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In this Cloud Wars Minute, co-host Kieron Allen discusses key points from his conversation with Stephen Orban of Google Cloud regarding the company’s partners ecosystem strategy. Orban is vice president of migrations, ISVs, and marketplace.
Highlights
00:21 — When it comes to the possibility of co-creation overtaking co-selling, Google Cloud is focused on delivering uniqueness for customers in both functions. It looks at its partners ecosystem through a lens of seven different pillars: AI, infrastructure, security, data analytics and databases, horizontal apps, vertical apps, and data providers, with AI being infused through each pillars.
00:50 — Orban notes that all partners are considering how they can infuse AI into their products to better serve customer needs. For trusted AI, Google Cloud is developing principles to widen its strategy to the partners ecosystem. Orban noted Google Cloud’s view on cybersecurity in the AI era: Instead of seeing security challenges posed by AI as a hindrance, the company aims to make its cybersecurity practices better.
