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Welcome to our monthly Community Roundup series! Discover our top contributors and conversations, explore new learning and certification opportunities, and more in our October roundup.
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- Top Google Cloud Community contributors in October
- Upcoming Google Cloud events
- Google Cloud tips, tricks, and resources
- Updates in Google Cloud learning, training, and certifications
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Congratulations to our new Google Cloud Champion Innovators and Google Developer Experts
Welcome and congratulations to our new Google Cloud Champion Innovators and Google Developer Experts (GDEs) who joined us from around the world in the month of October.
These individuals are recognized for their technical expertise in Google technology and for going above and beyond to share their knowledge and give back to the broader community. You’ll find them solving questions in the community forums, speaking at events, contributing to the Content Library, and much more.
Congratulations and thank you for all you do!
If you see these individuals in the community forums (look for the Champion Innovator and/or GDE icons), then rest assured, you’re in good hands with the experts! You can see which area of Cloud that they specialize in from the image above or by going to their Champion Innovator/GDE profiles.
@Ruben_Blazquez @SeungwooLee @fmsedrez @Harsh_Manvar @Aryan_Irani @haggman @vloom_mario
Introducing the Google Cloud Security Community
Attention security professionals! Did you see that we have a new and improved community space dedicated to all things Cloud Security?
Hop on into the new space to connect with security professionals and Google Cloud Security teams from around the globe, including Q&A forums, best practices, upcoming events, and more to engage with each other, get your questions answered, and continue growing your cloud security skills.
Have a topic suggestion for our next Chronicle event? Let us know!
Our next event is November 28th - join us for the inaugural Security Spotlight event focused on strategic approaches to dynamic views in Chronicle SOAR that will empower you to more quickly and easily identify trends and patterns, and investigate specific security incidents.
Get started with Generative AI with the interactive Gen AI Navigator
Our interactive Gen AI Navigator points you and your business in the right direction with personalized recommendations. All you have to do is answer a few quick questions under each of our key areas: Strategy, Infrastructure, and Skills.
Wherever you are on your gen AI journey, the Navigator can help you get to your destination faster. Get started today.
Top Google Cloud Community contributors in October
We love to see how many of you are eager to participate in the Community's discussions. Let’s take a quick look at who contributed the most in the month of October.
Cloud Forums top contributors
Learning and Certification Forums top contributors
Googlers top solution authors across Cloud Forums
🌟Honorable mentions and shoutouts🌟
@dheerajpanyam - in the span of only a couple months, you’ve taken the community by storm with more than 66 posts, 6 authored solutions, and 40 likes received. Not only this, but you’re part of the Google Cloud Innovators program!
@xavidop - you are a true community champion! In addition to being the top liked author in the AI/ML forum, you also led a live digital event with Developer Advocates of Cloud AI Solutions, @alessiasacchi and @koverholt on how to build Conversational AI experiences powered by LLMs. I could go on, but also want to call out that you’re a Google Cloud Champion Innovator, and just recently became a Google Developer Expert. Thank you for all you do Xavi!!!
@Robina - as a Champion Innovator and Women Techmakers Ambassador, it’s no surprise you made it into the top 10 liked authors across Cloud Forums this month. We want to say thank you for being a valuable contributor to the community!
@ms4446 - you continue to amaze us with your responses and helpfulness in the community, particularly in our Data Analytics and Database forums, landing you a top spot in our community roundup once again this month!
@Shrish_marnad @arjunvijay @ankitarora04 win our blog authors of the month award! Thank you for contributing helpful and detailed articles on Retail Search best practices, securing web apps with external identity providers, and initializing a secondary SAP HANA site, respectively.
Thank you all - keep it up! 😀 Also, did you know? 🤔 You can check out the leaderboards for top solution authors here and kudos (likes) received here.
Are you ready to become our next top contributor? Learn all about how to contribute to the Community here.
Upcoming Google Cloud events
Join the global community online
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November 8 |
Monetize data with embedded analytics and generative AI |
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November 8 |
Generative AI with Google Cloud: Getting started with Model Garden on Vertex AI |
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November 9 |
Accelerating innovation with GKE Autopilot |
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November 9 |
Gen AI Bootcamp: (Gen AI 200) From Model to Chatbot - Creating Conversational Experiences |
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November 14 |
Accelerate AI Development with Google Cloud TPUs |
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November 15 |
Generative AI with Google Cloud: Operationalizing PaLM 2 with LangChain |
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November 15 |
Transform: The Future of AI-Powered Apps |
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November 16 |
Gen AI Bootcamp: (Gen AI 300) Taking your Gen AI App from Prototype to Production |
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November 16 |
How to simplify your SaaS app integrations with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface |
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November 21 |
MLOps in action: Operationalize your ML workflow using pipeline templates |
Find an in-person event near you
Join the Google Developer Group community for DevFest 2023
DevFest is a global community-driven tech conference, hosted by the Google Developer Groups (GDG) community. Each DevFest event is crafted by its GDG organizers to fit the learning needs and interests of their local developer community, with a strong focus on knowledge exchange, networking, and learning about Google developer technologies.
