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We’re excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management with Google Cloud being evaluated. Google was positioned highest in Ability to Execute of all vendors evaluated and we believe this validates the success of our mission to be the best place for customers anywhere to run containerized workloads. Gartner predicts that “by 2027, more than 90% of global organizations will be running containerized applications in production, which is a significant increase from fewer than 40% in 2021.” From our perspective, containers power today’s most innovative apps and businesses — and will unlock even greater business transformation and innovation in the years ahead. Our journey began in 2014 when we introduced Kubernetes and launched Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), the first managed Kubernetes service in the world. GKE is the most scalable leading Kubernetes service available in the industry today. In 2019, we launched Cloud Run, the first platform to combine the benefits of containers and serverless. Today, Cloud Run provides one of the leading developer experiences of all cloud providers. In 2019, we also extended GKE to hybrid and multi-cloud environments with Anthos, and introduced Autopilot mode in GKE in 2021. This year, we expanded the reach of our container management platform to Google Distributed Cloud. Wherever our customers build and run containers, from Google Cloud to other clouds to the data center and the edge, we aim to deliver the most simple, comprehensive, secure, and reliable container platform for all workloads. Today, we continue our mission to help our customers modernize and transform their businesses with containers. At our flagship Google Cloud Next ‘23 conference, we introduced powerful new enhancements to our container management products, what we call “the next evolution of container platforms.” Key innovations include: GKE Enterprise, a new premium edition of GKE. GKE Enterprise builds on Google Cloud’s leadership in containers and Kubernetes, bringing together the best of GKE and Anthos into an integrated and intuitive container platform, with a unified console experience. Plus, GKE Enterprise includes hybrid and multi-cloud support, so you can run container workloads anywhere.Cloud TPU v5e support in GKE, for organizations developing the next generation of AI applications. We also announced general availability of both the A3 VM with NVIDIA H100 GPU and Cloud Storage Fuse for GKE.Duet AI in GKE and Cloud Run leverages the power of generative AI to drive productivity and velocity for customer container platform teams. With Duet AI specifically trained on our container management product documentation, customers can cut down on the time it takes to run and optimize containerized applications.Check out all the key container management innovations announced at Next ‘23 — from Kubernetes to AI — and how Google Cloud helps our customers improve efficiency, reliability, and security for their most important containerized workloads. We’ve come a long way since 2014, and we are thrilled to be recognized as a Leader for Container Management by Gartner. We are also grateful to our customers around the world who’ve placed their trust in our container management products. Here’s a small sampling: The BBC uses Cloud Run to handle dramatic traffic spikes, scale from 150-200 container instances to over 1,000 in under a minutes, and entertain over 498 million adults per week.Carrefour depends on both GKE and Cloud Run together to run new ecommerce apps.Equifax depends on GKE as the foundation of its global data fabric, analyzing 250 billion data points across 8 geographies and helping its customers around the world live their financial best.The 15 largest GKE customers are already using it to power their AI workloads. In fact, over the last year, the use of GPUs with GKE has doubled. Hear how grammarly, Lightricks, and character.ai work with GKE to build large AI models.We are honored to be a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management, and look forward to continuing to innovate and partner with customers on their digital transformation journeys. Download the complimentary copy of the report: 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management. Learn more about how organizations are transforming their businesses with Containers in Google Cloud.

