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Ep 49 / ADDING VALUE AND OPTIMIZING COSTS WITH GCP VS. AWS / Corey Quinn, The Duckbill Group May 26, 2020

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Corey Quinn, Cloud Economist at the Duckbill Group specializes in helping companies improve their cloud bills by optimizing costs and adding value to their investments. Join this episode hosted by Miles Ward, CTO at SADA, to hear about Quinn's recent review of GCP, some cost-optimization advice customers could take value from, and where Quinn thinks folks could use the most help with their cloud investments. Host: Miles Ward Guest: Corey Quinn Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cloudnclear https://www.twitter.com/SADA https://www.twitter.com/MilesWard https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sada/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/milesward/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/coquinn/ To learn more, visit SADA.com.

Ep 48 / HOW THE GOOGLE MAPS PLATFORM CHANGES BUSINESS MODELS & THE FUTURE / Francisco Irao, Google May 19, 2020

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Francisco Irao has been involved in selling IT solutions for over 20 years, with 17 of them being at Google. Newly minted as Head of Channel and Direct Sales of Americas for Google Geo Enterprise and Google Maps Platform, Irao joins CnC to discuss how Google differentiates itself from an engineering and product standpoint, within a growing sea of Maps providers in order to support the narrative of better serving customers. Irao dives into the 'existential flexibility' of Maps, the changes we've seen over the years, and the increasing Total Addressable Market for the Maps Platform. He also gives us a glimpse into what the future has in store for Google Maps and how it is continuously changing business models. Host: Tony Safoian Guest: Francisco Irao Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cloudnclear https://www.twitter.com/SADA https://www.twitter.com/Safoian Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sada/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/safoian/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisco-irao-0a02/ To learn more, visit SADA.com.

Ep 47 / PARTNER MARKERING PIVOTS DURING A TIME OF CRISIS / Kayla Spiess, Google Cloud May 12, 2020

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In the first episode hosted by SADA CMO, Narine Galstian, special guest Kayla Spiess, Head of Partner Marketing, Americas at Google Cloud, joins to discuss pivoting partner marketing during a time of crisis. Despite the disruption COVID-19 has caused, now is a great opportunity for organization's to reevaluate their digital marketing strategy and fine their tune priorities. Spiess explains how Google Cloud and its partners are repositioning their stance during this time to adopt a "serve not sell" customer narrative. She also discusses some of the secrets to her successful leadership style, collaborative team culture, and the ever-growing partner ecosystem at Google Cloud.

Host: Narine Galstian Guest: Kayla Spiess Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cloudnclear https://www.twitter.com/SADA https://www.twitter.com/nglastian Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sada/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngalstian/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-spiess-b5a3436/ To learn more, visit SADA.com.

Ep 46 / LEADING PEOPLE AND HIGH PERFORMING PARTNERSHIPS AT GOOGLE / Eric Rosenkranz, Google Cloud May 04, 2020

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Eric Rosenkranz is an award-winning software industry leader with a record of sustained performance leading teams, closing complex commercial deals, and landing break-through opportunities. For the past three years, he's been at Google Cloud focusing on building and managing high-performing partnerships across North America. In this episode, Eric discusses the development of the partner ecosystem that he has witnessed over the years and what makes teams and partnerships successful.

Host: Tony Safoian Guest: Eric Rosenkranz

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Ep 45 / QUBOLE'S MISSION OF MAKING DATA LAKES MAINSTREAM / Ashish Thusoo, Qubole Apr 27, 2020

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When it comes to storing big data, the two most popular options are data warehouses or data lakes--but what's the difference between the two? Ashish Thusoo, Co-Founder and CEO of Qubole, breaks down everything you need to know about data lakes and how they can create more value for customers by accelerating digital transformation. In this age where "data is the new oil", how are companies like Qubole shortening the path for customers to easily leverage the power of their data so they don't get left in the dust? Host: Tony Safoian Guest: Ashish Thusoo Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cloudnclear https://www.twitter.com/SADA https://www.twitter.com/Safoian https://twitter.com/AshishThusoo Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sada/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/safoian/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishthusoo/ To learn more, visit SADA.com.

