Day Two Cloud 147: Google Cloud Is Not Just For Devs

Today on Day Two Cloud we peel back the curtains on Google Cloud Platform, or GCP. Our guest is Richard Seroter, Director of Outbound Product Management at Google Cloud. Prior to working for Google, Richard was an Azure and Microsoft MVP, a PluralSight instructor, developer, and sales engineer, so he brings a wide spectrum of experience to the conversation. This is not a sponsored episode. We discuss: * Why Richard decided to move to Google * Concerns about Google’s habit of killing projects and how GCP isn’t Google * How GCP differentiates from other big public clouds * GCP’s embrace of multi-cloud as a competitive differentiator * More Sponsor: StrongDM StrongDM is secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. StrongDM proxies connections between your infrastructure and Sysadmins, giving your IT team auditable, policy-driven, IaC-configurable access to whatever they need, wherever they are. Find out more at StrongDM.com/packetpushers. Sponsor: ITProTV Start or grow your IT career with online training from ITProTV. From CompTIA to Cisco and Microsoft, ITProTV offers more than 5,800 hours of on-demand training. Courses are listed by category, certification, and job role. Day Two Cloud listeners can sign up and save 30% off all plans. Go to itpro.tv/daytwocloud and use promo code CLOUD to save 30%. Tech Bytes: Hashicorp Our Tech Bytes sponsor is HashiCorp, where we dive into its Consul product to learn how it’s evolved from its humble beginnings to become a service networking platform with features including a service mesh, service discovery, network infrastructure automation, an API gateway, and more. Show Links: Google Cloud documentation Seroter.com – Richard’s blog @rseroter – Richard Seroter on Twitter Transcript: Note: This output is provided as-is and has not been checked for errors. [00:00:00.850] – Ethan Sponsor. Strongdm is secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. Strongdm proxies connections between your infrastructure and sysadmins, giving your It team auditable, policy driven IAC configurable access to whatever they need, wherever they are. Find out [email protected] PacketPushers this episode of Day Two Cloud is brought to you in part by ITProTV start or grow your It career with online It training from ITProTV. And we have a special offer for all you amazing Day Two Cloud listeners. Sign up and save 30% off all plans. [00:00:52.290] – Ned Welcome to Day Two Cloud. Today we are talking about Google Cloud, but we’re not doing it alone. We brought someone to help us. That is Richard Seroter. He’s the director of Outbound product Management from Google Cloud. But he’s not just a Googler. He spent some time in the trenches with Azure and AWS. So he brings a unique perspective to things. What stood out to you, Ethan? [00:01:14.640] – Ethan That it’s not all Google all the time with Richard and his perspective. He brings the corporate perspective, of course, but then he makes a lot of points along the way about how the other clouds fit into things. And it just felt like a very authentic conversation. Authentic was the key word. [00:01:33.030] – Ned I think authentic is the word of the day when it comes to this conversation. And stay tuned.