We are excited that for the fifth consecutive time Gartner has positioned Microsoft as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service, Worldwide. We believe this placement is a testament to our continued investments in customers' integration needs. An integration solution for all developers Enterprise business depends on all kinds of applications—packaged, software as a service (SaaS), and custom-built. Business value is realized when these applications integrate with each other. Microsoft’s enterprise integration offering, Azure Integration Services, brings these varied applications together—empowering organizations to create differentiated customer and partner experiences. What’s more, this integration extends beyond the traditional organization boundaries—encompassing applications from suppliers, customers, and business partners. Every enterprise integration use case is different. Azure Integration Services provides a comprehensive set of services that can be used standalone or in combination to build an integration solution that meets our customers' unique needs. Both professional and citizen developers can leverage the power and flexibility of Azure Integration Services to create business value. With support for Azure Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code extensions, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, App Insights, and Azure Monitor, we bring an intuitive user experience to professional developers on the platform of their choice. When used in conjunction with Microsoft Power Platform, citizen developers can also build a breadth of integration solutions for low-code application development. As a part of the larger Azure platform, we provide seamless integration and access to all the additional Azure services. The flexibility to only pay for what you need makes Azure Integration Services a cost-effective and agile solution. Customers can get started without any license commitment or upfront purchasing and scale seamlessly with their integration needs and usage. Powering our customers’ digital transformation initiatives Enterprise integration is the cornerstone of digital transformation initiatives. Azure Integration Services is on a mission to bring your technology investments together, be it on-premises or in the cloud. It enables businesses to embrace new applications while still maintaining connectivity with their legacy systems via hybrid app integration and full lifecycle API management. Cargolux, Europe’s biggest all-cargo airline, accelerated its digital transformation using Azure Integration Services. Our integration solution has enabled Cargolux to build a digital ecosystem and generate value for both their internal teams and their customers. Cargolux now exposes services supporting flight operations, airplane maintenance, and cargo management programmatically using Azure API Management offering secure customer access for fast, automated transactions. “Through Azure API Management, we can provide direct API connection to our environment for customer systems so that they can do direct bookings on the spot. It’s opened up a new world in helping customers get their cargo onto our planes.”—Alfons Seesink, Chief Technology Officer, Cargolux Modernize workflows with low or no code Many enterprises customers like Manulife and DHL have chosen Azure Logic Apps to boost their developer productivity by automating their business-critical workflows. This was all made possible by over 600 out-of-the-box Azure Logic Apps connectors to Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Salesforce, SAP, Twitter, and more that help seamlessly connect data, events, and resources across applications and systems—without writing any code. Additionally, the solution also provides the extensibility to write custom connectors. “With Logic Apps, everything communicates without errors. It took me just a few hours to get the first proof of concept out. Now we use it to automate so many of our business processes.” —Rohit Mistry, Infrastructure Analyst, Manulife “With the integration capabilities we’ve gained through Azure, employees can now simplify or eliminate the most tedious parts of their jobs and contribute in more valuable ways.” —Fekko Roelofs, Program Manager Robotics Hub & Resource Orchestration at DHL Supply Chain, DHL Coca-Cola used custom-built Azure Logic Apps connectors to automate their bottling operations, internal and external order processing, and connecting data across systems, accelerating its time-to-market. “We also value the extensibility of the platform, enabling us to build and integrate custom connectors.” —Jared Simmons, Systems Analyst, Coca-Cola Succeeding together The exponential rise in the data, applications, and systems in use at enterprises can make enterprise integration a daunting undertaking. Azure Integration Services is here to help. Our battle-hardened solution coupled with our enterprise-wide expertise makes us a unique partner on your digital transformation journey. Learn how organizations like yours use Azure Integration Services to accelerate their digital transformation journeys. Download a complimentary copy of the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integration Platform as a Service, Worldwide to learn why Microsoft is named a Leader. Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Integration Platform as a Service, Worldwide, Keith Guttridge, Andrew Comes, Saikat Ray, 24 January 2023 . The report was earlier named as Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service. Gartner is a registered trademark and service mark and Magic Quadrant is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. 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We’re thrilled to announce that Gartner has recognized Google Cloud’s Apigee as a Leader in the 2022 Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management, the seventh time in a row we’ve been recognized. We believe we are consistently recognized for the depth of our capabilities to help organizations monetize their data by creating external-facing API products and providing highly customizable developer portals. In this year’s report, Apigee has once again placed highest among the evaluated vendors for our ability to execute. At a time when organizations are in a bind with increasing pressure from disruptors and economic headwinds, IT teams are increasingly relying on APIs to do more with less. As the business value and critical volume of APIs increase, providing the right controls for development and operations teams is vital for our customers’ operational success - it’s a challenge we take very seriously and are honored by the recognition from our customers, users, and community. Year over year, API traffic and usage grows rapidly because APIs enable easier and more standardized delivery of services and data - and this in turn enables business growth. In fact research shows that organizations that adopt external APIs grow 38% faster than those that don’t. We believe that one of the reasons that the Gartner Magic Quadrant in API management is so competitive and highly valued is that building, managing, and securing APIs at scale is an immense challenge - finding the right vendor is a technology decision with a significant business impact. The Magic Quadrant helps you quickly ascertain how well technology providers are executing their stated visions and how well they are performing against Gartner market view. This report can be valuable in making the best API Management decision for your organization. Customers like Jackon National, Renault, Booking.com, L'Oreal, and Cathay Financial Holdings trust Apigee as their API Management partner. Our mission is to help our customers build an API strategy that drives organizational growth and digital excellence. We know that APIs are no longer just the connective tissue of applications, they’re now products that deliver unique customer experiences and revenue streams. While we believe we have been recognized for the investments we make day in and day out, we’re only getting started when it comes to Apigee product innovation. We’re continuing to invest in a few key areas: Commercial model flexibility - In August we launched Pay-as-you-go, a new consumption based pricing model that can enable you to unlock the value of Apigee with little upfront investment. While Apigee subscriptions continue to offer pricing predictability and can be cost effective at scale, Pay-as-you-go now lets you experiment with the flexibility to pay only for what you use, just like other Google Cloud products. We’re continuing to better align our commercial models to the needs of our customers. API Governance - We know from your feedback that easily discovering all the APIs in your organization and applying governance policies can generally be the best way to enable rapid , safe growth. That’s why this year we introduced a public preview of Apigee API hub, a universal API catalog that accommodates APIs of across styles (OpenAPI, gRPC/protobuf, AsyncAPI, SOAP/WSDL, GraphQL, etc) and lifecycle stages or gateway choices. We’re looking forward to enhancing this functionality at general availability. API Security - The rise in API traffic has unfortunately been accompanied by growth in malicious API attacks - API security is becoming the new battleground for business security. This year we released a feature of Apigee called Advanced API Security that helps make it easier to secure APIs by automating bot detection and identification of misconfigured APIs. We’re continuing to invest in API security with the urgency it demands, including leveraging Google Cloud’s AI/ML portfolio. Developer experience - Our users and their feedback are the very reason we’re here today - we’re never finished improving their experiences. For example, this year we launched the Apigee Cloud Code extension for VS Code, which enables API developers to build and test their Apigee API Proxies locally without connecting to a live Apigee Instance. These locally developed artifacts can then be staged for deployments as part of regular SDLC automation. We’re also continuing to invest in helping to make it easier to use Apigee with other products at Google Cloud - for example, customers can benefit from new integrations with Cloud Armor, and Anthos Service Mesh. Integration - The number of SaaS and custom built applications in use for business processes has continued to sky rocket. Now, organizations are faced with integrating these systems - which often requires time consuming custom coding and a full team of integration platform engineers. This is why we’re continuing to invest in Apigee Integration,which can improve productivity and agility by enabling you to create and configure new business process integrations - without code. In fact, we recently released a preview of Application Integration, the next generation of Apigee’s integration functionality, with core integration tools to help connect and manage the multitude of applications and data required to support business operations. We believe the Gartner Magic Quadrant is a good source of vendor evaluations, and we’re delighted that our ongoing investment in supporting our customers was recognized in this report. Most importantly, we’re thankful to our customers for the support and for sharing our belief that for Apigee, the best is yet to come. Download the full report here (requires an email address) or learn more about Apigee. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER and Magic Quadrant are registered trademarks and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved. This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Google. 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Gartner® named Google as a Leader in the 2022 Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud AI Developer Services report. This evaluation covered Google’s language, vision and structured data products including AutoML, all of which we deliver through Google Cloud. We believe this recognition is a reflection of the confidence and satisfaction that customers have in our language, vision, and AutoML products for developers. Google remains a Leader for the third year in a row, based upon the completeness of our vision and our ability to execute. Google Cloud named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: AI Infrastructure, Q4 2021 report Read Article

