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Google is Constructing a Massive Fiber-Optic Undersea Cable to Link US to the UK and Spain

by tech_admin July 28, 2020
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On Tuesday, Google has announced that it plans to build a new U.S.-U.K. and Spanish undersea fiber-optic cable as part of its compliance efforts.

The cable-named after the American computer programming pioneer Grace Hopper-will be available “better resilience for the network that underpins Google’s consumer and enterprise products,” Google hinted.

“Once commissioned, the Grace Hopper cable will be one of the first new cables to connect the U.S. and U.K. since 2003, increasing capacity on this busy global crossroads and powering Google services like Meet, Gmail and Google Cloud,” said Bikash Koley, vice president of Google Global Network, in a blog post.

“It also marks our first investment in a private subsea cable route to the U.K., and our first-ever route to Spain,” Koley said. “The Spanish landing point will more tightly integrate the upcoming Google Cloud region in Madrid into our global infrastructure.”

The company based in Mountain View has added that the cable would include “novel optical fiber switching” that will allow it to move traffic around internet outages more competently than before. It will also have 16 fiber pairs (32 fibers), which is a “significant upgrade” to the internet infrastructure that connects the U.S. with Europe, Koley said.

The cable extends from New York to the seaside town of Bude, in the United Kingdom. And Spain’s Bilbao. This is about 6250 km from the United States to the United Kingdom. And from the United States to Spain 6,300km

At the beginning of 2012 , Google signed a deal with SubCom, a cable company headquartered in New Jersey, and the project is scheduled for completion in 2022. Google refused to say how much the company’s latest cable would cost.

98% of international Internet traffic worldwide is carried by Subsea cables. Such cables allow for exchanging, searching, sending and receiving information at the speed of light around the world.

Globally, shelter-in-place initiatives in the midst of the corona-virus pandemic have put increased burden on existing networks with rising demand for data-intensive services such as Netflix and Zoom.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on connectivity, highlighting how ingrained it is in our daily lives,” said Tom Meyer, a general manager and group vice president at technology analyst firm IDC Europe. “These challenging times have taught us that a stable and reliable network is no longer a ‘nice to have’ but business critical.”

“Naturally, investment into infrastructure is a major priority, particularly as connectivity becomes an ever-increasing necessity going forward,” said Meyer.

Google said honoring Hopper, who was an American, was “thrilled.” Rear Admiral and creator of the first parser for human language-computer code.

Cable for Facebook

Facebook revealed in May, that it was constructing an undersea cable across Africa to improve the continent’s internet connectivity.

The media firm has collaborated with the project providers, branded as 2Africa, such as China Mobile, the MTN in South Africa, the Orange in France and the Vodafone in Britain, as well as local network operators.

It is the responsibility of Alcatel Submarine Networks, a Nokia owned cable systems supplier, to construct the subsea cable. Facebook claims to have been “nearly equal to the circumference of the Earth.” 37,000 km — or approximately 22.991 miles — wide. This is also not clear to what degree Facebook and its partners are offering support for the project.

 

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Google Extends The Work From Home To Summer 2021

by tech_admin July 28, 2020
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Google said it would extend its work-from – home order to June 2021 amidst corona-virus pandemic on Monday.

“To give employees the ability to plan ahead, we are extending our global voluntary work from home option through June 30, 2021 for roles that don’t need to be in the office,” Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, told staff in an email. Initially, Google, an alphabet company, had suggested it would be expected to return to office in January 2021.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the move would affect “nearly all” of the 200,000 employees of Google, including contractors and full time staff.

Many technology firms have confirmed that the majority of workers will work or have not finalized a schedule from home until the end of 2020. In January, Amazon and Apple called for staff to return. Twitter has offered workers “forever” the opportunity to work from home.

Unlike Google, Facebook takes a longer-term view to how and when people go back to work. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in May that Facebook will encourage many of its 50.000 workers to start working permanently from home. Zuckerberg said he expects Facebook staff to work remotely for 50% over the next 5-10 years.

By Monday, according to the information gathered by John Hopkins University the United States had over 4.2 million cases of coronavirus, with at least 146.900 deaths.

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Check How Google Has Given a Reason to Keep Millions of Gmail Users

by tech_admin July 19, 2020
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Right now Gmail users are completely disappointed. Gmail has had issues with Windows in recent weeks and experienced a major spam filter bug that sent potentially malicious emails straight to the inboxes of users. But Google has now announced a massive service overhaul to persuade prospective deserters to stay.

“One thing we’ve heard again and again from our users is how switching between apps interrupts their flow—and their focus,” said Google vice president Javier Soltero. “That’s why in this new integrated experience, we’ve been thoughtful about how to help you work more fluidly.”

What this means in practice is that Gmail can now combine Meet, Talk, Work, Docs / Sheets / Slides, and Tasks as well as Rooms, and will become a full-on Slack / Team rival. Users will be able to exchange and collaborate on real time documents while holding a live video chat without having to leave their accounts. It is highly innovative and will benefit amateur football teams from big business.

Google has announced that those updates will soon be rolled out to Android and iOS devices, but there’s a major caveat. This huge overhaul will only be available out of the gate for G Suite users (register here for access). That said, I would be shocked in this home-working age if it didn’t become available to everyone in a short time.

Google now defines Gmail as a “integrated workspace” after those improvements. It’s a drastic improvement to the most popular email service in the world and anyone who thinks about jumping ship, may want to stick around now.

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