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Did you know that women currently hold only 14% of roles in the global cloud market*? Our Google Cloud Learning team saw that statistic and took action creating a training concept so good and so needed that the response was 5X what they initially anticipated - to say I’m proud of what they’ve created is a massive understatement.    ✨This is Google culture at its best focused on action and impact. ✨    Yesterday more than 3k women from Google Cloud customers attended the first Launchpad for Women event - a no-cost, 3 week training and Cloud Digital Leader certification journey exclusively for women of current Google Cloud customers in the Americas, in collaboration with ROI Training.  And today, on International Women's Day, the journey continues.  It’s not enough to celebrate women, we must advocate, create opportunities, champion and make a table they want to have a seat at - very proud of how the team has done that and more over the last year.  Janet Hoffman, Erin Rifkin, Patricia (Patty) Martone Carrolo, Stacy Trackey Meagher, Kate Kustermann Rivera, Krista M., Charlene Banks, Benazir Fateh, Roshni Joshi, Alexis Johnson, Renee Buist #inclusionmatters #iwd2024 #iwd #googlecloud #cloud #googlecloudconsulting

Google is celebrating its 25th birthday today! As Google celebrates its 25th birthday, let's take a moment to appreciate all that the company has done for us. Google has made our lives easier, more efficient, and more connected. It has also helped us to learn and grow, and to explore the world around us. #google #googlebirthday Here are just a few of the ways that Google has changed our lives: * Google Search has made it easier than ever to find information on the internet. * Google Maps has helped us to navigate the world around us. * Gmail has made it easier to stay connected with our friends and family. * Google Docs has made it easier to collaborate on documents. * Google Drive has made it easier to store and share files. * Google Cloud Platform has made it easier to build and deploy applications. * Google AI is helping us to solve some of the world's most challenging problems.

All 161 things we announced at #GoogleCloudNext ⬇️ Lots of good stuff here! Let me know if you weren't able to attend and would like to focus on key areas of interest for you and your team! #googlecloud #googlenext23 #innovatewithgoogle

For the last few months we have been working with Christian Newman to develop an application in App Sheet. The project was really exciting - an app for inspectors to report on care homes conditions. We are happy that we could accompany Christian on this journey and that he could share this development with the world. This tool will make the work of thousands of people easier. Interested in learning more about this project? Leave us your comments! #GoogleCloudNext  #GoogleWorkspace  #automation #Innovation #Entrepreneurship  #Google #appsheet

Joining us in San Francisco for Google Next '23? Whether or not you’ve been to #GoogleCloudNext before, every year is new and we want to make sure your experience is as great as it can be. That’s why we’ve put together this guide with a shortlist of ways to #learn, #connect, and find your #community at Next ‘23.

Last week I was on holidays, lucky me, enjoying a summer escape ☀ 🏖 . The unlucky side of the story is that I was out on the week of #GoogleCloudNext and missed it 😭 . Today, on my first day back, I'm catching up on the announcements and watching some session recordings. If you missed it like I did, make sure to start by checking out the article below recapping all 161 things we announced at #GoogleCloudNext ⬇️ #googlecloudnext #googlecloud #genai

✨ Get an overview of all 161 things we announced at #GoogleCloudNext ⬇️

I feel like this is some sort of Zen Koan, but I’m starting to think that the best way to attend #googlecloudnext was to not attend. I came by this year, didn’t have a pass, walked around, and ran into someone I knew every 30 minutes. It led to so many discussions around the future of cloud and skipped the official Google perspective to go directly to customers, partners, and competitors. And it was a reminder that I’ve met a couple of people over the past 15 years of analyst work. Is this the right way to attend? It’s the first time in many years that I wasn’t invited to an event and “guerrilla” attended. And yet it ended up being more useful for my business value engineering work for cloud than some events where I was invited. It definitely helped that the show was practically in my backyard and on my turf. I spent more time with clients (Google is not a client). And I got a broader view of how other vendors are planning to beat Google at its own game. This really made me rethink how I should be attending and using events. There are so many companies trying so hard to build and define business value and so many people who want to make better cloud and data investments: how much time should I spend on the companies that are indifferent to discussing the business value engineering of their products?

We are conducting this survey to better understand the reasons behind the limited participation of women in technical meetups, specifically in the context of cloud computing and Amazon Web Service (AWS) User Group events in Malaysia. Our objective is to identify the barriers, concerns, and preferences of women with technical backgrounds in Malaysia and to gather insights that will help us create a more inclusive and diverse community. By conducting this survey, we aim to develop a comprehensive marketing strategy to encourage and empower women to actively participate in these technical meetups, whether as attendees, speakers, or community leaders. Your valuable input will play a crucial role in shaping our efforts to foster an environment that is welcoming and supportive of women in the IT industry and cloud computing services. If you are a female IT professional in Malaysia, please take 2 minutes of your time to fill in the survey below ⬇ Your response is highly valued! https://lnkd.in/g7Zn8yQB