https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/ Google Cloud, FinOps, Data & Analytics, Security, and Enterprise AI engineering articles and announcements from ex-Google engineers at Aviato Consulting. en-au Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/google-cloud-security-posture-reviews-for-apac-enterprises/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/google-cloud-security-posture-reviews-for-apac-enterprises/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A definitive guide to Google Cloud security risks, cloud misconfiguration, and APRA CPS 234, MAS TRM, and BSP aligned security posture reviews using Wiz and Google SecOps. Security Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/real-time-retail-data-platforms-in-australia/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/real-time-retail-data-platforms-in-australia/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A definitive guide for Australian retail technology leaders on solving delayed analytics across dispersed systems with modern ELT, streaming pipelines, and real-time data analytics platforms on Google Cloud. Data & AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/governing-ai-at-scale-in-financial-services/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/governing-ai-at-scale-in-financial-services/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Banks and insurers have proven AI works. The next question is whether they can run thousands of agents and still show a regulator exactly what each one did. A seven control framework and a 90 day plan for APRA, MAS, RBI and BNM expectations on Google Cloud. Google Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/gemini-agent-publishes-our-website/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/gemini-agent-publishes-our-website/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT How our marketing team publishes to this site by chatting to a custom Gemini Enterprise agent, the guardrails that keep it safe, and our move to Astro. AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/unblocking-ai-deployment-with-wiz-and-google-secops/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/unblocking-ai-deployment-with-wiz-and-google-secops/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI projects often stall at security review, not the tech. How Wiz and Google SecOps give security teams the visibility and detection to approve AI. Security Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-google-cloud-premier-partner-services/ https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-google-cloud-premier-partner-services/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Aviato Consulting achieves Google Cloud Premier Partner status in the Services track and now holds five Google Cloud competencies, including AI. Press Release Hello@aviato.consulting (Aviato Consulting) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-to-refactor-legacy-code-securely-with-ai/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-to-refactor-legacy-code-securely-with-ai/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A playbook for Australian CIOs using AI to refactor legacy code securely, from sovereign tooling and tests first to CI/CD gates and risk committees. AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/questions-to-ask-ai-consulting-firms-in-australia/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/questions-to-ask-ai-consulting-firms-in-australia/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Five questions Australian enterprise leaders should ask AI consulting firms, from data residency and code ownership to ROI and partner status. AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/the-complete-guide-to-retail-data-integration-in-2026/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/the-complete-guide-to-retail-data-integration-in-2026/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why Australian retailers struggle with real time analytics across POS, ERP and ecommerce, and how Google Cloud data platforms power Gemini Enterprise. Data & AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/fixing-gemini-cli-authentication-failures-on-macos/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/fixing-gemini-cli-authentication-failures-on-macos/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Gemini CLI kept failing to authenticate on macOS despite a correct setup. We traced it to a stale local Node.js install; here are the steps that fixed it. Google Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Kuldeep Prajapat) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-to-enforce-enterprise-api-standards-on-a-tiered-budget/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-to-enforce-enterprise-api-standards-on-a-tiered-budget/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT How a tiered API quality framework keeps five core engineering principles fixed while infrastructure scales across enterprise, startup and MVP budgets. Google Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Prashant kr Prasad) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-we-eliminated-architectural-drift-by-building-archguard/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-we-eliminated-architectural-drift-by-building-archguard/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT How we built ArchGuard, a CLI that scaffolds standard project structures, enforces import boundaries and catches exposed secrets before code is merged. Google Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Allan Bastian) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-we-eliminated-on-call-alert-fatigue-with-an-autonomous-ai-agent-fleet/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-we-eliminated-on-call-alert-fatigue-with-an-autonomous-ai-agent-fleet/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT How we built an out of band AI agent fleet that deduplicates alerts, finds root causes and writes Jira remediation plans to end on call alert fatigue. Google Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Anirban Biswas) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/when-an-open-source-dependency-disappears-lessons-from-the-getx-incident/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/when-an-open-source-dependency-disappears-lessons-from-the-getx-incident/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT When the GetX repository vanished from GitHub, Flutter builds broke. How the team audited the cached package and took ownership of the dependency. Google Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Allan Bastian) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/google-workspace-studio-issues-when-context-aware-access-is-enabled/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/google-workspace-studio-issues-when-context-aware-access-is-enabled/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to