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In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I provide a review of CEO Thomas Kurian’s three reasons why Google Cloud is outgrowing Microsoft and Amazon. During Google Cloud Next, Kurian shared his insights on this topic.
Kurian’s big theme for Google Cloud has been around how the company is rapidly jumping into the world of AI, fusing the worlds of cloud and AI to provide customers with both benefits. The first reason Kurian mentioned was data analytics. The future of Google Cloud will be centered around BigQuery, which will become an AI-ready data platform. Kurian believes that Google Cloud will be able to unlock possibilities with BigQuery that have not been possible before.
The second reason is AI. Kurian highlighted that Google has had a strong focus on AI since its inception, which has given them a unique perspective on this technology. He noted that their experience and knowledge in this area make them well equipped to innovate in this space.
The third reason Kurian discussed was cybersecurity. With over 70% of the world’s phones and PCs using Google Chrome, they have a unique insight into different threat and penetration efforts made against these devices. They also acquired Mandiant in 2013 to provide threat intelligence expertise to their team.
So what does all this mean for the future of cloud computing? It means that companies like Google are becoming more focused on integrating artificial intelligence into their products and services to give customers more value than ever before.
