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Google Cloud Recognized as a Leader in Forrester Wave™: Public Cloud Platforms Q3 2026

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Google Cloud has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Public Cloud Platforms, Q3 2026 report, securing the highest score in the 'current offering' category. This recognition validates Google's strategy of providing a complete, integrated platform engineered from the ground up to support the emerging "agentic era." The report highlights Google Cloud's strengths in AI development, database, analytics, and container services, making it suitable for enterprises seeking rapid innovation. Key capabilities mentioned include GKE Agent Sandbox, Cloud Run Sandboxes, GKE Pod Snapshots, and the Agentic Data Cloud with SAP BDC Connect for BigQuery.

  • →Google Cloud named a Leader in Forrester Wave Q3 2026 Report
  • →Scalable and Secure Infrastructure for Agentic Workloads
  • →Agentic Data Cloud Unifies Data for Real-time Context
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  • Google Cloud named a Leader in Forrester Wave Q3 2026 Report

    Google Cloud received the highest score in the ‘current offering’ category and the highest possible score in 23 out of 30 criteria in The Forrester Wave™: Public Cloud Platforms, Q3 2026 report. This recognition validates their vision for a complete, integrated platform engineered for the 'agentic era', encompassing AI development, database, analytics, container, modernization, and security services.

  • Scalable and Secure Infrastructure for Agentic Workloads

    The report highlights Google Cloud's co-designed infrastructure, evolving GKE and operations tooling to scale autonomous agents alongside traditional workloads. Recent enhancements include GKE Agent Sandbox (GA) and Cloud Run Sandboxes (preview) for secure, gVisor-isolated execution, GKE Pod Snapshots for cost savings on idle compute, and GKE Inference Gateway for improved LLM inference performance.

  • Agentic Data Cloud Unifies Data for Real-time Context

    Forrester recognized Google Cloud’s Agentic Data Cloud, which unifies transaction processing and analytical intelligence into an active system for real-time context. Key capabilities introduced include SAP BDC Connect for BigQuery (GA) for zero-copy data sharing, Knowledge Catalog for aggregating semantic context, and Lakehouse federation for live joins across AlloyDB, BigQuery, and Iceberg.

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https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/forrester-wave-public-cloud-platforms-q3-2026-report/

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