Google Cloud Turns a Profit and Extends the Life of Servers | Gestalt IT Rundown: April 26, 2023

In the three years since reporting financial metrics Google's cloud business has announced they have turned a profit. Their offerings under this umbrella include Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace. These two products now account for 10 percent of parent company Alphabet's total revenue. Buried in an SEC filing is news that Google will extend the estimated useful life of its servers and networking equipment to 6 years. While this is phrased as financial engineering, it also reflects a change in how Google, and other hyperscalers, will purchase and buy servers. What are the ramifications of this change? Does this mean the cloud business will remain a priority for Google going forward? Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:09 - CrowdStrike's CloudStream aims to Simplify XDR Adoption 2:49 - Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster released by Canonical 7:19 - DHS to create a task for to determine how AI can be used to protect the country 9:52 - BMC Expands Mainframe Business with Model9 13:58 - Cisco releases cloud-based XDR offering 16:39 - Rubrik Working with ZScaler to Stop Data Exfiltration 19:39 - Google Cloud Turns a Profit and Extends the Life of Servers 29:50 - The Weeks Ahead 30:40 - Thanks for Watching! Follow our hosts on Social MediaTom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerdStephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Tim Bertino: https://www.twitter.com/TimBertino Art of Network Engineering Podcast: podcast.artofnetworkengineering.com Follow Gestalt ITWebsite: https://www.GestaltIT.com/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltITLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1789