Summary

In conclusion, the advent of cloud computing is unlocking new ways to store, transform, analyze, and derive value from data. Not only is data easier to handle in the cloud, empowering teams to define, implement, and enforce security policies, but it also enables collaboration and innovation. Organizations that make the most of their data and leverage the innovation being driven by Google in its cloud platform through technologies such as the Vertex AI platform will create new streams of revenue or new ways to solve old problems. Both adopting a strong data culture and cloud-native data architecture, companies will not only be able to think like Google but also build like Google – for planetary scale and accessibility with a strong security posture and compliance controls.

Now that we have a better understanding of how data, the cloud, and a data-driven culture impact an organization, in the next chapter, we’ll be digging into Google Cloud’s solutions...