Thoroughly enjoying taking in the #GoogleCloudNext keynote at my own speed & time in its new, eye-watering, 9 WEEK digital format this year.

Personally, I prefer the measured delivery style from Kurian. Much better than the frenetic talk tracks of other virtual keynotes. Clear, succinct messages & easy to track. Global audiences I am sure will agree 
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Keynote opens with a big push on privacy & security incl moves in confidential computing & assured workloads. These are important steps in improving government & business trust in Google Cloud as anti-trust lawsuits against Its parent continue to rise globally #GoogleCloudNext
Next big area is #Anthos itâs #hybridmulticloud platform. A year ago, Anthos was mainly about doing Kubernetes development at scale across infrastructures, most notably on prem & AWS. But its been moving FAST incl among others, adding #Azure in preview & 5G edge #GoogleCloudNext
And now with Big Query Omni, you can query data in AWS & Azure using NLP without having to move data to Google Cloud. This is a big step for Anthos & in Google taking its data analytics, #AI & ML tools hybrid multicloud, a trend that will be big next year 
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A final noteworthy area that Kurian rounds up on is Google Cloudâs business solution & vertical portfolio. The clouds are going vertical in a big way now with retail, finance and healthcare being Googleâs main targets. #GoogleCloudNext
Perhaps the prize vertical of them all is telco & Googleâs recent win with Verizon is a prime example. Googleâs Contact Centre AI is arguably one of its star performers during the pandemic as many firms were forced to transform & automate operations in this area #GoogleCloudNext
As a big AWS customer, VZâs selection of Googleâs Contact Centre AI ahead of AWS Connect will certainly cause a stir. It shows Googleâs focus on telco & the transformation happening in the sector following the Anthos for Telecom release this year is paying off. #GoogleCloudNext