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In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I look at how Google Cloud is helping businesses create their futures — not just optimize their past — through Gemini Enterprise.
Highlights
00:14 — Google Cloud really stepped out here with the launch of Gemini Enterprise, and I would like to share with you eight reasons why I feel that the launch of Gemini Enterprise now makes Google Cloud the number one player in the world for AI for business. So first, I think the end-to-end capabilities that are resident within the Gemini AI platform are essential for customers
01:16 — It’s a little hard to know where to start and really hard to figure out: How do I put together the right mix of piece solutions from lots of different vendors? Now, Gemini Enterprise here offers the full set of end-to-end capabilities Two: While Gemini Enterprise does offer all the pieces, it also gives customers complete choice to use third-party solutions.
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02:34 — Flexible pricing: There’s Google Enterprise, which is $30 per user per month. And then there’s Google Business, that’s $21 per user per month. It’s got massive data access, right? So the need to ensure that these tools have access to the right data in a secure and fully integrated fashion is key. It’s got that. The whole notion of governance and security.
03:37 — The ecosystem that’s been built out, that’s been a huge part of Google Cloud’s success. And it ties in with the openness for customers, giving lots and lots of different choices here — of who, of what Gemini Enterprise works with. And then a little bit of a not-so-secret secret here: the Delta team within Google Cloud Consulting and Professional Services.
04:24 — What the most successful tech companies today are doing is helping companies create their futures, not just perfect what they’ve done in the past. And this is a long-standing thought here that Kurian has made. I’ve talked about this a number of times, and it goes back to six years ago when he took over as CEO of Google Cloud.
