Google Cloud Next ‘23 Recap
Google’s premier cloud computing AI conference, Google Cloud Next 2023, took place the last week of August at Moscone Center in San Francisco. I attended the event and had the opportunity to spend several days in a variety of keynotes, briefings, sessions, as well as explore the event’s expo floor. Of course, I shared some of my real-time observations via Twitter X, which you can check out here. Here, I’ll share a few of my key takeaways from the event.
Google Cloud Executive Forum: Highlights and Takeaways
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Google Cloud Executive Forum, held at Google’s impressive new Bay View campus, in Mountain View, California. The Forum was an invitation-only event that brought together CIOs and CTOs of leading companies to discuss Generative AI and showcase Google Cloud’s latest advancements in the domain. I shared my real-time reactions to the event content via Twitter, some of which you can find here. (Some weren't hash-tagged, but you can find most by navigating the threads.) In this post I’ll add a few key takeaways and observations from the day I spent at the event.
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