common causes of poor performance and maximize network speed – down to milliseconds.
Learn, connect, and share with Community Tutorials
Find and share specialized GCP knowledge with our staff-reviewed tutorials – and submit your own.
UPCOMING EVENTS
 
UPCOMING WEBINARS
 
The Secret to File Storage With Google Cloud
December 7, 2017
Introducing HC3 Cloud Unity
December 13, 2017
OVERHEARD
 
Twitter@IanMLewis
GKE is now Google Kubernetes Engine! finally the acronym is accurate :-p
Twitter@mpyeager
Being critical that a startup uses Google Cloud Platform and open source tools in solving problems and creating solutions is like expecting a neuroscientist to build their own MRI machine.