We are live from Google Cloud Next 2023, direct from the Expo floor with a limited series of episodes talking to Google leaders on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave & Rob talk to Chen Goldberg, VP & GM of Google Kubernetes and Serverless, Google Cloud, about what "cloud native" really means, the tech and the ways of working, along with the first hand story of K8S over the last 10 years.  The gang are then joined by some friends to reflect on a busy conference week, the highlights and themes and whether we got our predictions right!GuestChen Goldberg:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/goldbergchen/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

We are live from Google Cloud Next 2023, direct from the Expo floor with a limited series of episodes talking to Google leaders on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave & Rob talk to Mahin Samadani, Director of Strategic Business Transformation, Google Cloud about experience led cloud transformation, how to measure 'return on imagination' and how starting with the user experience can drive better business value and outcomes. Rob also updates us on Day 2 themes, including cloud integration, productivity boost through better org design and how we must continue to challenge our assumptions, even when we have been successful! GuestMahin Samadani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahin/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

We are live from Google Cloud Next 2023, direct from the Expo floor with a limited series of episodes talking to Google leaders on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave & Rob talk to Zac Maufe, Head of Financial Services Industry Solutions, Google Cloud about cloud in the heavily regulated financial sector and what Google Cloud is doing to help organisations accelerate and safely drive value from data.  Rob also updates on todays themes at the conference and the gang reflect on the conference tag line "The New Way to Cloud".GuestZac Maufe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-maufe-3b2578/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

We are live from Google Cloud Next 2023, direct from the Expo floor with a limited series of episodes talking to Google leaders on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave & Rob talk to Jose Gomes, Managing Director Retail & Consumer, Google Cloud about disruption and trends in the Retail sector, how AI in Retail should be delivered thru platform, rather than driving after unique, non-scalable use cases and how this helps respond to an incredibly fast moving market.  Rob also updates on the big themes from the Google opening keynote session.GuestJose Gomes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-luis-gomes-965975/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

We are live from Google Cloud Next 2023, direct from the Expo floor with a limited series of episodes talking to Google leaders on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave & Rob talk to Rodrigo Rocha, Director Global Horizontal Partnerships, Google Cloud to understand Google Clouds positioning of GenAI as a central and visible theme of the conference.  They discuss whether AI can help make flying smoother or even find life on other planets, as well as about the role we all have in bringing AI into society responsibly.GuestRodrigo Rocha:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigoprocha/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

Dave, Rob & Sjoukje reflect on the incredible journey through the first two seasons with the most thrilling topics and guests who supported our show. They also share what they are excited about doing over the summer and the thrilling highlights of what's in store for season 3!   Thank you to all our listeners for joining us in Seasons 1 & 2 - have a great summer and we will see you in late August!TLDR:00:01 Intros00:03 Rise of AI00:08 Quantum Computing 00:12 Living in a simulation 00:15 The human side of transformation 00:19 Diversity00:24 The new era of tech 00:33 What will season 3 bring00:35 Summer and what are you doing next00:40 OutroHostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/

To leverage the insights in the data spread across your organisation and to drive a modern digital experience in a world of exponentially growing data in a sustainable way, you have to engage with what is going on in your data plumbing.Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Rick Houlihan, Field CTO for Strategic Accounts, MongoDB to get a view on database history and technology and how understanding this might help an organisation to drive more effective, efficient and sustainable use of their data.  Finally, in trends we talk about how to get started modernising your data infrastructure.TLDR:00:30 Intros 01:00 Cloud conversation with Rick Houlihan 04:00  Modernising your data infrastructure 18:00  Leveraging lessons learnt GuestRick Houlihan:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhoulihan/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

It should be a no brainer that more diverse teams deliver better and more customer appropriate outcomes and solutions.  The significance of this is very much demonstrated in the realm of data - a space where ensuring that no bias is introduced into the data set is critical!Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Roisin McCarthy, Founder at Women in Data® about the founding and mission of Women in Data®, the underlying systemic issues that need to be addressed, the frustrations of not making progress quickly enough and the benefits of diversity in the workplace.TLDR:00:55 Intros02:02 Cloud conversation with Roisin McCarthy32:16  5 hard benefits of a diverse workplace 40:49  WiD Conference exclusive!GuestRoisin McCarthy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roisinmccarthy/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/

The automotive industry is going through a period of unparalleled disruption.  How people want to buy cars, the experience of using one and how a car is powered are all under going massive transformational change.Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to James Speer, Global Partner Development Manager - Automotive and Manufacturing, AWS about the disruption in the automotive industry, the electrification race and the connected car - is it more of a software platform than "car" today and will it deliver the experiences the films and TV shows of yesteryear promised us?TLDR:00:49 Intros01:23 Cloud conversation with James Speer30:18 3 tech trends for the automotive industry   36:25 Getting back to Old Trafford!  GuestJames Speer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesspeer/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/

Fashion is an industry where customer experience is critical, it has to represent your brand values very accurately.  Additionally, the experience is becoming more and more complex as it needs to deliver "phygital" high quality and consistent omni-channel experiences. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Manyana Schmitz, Director Digital Optimization and Transformation at PVH, a fashion company in Europe that owns Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, about the changing nature of customer expectations, the impact the pandemic had on buying habits, what the digital response to under pinning a fast moving and complex B2C experience and Manyana shares some personal reflections on her leadership journey. TLDR:00:55 Intros02:02 Cloud conversation with Manyana Schmitz32:16  The Top Five Retail Technology Trends In 2023  40:49 Annual reunion with friends!  GuestManyana Schmitz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manyanaschmitz/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/