All roads today lead to data which needs to be accurate and secured

Chandra Sankholkar 
Director, Google Cloud     

“One of the first things that we are seeing today is that all roads lead to data. If you look at any project, either you approach your client through the demand chain, the supply chain, through ERP, through lean innovation or through user experience, etc. But any project that you approach them for will essentially need data. That's the first trend that we are seeing. When it comes to data, folks want to speak to Google, for the simple reason that we have one of the largest databases in the world for structured, unstructured data and data address and data in motion. The second trend that we are seeing is, wherever there is accurate data, it requires bulletproof security. So if you really want to take and draw insights out of the data, you need to have absolute bulletproof security. That means you need to secure your data which is at risk, secure your data which is in motion, secure your data within the software supply chain, and at the same time, again, have a zero trust architecture. Another thing that people talk about often is how open you are to embrace open source. Google, on its part, has been at the cutting edge of driving open source. If you look at technologies like containers, Kubernetes, or TensorFlow processing units, Google has been on the forefront of driving these technologies. Also, gone are the trends in the cloud, where it was just about lift and shift. When customers are making a shift to the cloud, they are looking at areas and avenues to really digitally transform their business towards meaningful outcomes.”