Google Acquires Qwiklabs to Boost Its Cloud Platform

Google is on a spree to strengthen its cloud offerings after it combined its cloud and corporate software divisions under a single entity. This time around, Google has acquired yet another firm called Qwiklabs that deals in end-to-end cloud platform services and training on how to use them. The acquisition will provide a lab learning on Google's Cloud Platform, G Suite and other products for the developers. The acquisition deal amount has not been disclosed. Separately, it invested in AI research at the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, and is also opening an AI research group at its Montreal office.