We are excited to share that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management 2020 based on the ability to execute and completeness of vision. Our placement is a testament to our continued innovation in enterprise API management capabilities and broad customer adoption of Azure API Management. With the rapid shift to and increasing adoption of digital channels for all business transactions, APIs are becoming increasingly important for organizations, enabling them to innovate, increase agility and take advantage of new business opportunities by building thriving API ecosystems. Azure API Management helps organizations of all sizes to design, secure, publish, scale, and observe APIs across clouds and on-premises and make them discoverable and consumable by internal, partner, and public developers. View the full article

Humio Recognized in the 2020 Gartner Cool Vendors in Performance Analysis Report Seattle, WA Oct 7, Humio, the only log management platform enabling complete observability for all streaming logs in real time and at scale, self-hosted or in the cloud, today announced that Gartner has recognized it as a Cool Vendor based on the October 5, 2020 […] The post Humio Named A 2020 Gartner Cool Vendor appeared first on DevOps.com. View the full article

Plutora announces its inclusion in Gartner’s 2020 Market Guide for DevOps Value Stream Management Platforms Plutora, a leading provider of value stream management (VSM) solutions for enterprise IT, today announced it has been identified as a Representative Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for DevOps Value Stream Management Platforms. Designed to assist infrastructure and operations […] The post Plutora Recognized in Gartner’s 2020 Market Guide for DevOps Value Stream Management Platforms appeared first on DevOps.com. View the full article

At the ongoing virtual Gartner IT Symposium/ Xpo Americas, Gartner Inc. announced the top strategic technology trends for 2021. The main areas that formed the theme for this year’s technology trends were people centricity, location independence, and resilient delivery. View the full article

