Google Cloud

Google Q4 2024 Earnings: CEO Pichai Says DeepSeek Models Less ‘Efficient’ Than Gemini’s

Wade Tyler Millward

February 4, 2025, 6:55 PM EST

'The cost of actually using it is going to keep coming down, which will make more use cases feasible,' Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai says.

5 Huge Google Cloud Partner Benefits In New AI Agent Program: Kevin Ichhpurani

Mark Haranas

November 25, 2024, 11:50 AM EST

‘We’re compensating our reps in giving them quota credit for select [partner] solutions, where our reps will actually take those to market and get compensated just like a Google product,’ says Kevin Ichhpurani, Google Cloud’s global channel chief.

66Degrees CEO On How Google AI Sales Grew 325 Percent

Mark Haranas

November 25, 2024, 9:00 AM EST

Top Google partner 66degrees takes a deep dive with CRN around how the solution provider’s AI sales spiked 325 percent in 2024. ‘If you and I are in a brainstorming session, we’re going to come up with 10 good ideas. But if you can have a 5,000-person company come up with ideas, your use cases are just going to flow out,’ says CEO Ben Kessler.

Security Teams Have ‘Window Of Opportunity’ On GenAI: Google Cloud Expert

Kyle Alspach

November 25, 2024, 12:01 PM EST

Generative AI capabilities appear to be giving defenders an edge over the attackers—for now, according to Google Cloud’s Nick Godfrey.

Google Cloud’s Kapase: Upcoming AI-Powered Chatbot In ‘Earnings Hub’ Will Make Partners’ Journey Easier

Wade Tyler Millward

October 17, 2024, 10:45 AM EDT

“[The chatbot will] help our partners have this integrated experience where they can go and get their questions answered, whether it’s go-to-market resources or … ‘I’m at this program level, I want to move to this next program level. What’s left for me to do to get there?’” Colleen Kapase, vice president of channels and partner programs, tells CRN.