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SAMUEL BONAMIGO: Hello, everyone,
and welcome to the data management analytics
and AI week of Google Cloud EMEA Next OnAir.
Let me first introduce myself.
I am Samuel Bonamigo, and I've been
working in the software industry for more than 20 years.
I joined Google at the beginning of September
after 10 years at Salesforce, and I have the pleasure
to lead the EMEA sales region.
Our vision for Google has always been
to accelerate every organization's ability
to digitally transform and reimagine
their business with data [INAUDIBLE] innovation.
This year you heard about strategic partnership
in EMEA, which companies like Telecom Italia, Renault, and we
just communicated a multiyear partnership with Deutsche Bank
to transform banking with the next generation
technology-based financial solutions for their clients.
And of course, our commitment is to continue
to invest in sales, customer services,
and in our technology delivery capabilities
to support your transformation.
But this year has been very unique and difficult
for most of us.
It has been a year of change and an opportunity
to transform our businesses.
As an example, the volume and velocity of data
continued to grow at an outstanding rate,
and that's just the beginning.
Take a look at this IDC report.
In the next five years, the world
will create more than three times the data
than we did in the previous five.
In this big data era, managing large volumes
was a key objective of digital transformation.
But data alone is not enough to provide business value, most
of the time it is unorganized, inaccessible, and spread
across multiple systems and teams.
To find a competitive advantage, you
need to align your data strategy with clear business objectives.
In week one opening keynote, Chris Ciauri,
president of Google Cloud, EMEA talks about two ways
to develop intelligence with data.
Take a look.
CHRIS CIAURI: There are two areas
where we can make a real impact on the business.
The first is in helping your business leaders make
the right decisions.
The second is in using data to automate and personalize
products and services, creating fantastic employee, customer,
and partner experiences.
SAMUEL BONAMIGO: As you know, Google is a data company.
We have many products like Gmail and YouTube
and their massive amount of data and serve billions
of customers every day.
Over the past 20 years to ship all these products
and their users, we have created a powerful set of solutions.
And now we are making this technology available to you
and to our customers.
So how can we help?
If you work with data, this week is for you.
First, no matter where you are on your journey to the cloud,
you need solutions that make you more agile,
help you drive [INAUDIBLE] intelligence
and develop business values.
You also need a strong ecosystem of partners
to bring your vision to life.
Watch our database management keynote,
where director of product management Penny Avril
outlines how Google Cloud can help you
run mission critical workloads at scale.
PENNY AVRIL: Today we will take you through that journey,
from easily moving your databases
to the cloud to modernizing applications
to handle the unexpected and to providing simplicity
for your developers, all while sharing
new developments along the way.
SAMUEL BONAMIGO: Google Cloud Platform
can help you implement advanced capabilities too,
connect data points across a variety of assets, devices,
and services, access and analyze data in real time
and build machine learning into your workflows.
Please take a look at our solution keynote, "What's
New and What's Next in Smart Analytics," where
our general manager and VP of data analytics, Debanjan Saha,
speaks about how to get the most from our solutions.
DEBANJAN SAHA: Let me now talk about our strategy going
forward.
Our vision is build an enterprise class analytics
platform, an analytics platform our customers
can depend on for their most demanding
mission-critical workloads.
And we want our platform to be open, intelligent,
and flexible.
SAMUEL BONAMIGO: Then discover how
you can transform your organization with AI.
According to McKinsey, Europe is now
adopting AI at a slower rate than the rest of the world.
Less than half of European firms have adopted AI solutions.
That's clearly an opportunity for transformation.
But if Europe can develop and expand AI
relative to its current assets and digital position,
it can add approximately 2.7 trillion euros or 20%
to its combined economic output by 2030.
To give you a real-world example,
in a recent interview with Renault,
one of the Europeans' largest car manufacturers,
their VP of digital transformation, Eric Marchiol,
explains some of his team's early results.
Using machine learning, they divided
the cost of quality control by 10
and see an opportunity to increase
the energy efficiency of their paint shops by 10 to 20%.
If you are interested in learning
about how you can transform your organization with AI,
make time to check in with Rajen Sheth,
our VP of product management.
Here is a quick look.
RAJEN SHETH: We've learned that the how
actually comes in two flavors.
First, in solving common problems that businesses face.
These could be problems that are unique to your industry
that we can solve by integrating into key workflows,
or they could be common problems across industries.
For example, things like providing great customer
service with your contact centers
or keeping up with document heavy processes.
SAMUEL BONAMIGO: It can not be only about our solutions,
it is about people and change management.
So if you want to learn about our free training programs
and tools available, please tune in to president
of EMEA business operations, Matt Brittin,
to get an update on the Grow with Google program.
MATT BRITTIN: I want to talk about Google
and our big commitment to help inclusive, sustainable
economic recovery, with skills helping people learn
new skills to find jobs, with tools helping businesses grow
online, and with rules, working with governments
and communities to boost recovery.
SAMUEL BONAMIGO: I would also like
to thank our customers, partners,
and [INAUDIBLE] ecosystems.
Thank you for your support, trust, and collaboration.
We wish you every success as you reimagine your business
for the future.
Finally, please don't forget to register
to get access to all of our content
and create a playlist to keep track of your best sessions.
You can explore interactive demos,
book one on one appointments with expert Googlers
and get a reply to your questions using your Open Q&A
button.
To ask a question, you can leave a comment
on this video or using [INAUDIBLE] hashtag on Twitter.
Next week is going to be about application modernization
and our business application platform.
So join us then for even more keynotes, breakouts,
and [INAUDIBLE].
Thank you very much for tuning in, and see you then.