Google Cloud Customer Newsletter: May 2023

Lauren_vdv · May 16, 2023, 8:09pm

Hello Google Cloud Community!

To help you stay up-to-date on all the latest with Google Cloud, we’ve started a new content series - the Google Cloud Customer Newsletter. Posted every month, this is where you can see a summary of major product updates, resources, learning, training, best practices, and events that can help you reach your goals with Google Cloud. (Looking for Google Workspace content? See the Google Workspace Customer Newsletter here)

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Google Cloud advances generative AI at I/O: New foundation models, embeddings, and tuning tools in Vertex AI

Generative AI has unleashed a new breed of digital assistants, content creation tools, and applications, changing how apps are built, who can build them, and the capabilities end users expect from them.

Google is a leader in this field, from the creation of Google’s Transformer architecture that makes generative AI possible, to today’s announcement of PaLM 2, our next-generation language model with improved multilingual, reasoning, and coding capabilities.

We took a big step in this journey in March with our first two major announcements: Gen App Builder, which lets developers, even those with limited machine learning experience, quickly and easily create generative chat and search apps; and Generative AI support in Vertex AI, which expands our machine learning development platform with access to both foundation models and APIs in the new Model Garden, as well as a variety of tools to customize and experiment with models in Generative AI Studio.

Today, at Google I/O 2023, we’re excited to build on these offerings with a variety of announcements that give customers access to new generative modalities and expanded ways to leverage and tune models. Learn more in our Cloud Blog.

Learn more

Bringing our world-class expertise together under Google Cloud Consulting

Introducing Google Cloud Consulting - the next step in Google Cloud’s services journey that provides a unified experience for businesses of all sizes to adopt and use the cloud. Hear from Lee Moore on what this means for Google Cloud Customers.

Celebrating 100,000 Google Cloud Community members

Last month, we reached a milestone in the Google Cloud Community (where you are now) - welcoming more than 100,000 members! See where we’ve come, where we’re going, and get to know our top contributors in our celebration post here.

Google Cloud learning, training, and certifications

New cybersecurity training to help build a safer world

Google is committed to partnering with others to help build a robust cybersecurity workforce, expanding the pathways to join this critical field. Today, we’re announcing the launch of the Google Cybersecurity Certificate as the newest addition to our Google Career Certificates, which provide job seekers with affordable paths to careers in data analytics, IT support, business intelligence and more.

Learn more and get started

New Generative AI Learning Path now available

This no-cost learning path guides you through a curated collection of content on Generative AI products and technologies, from the fundamentals of Large Language Models to how to create and deploy generative AI solutions on Google Cloud. Complete these short courses to earn a completion badge and show off your GenAI knowledge.

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Play the Arcade to grow skills and earn swag

Complete games to earn digital badges and points to use towards prizes. There’s no cost to participate, and games are available for a limited time, so play today! And don’t forget to show off your badges and swag in the Learning & Certification Hub

Let the games begin

Google Cloud Foundations learning course

When it comes to understanding how Google Cloud works, it’s easy to get lost in the details and feel like you’re floating on a cloud of your own. But all you need is a solid foundation in the fundamentals to start learning more.

Join instructor Mark Johnson ( @MarkJohnson ), Google Developer Expert, and Google Cloud Innovator Champion, in this beginner-level course on Google Cloud, working through hands-on demos as you build new skills for the Digital Leader certification exam.

Get started

Additional training opportunities

Be sure to actively check out our Google Cloud Training Site for training events, available Certifications, and Google Cloud Skills Boost for learning paths, courses, quests, and hands-on labs.

Upcoming Google Cloud events

August 29-31
Google Cloud Next '23
General registration IS NOW OPEN! Next ‘23 will return as a large-scale experience hosted at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Aug. 29-31, with 15K+ in person attendees and up to 200 sponsoring partners. The event will feature a Leaders Circle experience and programming for developers in addition to a Partner Summit, Developer Zone, and executive meeting center.

May 18
GKE cluster upgrades: Best practices for GKE cluster stability, security, and performance
Learn best practices to keep your GKE clusters updated for stability and security without disrupting your business.

May 24
Migrate an app in a day workshop
Our Google experts will walk you through the steps for migrating an application into the cloud. You will get hands-on experience deploying and working with Google Cloud Platform, specifically modernizing a sample application to open source GCP PaaS services.