We are excited to share that Gartner has positioned Microsoft as a leader in the 2020 Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service (EiPaaS) Magic Quadrant, based on our ability to execute and completeness of vision. Microsoft has now remained an EiPaaS MQ leader for the past three years. According to Gartner, “Enterprise iPaaS providers continue to broaden their go-to-market strategies to cover an increasing range of enterprise integration scenarios.” Our vision is to help customers enable integration in all areas of their operations, from traditional central IT to business-led activities. Azure Integration Services (AIS), comprising of API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, and Event Grid, helps customers connect applications and data seamlessly to the cloud for services such as machine learning, cognitive services, and analytics, enabling increased enterprise-wide visibility and agility. Best-in-class integration capabilities and platform As applications and data are becoming more connected than ever, integration has become a key part of building applications. Azure Integration Services provides a comprehensive and cohesive set of integration capabilities spanning applications, data, and AI, with over 370 connectors and UI automation with Robotic Process Automation (RPA), for customers to connect everything quickly and easily. We provide these capabilities through high productivity and low code serverless integration and automation across Azure, edge, on-premises, and multi-cloud. Global availability and customer momentum Microsoft Azure has a global presence with more than 60 regions and a large, active partner community around the globe. Azure Integration Services has over 40,000 customers across the globe, with more than 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies using AIS for their business integration needs. Learn how customers such as ABB, RXR Realty, Rockefeller Capital Management, and Flexigroup use Azure Integration Services, including Logic Apps, API Management and Service Bus to connect their business applications, data, and processes in a seamless and better way. We look forward to continuing to partner with customers on their integration journey together. Next steps Read the full Gartner report here. Visit our website to learn more about Azure Integration Services. Catch up on the latest Logic Apps product announcements at Microsoft Ignite. This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product, or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. View the full article

We’re excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google (Apigee) as a Leader in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management, marking the fifth time in a row we’ve earned this recognition. In this year’s report, Google (Apigee) is placed highest among all the vendors for the ability to execute. Download the full report here. APIs are critical to enterprise business strategy because they let developers easily access, combine, and share valuable data and functionality, helping organizations adapt to disruption and reinvent to meet the digital needs of customers. Therefore, partnering with the right API management vendor is critical to building and scaling a successful API program, and we believe research from industry analyst firms like Gartner can help enterprises evaluate and choose the right solution. We continue to be trusted by customers like Pitney Bowes and Experian for their most mission-critical programs. As part of our vision to accelerate enterprise digital transformations through APIs, Google (Apigee) is focused on enabling customers with comprehensive API management capabilities to accelerate application development, build API-powered digital ecosystems, and drive API economies. Building a platform business: API monetization enables enterprises to unlock additional revenue streams and create ecosystems of developers and partners outside of the organization. By sharing valuable data and functionality with partners, enterprises can create more compelling digital products that combine their proprietary assets with complementary assets from outside the organization. This not only creates richer experiences for customers but can also expose a business to new channels and open new strategic opportunities. Flexibility of multi-cloud and hybrid: For compliance, security, or stringent latency requirements, Apigee hybrid provides enterprises the flexibility to choose where to host APIs —on-premise, Google Cloud, hybrid cloud, or multi-cloud. Fostering an API-first mindset: Google Cloud API Gateway helps enterprises get started with their API programs, and lets developers secure and manage their APIs built on Compute Engine, GKE, App Engine, and serverless backends (Cloud Functions and Cloud Run), all without having to worry about any of the infrastructure configuration or scaling. Democratizing application development: As a part Business Application Platform, we arebringing together Apigeefull lifecycle API management and AppSheet no-code application development to empower all users to quickly build data-driven applications without coding. As a part of this vision, we recently launched Apigee data source for AppSheet to provide a consistent way for AppSheet users to consume services, data, and functionality, via APIs, despite complex backends. "Apigee has become the central nervous system for all communications between the digital core banking, the microservices, the front end, and the apps. Apigee has become our sun. Everything rotates around Apigee," says Kaspar Situmorang, executive vice president, Bank Rakyat Indonesia. We also continue to provide strategic guidance and best practices for our customers with the Apigee Compass online assessment tool, That Digital Show podcast, API Program Excellence e-learning series, Day Zero initiative, and more. We’re gratified to see Apigee positioned as a strategic partner for digital transformation in the latest Magic Quadrant. This reflects why large global brands like AccuWeather, Royal Bank of Canada, ABN Amro and Change Healthcare can trust Apigee to drive their API programs. Underscoring the strong business growth and customer momentum, Gartner also ranked Google (Apigee) as the leader in its latest Market Analysis for the fourth consecutive year: Full Life Cycle API Management, Worldwide, 2019 report (Published 27 July 2020). The Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle Management is available for download here (requires an email address). To learn more about Apigee, visit the website here. Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management, 22 September 2020, Paolo Malinverno, Kimihiko Iijima, Mark O'Neill, John Santoro, Shameen Pillai, Akash Jain Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.