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Heading back to San Francisco for Google Cloud Next ‘23

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Aug 2, 2023

Aaaand we’re back! Since the dates were announced earlier this year, Pythian has been buzzing with anticipation and planning for Google Cloud Next ‘23 August 29 - 31, 2023 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. 2019 was the last year we attended in person. I was on stage talking to partners about the tsunami-sized wave of opportunity about to hit the Google Cloud partner ecosystem and encouraging them to jump in and ride. We’ve been missing that in-person groundswell of energy, innovation, power, and possibility created when you get thousands of partners, customers, Googlers, media and the industry community together in one place over a short period of time. Join us and share with us your biggest challenges, be inspired, find new big ideas and learn how to be one with your data. Register here. Pythian is hyper-focused on data and guiding organizations to connect more deeply with their data, leading to more meaningful engagement through understanding, accessibility, integration, governance and innovation. We’ll be telling these data-focused stories at Google Cloud Next.

3 Things I’m Most Excited About at Google Cloud Next ‘23

The Evolution of GenAI GenAI has been THE topic of discussion at every conference we’ve attended over the past few months. Join in the conversation to help navigate a complex topic. (Pro tip, see our GenAI session below). Pythian Chief Technology Officer Paul Lewis recommends:
Thomas Kurian’s opening keynote, “A New Way to Cloud”. Expect a keen focus on the future of AI and Cloud.
What’s next for the SAP/Google partnership At SAP Sapphire ‘23, Google and SAP announced the next phase of their partnership to provide enterprises with Open data and AI offerings to unlock the power of business data. We’re expecting to hear stories of success to date.

What Pythian is up to at Google Cloud Next

Find us in Moscone South, Booth 1613. From the entrance, turn right, walk a few isles and turn left. We’re about halfway down, beside the Cloud Talk 2 Theater.
Stop by our sessions and hear real-world examples of how our customers are unlocking their data to achieve better business insights and outcomes.
- Data-driven Retail: Stand Out For Good’s Journey to Building a Modern Data Platform with Google BigQuery - Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 11:30 am (Theatre 2)
- Cascades unlocks the value of SAP data in Google Cloud - Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 12:45 pm (Theatre 2)
- Data-driven Manufacturing: QAD Saves with Google Cloud Machine Learning - Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 11:30 am (Theatre 2)
- How a Global Media Company Used GenAI to Improve Support - Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 12:45 pm (Theatre 2)
- Run your high-performance database workloads on any cloud with AlloyDB Omni (Data/Time TBC)
- Top Trends on the Minds of CIOs with Paul Lewis and theCUBE - Thursday, Aug. 31 at 10:30 am
Many of Pythian’s executive team, key database, analytics, and AI/ML SMEs will be in town. Visit the booth to say hi, or reach out to set up some dedicated time to meet.
Hosting our world-famous Friends of Pythian party. Ping me to get on the VIP list of this sell out event!
Schedule a workshop or assessment. There is no better way to validate an approach to a migration or major IT project than working it through with SMEs. Pythian offers a myriad of free workshops and assessments to help you get started, including GenAI, Cortex for SAP on GCP, Oracle to GCP migration and more. Details at Booth 1613.
Visit our Google Cloud Next ‘23 page for more information.

As a preview to leveraging data for success, check out our Google Cloud case studies or recently recorded session “Shifting Strategies from Cloud First to Cloud Also” with Lightspeed Commerce. Shout out to my team and our crackerjack Marketing team for their partnership in planning the event and all the 25 Pythian supporting actors attending. Moscone Center is the ultimate event space. Remember to wear comfy shoes, drink lots of water and divide and conquer the action-packed agenda with your teams to maximize your time. See you in San Francisco. Let’s catch up! Vanessa.