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- Google is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Conversational AIGartner has named Google a Leader and furthest in vision among all vendors evaluated.
- Google is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Search and Product DiscoveryGartner highlights Google's strength in Conversational Search.
- Google is a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: AI Foundation Models for Language, Q2 2024Forrester has named Google a Leader and received the highest Current Offering and Strategy scores of any vendor evaluated.
- Google is a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud AI Developer Services (CAIDS)Gartner has named Google a Leader for the fifth time in a row.
- IDC names Google a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) AI Life-Cycle Software Tools and Platforms 2022 Vendor AssessmentGet your complimentary copy of the report excerpt to learn why Google was named a Leader.
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- Google is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container ManagementGartner has named Google a Leader for the third year in a row. This year, Google is highest in execution.
- The Forrester Wave™: Public Cloud Container Platforms, Q1 2022Forrester has named Google a leader and recieved the highest Strategy score of any vendor evaluated.
- Forrester's Total Economic Impact of Cloud RunThis report outlines cost savings and business benefits enabled by Cloud Run.
- Forrrester's Total Economic Impact of GKEThis report outlines cost savings and business benefits enabled by Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
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- Google is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and Business Intelligence PlatformsGartner has named Google a Leader for the second consecutive year.
- Google is a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Management for Analytics Platforms, 2025In the report, Google received 5 out of 5, the highest score possible, across 13 different criteria.
- Google is a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems (DBMS)Gartner has named Google a Leader for the fifth year in a row and is furthest in vision among all vendors for the 2nd year.
- Google is a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Translytical Data Platforms, Q4 2024Forrester gave our AlloyDB database a 5 out of 5 score across 11 evaluation criteria.
- Google is a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Lakehouses, Q2 2024Forrester gave Google a 5 out of 5 score across 15 evaluation criteria.
- Google is a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Data Warehouses, Q2 2023Google received a 5 out of 5 across ten different criteria.
- Google is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Cloud Data Analytics Platforms in Asia PacificIDC 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.
Infrastructure modernization
- Google is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Strategic Cloud Platform ServicesGartner has named Google a Leader for the eighth consecutive year and Google is now ranked highest for completeness of vision.
- Google is a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: AI Infrastructure Solutions, Q1 2024Forrester has named Google a Leader and received the highest scores of any vendor evaluated.
- Forrester Research Names Google Cloud a Leader among Public Cloud Development and Infrastructure Platforms in ANZAccess your complimentary copy of the report to learn why Google Cloud was named a Leader.
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- Google is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Incident Response 2025 Vendor AssessmentGoogle received 5 out of 5, the highest score possible, across 9 different criteria.
- Google is a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025Forrester has named Google a Leader for the fourth year in a row.
- Google Cloud NGFW Enterprise Certified Secure Test ReportRead Miercom's test results on Google Cloud Next Generation Firewall Enterprise.
- Google Cloud NGFW Enterprise CyberRisk Validation ReportRead SecureIQLab's test results on Google Cloud Next Generation Firewall Enterprise.
- Google is a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: IaaS Platform Native Security, Q2 2023Google Cloud received the highest score in the Strategy category, and received the most 5 out of 5 ratings across the 22 criteria evaluated in the Wave.
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