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Read what industry analysts are saying about Google Cloud. The reports listed here are written by third-party industry analysts that cover Google Cloud’s strategy, product portfolio, and differentiation. You can also learn more by reading whitepapers written by Google and the Google community.
Forrester’s Total Economic Impact of Google Cloud Anthos
This report outlines customers cost savings and business benefits enabled by Anthos.
Forrester’s Opportunity Snapshot: State Of Public Cloud Migration, 2022
Get things right through your cloud migration journey
The 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant ™ for Full Life Cycle API Management
Access your complimentary copy of the report to learn why Google Cloud Apigee was named a leader.
The Forrester Wave™: Public Cloud Container Platforms, Q1 2022
Access your complimentary copy of the report to learn why Google Cloud was named a Leader.
The Forrester Wave™: Web Application Firewalls, Q3 2022
Report shows how Cloud Armor stacks up against web application firewall (WAF) providers.
Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services (CIPS) 2022
Google is a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services (CIPS).
Boston Consulting Group: digital transformation strategies from IT leaders
Explore global BCG research to discover what's driving digital innovation.
Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud AI Developer Services
Gartner names Google a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud AI Developer Services report.
IDC names Google a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) AI Life-Cycle Software Tools and Platforms 2022 Vendor Assessment
Get your complimentary copy of the report excerpt to learn why Google was named a Leader.
Strategies for Migration to Public Clouds: Lessons Learned from Industry Leaders
IDC surveyed 204 US-based IT decision makers with experience in successfully migrating.
IDC Whitepaper: Modernize Applications with Open Source Software on Google Cloud
How using open source software on Google Cloud brings better performance, costs, and more.
The Forrester Wave™: Document-Oriented Text Analytics Platforms, Q2 2022
Access your complimentary copy of the report to learn why Google was named a Leader
The Forrester Wave™: API Management Solutions, 2022
Forrester names Google a Leader in the 2022 Forrester Wave™ for API Management Solutions Wave
Google Cloud wins Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award 2022
Solve your complex healthcare challenges with us.
Gartner® names Google Cloud a leader in the 2022 Cloud Database Management Systems Magic Quadrant
Learn where the cloud database and analytics market stands and why Google Cloud was named a Leader.
Forrester Research names Google as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: AI Infrastructure, Q4 2021
Access your complimentary copy of the report to learn why Google was named a Leader in AI Infrastructure.
Forrester's Total Economic Impact of Cloud Run
This report outlines cost savings and business benefits enabled by Cloud Run.
The Total Economic Impact™ Of Migrating Expensive OSes and Software to Google Cloud
Cost savings and benefits by modernizing with open platforms and managed services in Google Cloud.
Modernize With AIOps To Maximize Your Impact
Establish your competitive edge by leveraging AIOps to address cloud operations challenges.
Forrrester's Total Economic Impact of GKE
The report outlines cost savings and business benefits enabled by Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
Forrester Research names Google Cloud a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Analytics, Q2 2021
Download your copy of this report to explore how Dataflow empowers customers like you to process and enrich data at scale for streaming analytics.
Forrester Research names Google Cloud a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Unstructured Data Security Platforms, Q2 2021 report
For this report, Forrester evaluated the capabilities of 11 providers that help customers secure and protect their unstructured data, naming Google Cloud a Leader and rated the highest in current offering.
ISG Provider Lens™ Quadrant Report for Mainframe services and solutions
Download your copy of the report to explore the strengths that help modernize mainframes
451 Research, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Access your complimentary copy of the Spanner Market Insight Report which showcases Spanner and how Google Cloud continues to innovate on the product.
ESG Technical Validation: Google Cloud for Gaming
Analyst report validating the scalable, secure, and reliable gaming infrastructure.
The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Data Warehouse, Q1 2021
Download your copy of the report to explore the strengths that help empower our customers to create big opportunities with big data.
Gartner® names Google a Leader in the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services report
Access your complimentary copy of the MQ to learn why Google was named as a Leader in this evaluation for the second year in a row.
The Forrester Wave™: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform Native Security, Q4 2020 report
In this report, Forrester evaluated the native platform security capabilities of seven infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers, naming Google Cloud a Leader for the second time in a row, and rated the highest overall in current offering.
Gartner® names Google Cloud a leader in the 2020 Cloud Database Management Systems Magic Quadrant
Access your complimentary copy of the Cloud DBMS MQ report to learn why Google Cloud was named a Leader when compared to 17 vendors in the space.
IDC MarketScape names Google a Leader in Cloud Data Analytics Platforms in Asia Pacific
IDC MarketScape evaluated vendors in Asia Pacific and noted that Google Cloud is built for cloud-native agility and outcome-based digital innovation, and is steadily expanding its customer base from digital natives to very large organizations actively working to become Intelligent Enterprises.
Google is named a Leader in 2020 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services
Google is named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services for the third year in a row.
Forrester Research Names Google Cloud a Leader among Public Cloud Development and Infrastructure Platforms in ANZ
In this Forrester Wave™: Public Cloud Development and Infrastructure Platforms Australia/New Zealand, Q3 2020 report, Forrester evaluated seven top cloud vendors and identified Google as a Leader in this report.
The Forrester Wave™: Data Management for Analytics, Q1 2020
Forrester names Google Cloud a Leader in the 2020 Data Management for Analytics Forrester Wave™. Google Cloud received the highest score possible in categories such as: roadmap, performance, high availability, scalability, data ingestion, data storage, data security, and customer use cases.
IDC Research: The Power of the Database for the Cloud: SaaS Developer Perspectives
Curious about how SaaS developers are evaluating database technology? This whitepaper examines SaaS developer perspectives, wants, and behaviors through IDC’s qualitative and quantitative research method.
Forrester Research names Google Cloud a Leader among Public Cloud Development and Infrastructure Platforms
In this Forrester Wave™: Public Cloud Development and Infrastructure Platforms report, Forrester evaluated the top six cloud vendors and identified Google as a Leader in this year’s report.
Gartner® 2020 Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services
Gartner positions Google Cloud as a Leader in Cloud AI Developer Services.
Forrester New Wave™: Computer Vision (CV) Platforms Q4, 2019
Forrester positions Google Cloud a Leader in Computer Vision Platforms. Google Cloud received the highest score among the vendors evaluated and was also the only provider to receive the highest possible score of “differentiated” across all 10 evaluation criteria.
Gartner® 2019 Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems
Gartner names Google a Leader in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems.
The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Analytics, Q3 2019
Forrester names Google Cloud a Leader in its evaluation for stream analytics solutions. Forrester identified the most significant providers for evaluation, with Google receiving the highest score possible in 11 different categories.
The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Native Continuous Integration Tools, Q3 2019
Google comes out on top and named a Leader in the cloud native continuous integration tools market. Forrester identified the 10 most significant providers and evaluated them against 27 key criteria.
Google Cloud industries: AI Acceleration among Manufacturers
Learn how the pandemic may have sparked an increase in the use of AI among manufacturers.
IDC MarketScape names Google a Leader in Vision AI Software Platforms in Asia Pacific
Get your complimentary copy excerpt of the report to learn why Google was named a leader.
Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Cloud AI Developer Services
Download your copy of the report to explore Gartner’s analysis of this market.
IDC whitepaper: Deploy faster and reduce costs for MySQL and PostgreSQL databases
Migrating your databases to Cloud SQL can lower costs, boost agility, and speed up deployments. Get details in this IDC report.

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