Ep 44 / HOW CLOUD ALLOWS THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO RESPOND TO A GLOBAL PANDEMIC / Jeff Brown, G Suite Apr 21, 2020

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Jeff Brown, Strategic Business Executive at G Suite, is one of the most experienced professionals helping government agencies transform and innovate with Google Cloud. He discusses how organizations that have already made the investment into cloud are more prepared to adapt amidst a global pandemic and how cloud technology helps the public sector to continue to function during a crisis. He also dives into 'forced essentialism', crisis management, and how digital transformation has become inevitable. Host: Tony Safoian Guest: Jeff Brown Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cloudnclear https://www.twitter.com/SADA https://www.twitter.com/Safoian Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sada/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/safoian/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-brown-google/ To learn more, visit SADA.com.

Ep 43 / GOOGLE CLOUD'S SHIFT IN STRATEGY TOWARDS BECOMING PARTNER-CENTRIC / Carolee Gearhart, Google Cloud Apr 13, 2020

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A fireside chat with Carolee Gearhart, VP of Worldwide Channel Sales and Global SMB Sales at Google Cloud, recorded at SADA's 2020 All Hands Kickoff. In this special episode, hosted by Tony Safoian, Carolee shares with us her journey so far and her appointment to the new global role at Google Cloud focusing on Channel success. Carolee also describes Google's mission to democratize data and how their strategy has shifted under Thomas Kurian's leadership, as well as important discussion around diversity, inclusion and empowering women in the tech industry.

Host: Tony Safoian

Guest: Carolee Gearhart

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Ep 42 / GCP HELPS STREETLIGHT DATA OPTIMIZE URBAN PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT / Paul Friedman, Streetlight Data Apr 06, 2020

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Paul Friedman, CTO of Streetlight Data, discusses how Google Cloud's infrastructure and power is critical to their ability to process and offer DAAS to government organizations of all sizes. Streetlight Data provides transportation data and insights for optimizing urban planning and management of transportation resources to improve efficiency. Paul discusses his satisfaction in going with GCP and how over the years they have processed about 5-6 petabytes of data, much of it being live-streamed location data from over 60 million devices. Tune in to hear more on why Streetlight Data decided to go with Google Cloud and what benefits they've experienced since migrating.

Host: Miles Ward Guest: Paul Friedman Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cloudnclear https://www.twitter.com/SADA https://www.twitter.com/milesward Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sada/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/milesward/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/p3friedman/ To learn more, visit SADA.com.

Ep 41 / STRATEGIES FOR ADAPTING TO THE 'NEW NORMAL' OF WORKING REMOTELY / Heather Summers, SADA Mar 30, 2020

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Companies worldwide have recently issued Work From Home orders, and for newly remote employees, it can be difficult to adapt to. SADA's Digital Transformation Manager, Heather Summers, has over eight years of experience as a G Suite consultant and has helped organizations shift towards a digital paradigm. In this episode, Summers puts her change management skills into action and uncovers some best practices to boost productivity and collaboration while working from home - turning this era of change into an opportunity for hyper-collaboration, all with the help of G Suite. Host: Tony Safoian Guest: Heather Summers Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cloudnclear https://www.twitter.com/SADA https://www.twitter.com/Safoian Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sada/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/safoian/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsummers/

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Ep 40 / THE NECESSITY FOR HYPER TRANSPARENCY IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST FULLY REMOTE ORGANIZATION / Brandon Jung, GitLab, Inc. Mar 24, 2020

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Brandon Jung, VP of Alliances at GitLab (the world's largest fully remote company,) delves into GitLab's company culture and the necessity for hyper transparency provided through the GitLab handbook. Before joining GitLab, Brandon helped build the Google Cloud ecosystem that includes technology companies as diverse as Red Hat, Docker, Cloudera, Pivotal and Tableau. Tune in to hear him also discuss software development, why software is "eating the world," and the evolution of the Kubernetes landscape. Host: Tony Safoian Guest: Brandon Jung Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cloudnclear https://www.twitter.com/SADA https://www.twitter.com/Safoian https://twitter.com/BrandonCJung Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sada/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/safoian/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonjung/ Additional Resources: The Evolution of the Kubernetes Landscape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OLkPK4MRVQ&t=684s To learn more, visit SADA.com.

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