June’s live Cloud Wars Expo event featured dozens of industry leaders allowing the Acceleration Economy team access to the inner workings of the greatest growth market the world has ever known.
In this News Desk interview, which was recorded live on-site at Cloud Wars Expo, Principal Analyst Aaron Back welcomes Google Cloud’s Industry Director of Manufacturing and Transportation, Simon Floyd.
Highlights
00:15 — Aaron introduces today’s guest, Simon Floyd from Google Cloud.
02:13 — Simon addresses the many ways manufacturing customer needs are changing, and how platforms are quickly adapting in kind.
04:12— Google Cloud uses AI in its data centers to manage more sustainable operations and choose the most efficient methods to control power usage and resources.
07:25 — Simon discusses Google Cloud’s different security architectures at work to encrypt and protect customer data. Security is built into Google’s cloud infrastructure first.
09:56 — Co-innovation and co-creation are a necessary part of the cloud’s evolving ecosystem. Simon uses the example of developing Google’s visual inspection AI with input from customers.
11:20 — Using AI for quality control enables greater scalability in the manufacturing sphere.
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