May 25
Cloud Workstations: The Key to a Faster, More Efficient Development Environment
Want faster onboarding with more consistent environments and builds? In this session, we’ll show you how Cloud Workstations can do all of this, with a live walkthrough and time for questions.

May 25
Business Intelligence Workshop: Modern BI with Looker and Google Cloud
Learn how to deliver trusted data to the right people, and at the right time, provide helpful access and insights beyond the UI and dashboards, implement extensibility, and manage performance, security, and accuracy at scale.

June 1
Google Cloud & Mandiant Present: Cyber Security Threats & Trends
To help organizations navigate the current threat landscape and beyond, our threat expert Luke McNamara will share a deep dive-session to discuss some of the topics covered in the Mandiant Cyber Security Forecast 2023 and our latest report, M-Trends 2023.

June 1
A Sustainable Future: Measuring and Reducing your IT Carbon Emissions on Google Cloud
You already consider security, scaling, cost, and latency in software design, but what about carbon footprint? In this session, we’ll discuss how you can measure and report your IT carbon emissions on Google Cloud with some strategies for lowering that footprint.

June 6
Google Cloud Workshop: Data Lake for retail
Learn about Google’s unique approach to solve the data silos problem, security/governance, and developer productivity issues that prevent many organizations from becoming data driven.

June 7
Building modern, cloud-native apps with Google Cloud
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you will learn how to use technologies to build future state containerized applications, explore connecting and building applications with private fully managed databases, and add intelligence to your apps and hear from experts how Google tools can improve your applications.

June 8
Getting started with Looker: From database to dashboard

Learn what’s possible with the Looker family of products and the use cases it solves for, how to go from database to dashboard with walkthrough demos, plus Looker features, such as LookML for defining and managing business rules, embedding analytics into your websites or apps, accelerating access to insights with pre-built data templates, and more.

June 13
Guide to the Google Cloud Adoption Framework: Your roadmap for success in the cloud
Learn how to have a unified approach to the cloud - across people, processes, and technology - based on the Google Cloud Adoption Framework, and how to determine where you are on your cloud journey today and how to take the next steps.

June 13
Google Cloud Security Summit
Join this event to dive into cutting-edge innovations that can enhance your security posture everywhere you operate.

June 13
Accelerate insights with Cortex Framework
Join Google Cloud and Pluto7 to learn more about how customers accelerate time to value with SAP and Salesforce data using Cortex Framework.

June 14
Real time analytics, ML and applications made simple
Join this session to hear how Google Cloud can help you to build real time visibility, prediction and activation into your products and systems so that your organization maximize value from each data point instantly.

June 15
Google Cloud Premium Support onboarding and best practices
Learn how to get the most value from Google Cloud Premium Support, including features, processes, resources, and best practices for effectively engaging with Cloud Support and your Technical Account Management team. Also available in Portuguese on June 13th and in Thai on June 1st.

June 29
Getting started with Vertex Generative AI
Generative AI is transforming Vertex AI for developers. In this session, we will dive into Vertex Gen AI studio and explore the new Gen AI APIs as well as offer best practices for practitioners working with these large models.

July 6
Cloud Billing best practices: How to manage your Cloud Billing Account and control your cloud costs

Questions about Cloud Billing? Want to gain more control over your cloud costs? Join us on July 6th for a live Q&A session, including best practices for managing cloud usage, setting up budgets, and more.

Join Google Data Cloud Live in your local area
Join technology and data leaders and data professionals (in person!) to learn how you can capitalize on the next wave of data and AI trends. Learn ways your organization can align data and AI investment plans with business strategy for a force multiplier and innovate faster with the latest capabilities across applications, analytics, visualizations and predictions. Coming soon to a location near you…

May 18: Houston
May 24: Vancouver

See all Google Cloud events here.

Google Cloud product updates and announcements

Check out our featured product updates and announcements from the past month and see the “What’s new with Google Cloud” blog for more details.

Have a question or feedback about one of these resources? Let us know in the comments! Our product owners would love to hear from you.

AI/ML

Containers / Kubernetes

Data Analytics

Databases

Developer Tools

Cloud Workstations is now GA, with new capabilities and integrations

Infrastructure

Management / Operations

Networking

Private Service Connect: Now hybrid and global

Security

Serverless

Google Cloud how-tos, tips, and best practices

AI/ML

App Modernization

Compute