fix Google Workspace Studio failing to load when Context Aware Access is enabled, by allowing its OAuth client IDs in the Google Admin console. Google Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-consulting-wins-australia-and-new-zealand-2026-google-cloud-partner-of-the-year-award/ https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-consulting-wins-australia-and-new-zealand-2026-google-cloud-partner-of-the-year-award/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Aviato Consulting is named 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year for Australia and New Zealand, recognised for enterprise migrations and production AI. Press Release Hello@aviato.consulting (Aviato Consulting) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-we-can-safely-accelerate-legacy-code-refactoring-with-ai-without-upsetting-the-regulators/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-we-can-safely-accelerate-legacy-code-refactoring-with-ai-without-upsetting-the-regulators/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT How Australian and New Zealand CIOs can use AI to refactor legacy code faster, with the governance, security and compliance steps regulators expect. AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/ai-will-change-the-world-but-when/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/ai-will-change-the-world-but-when/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI is the fastest adopted technology in history, yet history suggests job displacement will be slow. Why we expect AI to augment white collar work first. AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/the-4-layer-architecture-of-ai-systems/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/the-4-layer-architecture-of-ai-systems/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The four layers of production agentic AI: LLMs, agents, multi agent systems and agentic ecosystems, plus the plumbing you need to run them reliably. AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-best-tech-workplace-2026/ https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-best-tech-workplace-2026/ Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Aviato Consulting is named a Great Place To Work Best Workplace in Technology for 2026, a second consecutive year of Great Place To Work recognition. Press Release Hello@aviato.consulting (Aviato Consulting) https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-ranked-6-on-afr-list-2025/ https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-ranked-6-on-afr-list-2025/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Aviato Consulting officially ranked #6 on the Australian Financial Review (AFR) Fast Starters list for 2025, celebrating exceptional enterprise growth. Press Release Hello@aviato.consulting (Aviato Consulting) https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/pemba-capital-summit-award/ https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/pemba-capital-summit-award/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Aviato Consulting wins the 2025 Pemba Capital Summit Award for Specialist IT Services, recognised for revenue growth, achievements and plans across ANZ. Press Release Hello@aviato.consulting (Aviato Consulting) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/why-your-ai-strategy-needs-more-than-just-tech/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/why-your-ai-strategy-needs-more-than-just-tech/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Why AI projects stall before production, and five prerequisites for scaling AI, from change management and cloud foundations to use cases and evaluation. AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/deploying-adk-agents-to-agentspace/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/deploying-adk-agents-to-agentspace/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT Step by step instructions for deploying an Agent Development Kit (ADK) agent from Agent Engine to Agentspace, with the REST API calls for each stage. AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/mcp-and-agentic-ai-on-google-cloud-run/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/mcp-and-agentic-ai-on-google-cloud-run/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT Why Google Cloud Run suits agentic AI and MCP servers, with a reference architecture, container deployment, stateless design, logging, cost and security. AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-best-workplace-australia-2025/ https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-best-workplace-australia-2025/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT Aviato Consulting is named to Great Place To Work's Best Workplaces in Australia list for 2025, and earns Great Place To Work Certification. Press Release Hello@aviato.consulting (Aviato Consulting) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/the-competition-for-agentic-platforms/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/the-competition-for-agentic-platforms/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT The race to build agentic AI platforms: Google Agentspace against Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS and SAP, and why we favour an interconnected approach. Google Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/service-extensions-for-google-cloud-app-lbs/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/service-extensions-for-google-cloud-app-lbs/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT Google Cloud Service Extensions add custom headers, security rules, logging and HTML rewrites to your Application Load Balancer using WebAssembly plugins. Aviato Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/video-post-ai-is-not-new/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/video-post-ai-is-not-new/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT Video: AI is not new. Businesses have long used it for fraud detection, recommendations and logistics, and many small AI projects add up to a large impact. Apps Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/vendor-lock-in-we-think-its-a-myth/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/vendor-lock-in-we-think-its-a-myth/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT Is vendor lock-in worth delaying cloud projects? Why open standards, data portability and hyperscaler competition cut the risk, and how to mitigate it. Aviato Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/ai-just-got-a-huge-upgrade-and-you-need-to-know-why/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/ai-just-got-a-huge-upgrade-and-you-need-to-know-why/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Google Cloud AI news: Claude 3 and Gemini 1.5 Pro and Flash are now on Vertex AI, plus Hugging Face models and context caching to cut cost and latency. Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/getting-started-with-gcp-is-easy-but-not-so-fast/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/getting-started-with-gcp-is-easy-but-not-so-fast/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Google Cloud is easy to start with, but production workloads need enterprise security controls. How Google's open source Fast Fabric code sets them up. Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-do-you-know-if-ai-is-actually-answering-your-question-and-not-just-spitting-out-nonsense/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/how-do-you-know-if-ai-is-actually-answering-your-question-and-not-just-spitting-out-nonsense/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT A plain English guide to retrieval augmented generation (RAG) and chunking, and how grounding AI in your own business data reduces hallucinations. Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/is-your-google-cloud-bill-out-of-control/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/is-your-google-cloud-bill-out-of-control/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Cut a growing Google Cloud bill: switch off idle dev and test workloads, use spot instances, label costs, export billing to BigQuery and right size VMs. Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/video-post-stop-wasting-money-easy-cost-cutting-for-your-business/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/video-post-stop-wasting-money-easy-cost-cutting-for-your-business/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Getting Started With Google Cloud Transcript getting started with Google Cloud can seem overwhelming at first as with any cloud there are a lot of services that you can use and each has configuration Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/using-ai-for-document-processing/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/using-ai-for-document-processing/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Beyond chatbots, AI speeds up document processing in legal, healthcare and finance. How Google Cloud Document AI extracts and classifies your documents. Google Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-partners-with-vanta/ https://www.aviato.consulting/press-release/aviato-partners-with-vanta/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Aviato Consulting announces a strategic partnership with Vanta to accelerate continuous compliance and automated security for Google Cloud clients. Press Release Hello@aviato.consulting (Aviato Consulting) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/google-cloud-organization-policies-a-comprehensive-guide/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/google-cloud-organization-policies-a-comprehensive-guide/ Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT How Google Cloud Organization Policies work with IAM to secure your environment, with key use cases, a setup guide, custom policies and best practices. Google Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/video-post-ai-with-bigquery-and-sql/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/video-post-ai-with-bigquery-and-sql/ Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT Video: BigQuery ML lets you run AI models on your BigQuery data with SQL, from regression and clustering to forecasting, without hiring data scientists. AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/video-post-google-cloud-vertex-ai-and-hugging-face/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/video-post-google-cloud-vertex-ai-and-hugging-face/ Thu, 09 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT Too many AI models to compare? How we test Gemini, Llama, Claude and Hugging Face models side by side on Vertex AI to find the best result at the best price. AI Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/video-post-who-really-owns-your-app-you-or-your-developer/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/video-post-who-really-owns-your-app-you-or-your-developer/ Thu, 09 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT Many app developers license your app to you instead of handing over the IP. What that means, how it can create a competitor, and what to check before you sign. Apps Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/navigating-the-ai-maze/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/navigating-the-ai-maze/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT Choosing an LLM is hard when models and prices vary widely. Why businesses need the flexibility to test and swap models, using Vertex AI or a common API. 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Apps Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/dont-hire-a-team-of-developers/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/dont-hire-a-team-of-developers/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT Why building an in house team for your mobile app is costly, and how our monthly, cancel anytime Flutter and Google Cloud development service works. Apps Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/getting-started-with-google-cloud/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/getting-started-with-google-cloud/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT Tips for setting up Google Cloud: organise projects into folders, grant access through IAM groups, and use organisation policies to prevent data leaks. Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/nobody-gives-a-shit-about-cyber-security/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/nobody-gives-a-shit-about-cyber-security/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT Video: cyber security advice is often hard to follow. Two simple steps stop most attacks: a hardware security key and a password manager for every login. Cloud Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/fitness-app-development-partner/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/fitness-app-development-partner/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT Aviato builds custom fitness apps for workout tracking, nutrition planning and wellness coaching, with user centred design, security and ongoing support. Apps Hello@aviato.consulting (Ben King) https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/aviato-your-google-cloud-partner-for-ai/ https://www.aviato.consulting/blog/aviato-your-google-cloud-partner-for-ai/ Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT The AI revolution is here, and businesses that embrace its potential stand to gain a significant competitive edge. 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