Check out upcoming DevFests in locations around the world below, and check back for new DevFests being added regularly.
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November 3 |
Uyo, Nigeria |
DevFest Uyo 2023 |
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November 3-4 |
Hamburg, Germany |
DevFest’23 Hamburg |
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November 3-4 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Next@Cloud DevFest Kuala Lumpur 2023 |
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November 3-4 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
GDG DevFest Nairobi 2023 |
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November 4 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
DevFest Bangkok 2023 |
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November 10-11 |
Manila, Philippines |
DevFest Manila 2023 |
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November 11 |
New York City, USA |
DevFest NYC 2023: The Tech Event of the Year |
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November 15 |
Strasbourg, France |
DevFest Strasbourg |
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November 14-15 |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
GDG Cloud Saudi - DevFest Riyadh 2023 |
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November 17-18 |
Calgary, Canada |
GDG Cloud Calgary - ᐳᐅ!devfestyyc |
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November 17-18 |
Singapore, Singapore |
DevFest Singapore 2023 |
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November 18 |
Accra, Ghana |
DevFest Accra 2023 |
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November 17-19 |
Pescara, Italy |
DevFest Pescara |
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November 18 |
Karlsruhe, Germany |
DevFest Karlsruhe |
C2C
C2C is a peer-to-peer community built to engage, support, connect, and educate the Google Cloud customer ecosystem across regions and industries so they can harness the power of cloud and each other to solve their biggest challenges and drive innovation. Discover some of the upcoming events below in a location near you and see them all here.
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November 8 |
São Paulo, BR |
2Gather São Paulo: Google Cloud Security—Data and App Protection |
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November 9 |
Austin, USA |
2Gather Austin: Importance of Quality Data—Garbage in, Garbage out |
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November 14 |
Atlanta, USA |
2Gather Atlanta: The Future is Now, Security and AI |
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November 16 |
London, GB |
2Gather London: Cloud Adoption Summit |
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November 22 |
Paris, FR |
2Gather Paris: Data Engineering and GenAI at Scale |
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November 30 |
San Diego, USA |
2Gather: Google Cloud San Diego Community Meetup |
Google Cloud tips, tricks, and resources
Discover recent tips, tricks, and resources from around the Google Cloud ecosystem. Thank you to the contributors! Have a helpful resource to share? Please let us know in the comments.
How Duet AI helps reduce burnout for SRE and DevOps professionals
In this post, @luckywalter shares how you can use Duet AI to help avoid SRE/DevOps burnout with quicker resolution of incidents.
#FunFinOpsFridays: Cost control policies to be proactive in managing cloud spend
On Fridays, @pathik, Cloud FinOps Cost Optimization Lead at Google Cloud, shares #FunFinOpsFriday - a collection of FinOps tips, tricks, and best practices to manage and optimize your cloud spend. In the latest episode, Pathik breaks down steps to implement cost control policies to be proactive in managing your cloud spend.
Stay tuned for more #FunFinOpsFridays and don't forget to checkout the Google Cloud Architecture Framework for a compilation of best practices.
10 services every developer should know to get the most out of Google Cloud
Google Developer Expert and Champion Innovator, @jkg shares the 10 services every developer should know to get the most out of Google Cloud. Think you know which 10 they are? Find out here! and let us know if you were right in the comments 👇😎
Terraform as a Service: Google Infrastructure Manager
Infrastructure Manager is a Google Cloud-managed service that automates the deployment and management of Google Cloud infrastructure resources. Infrastructure is defined using Terraform and deployed onto Google Cloud by Infrastructure Manager, enabling you to manage Google Cloud resources using Terraform as a service.
🔍 In this deep dive article written by Google Developer Expert and Champion Innovator, @Onkar, you'll find:
✅ An introduction to Google Infrastructure Manager
✅ Key benefits and use cases
✅ Real-world example of Infrastructure Manager in action
✅ Why Infrastructure Manager and why not just Terraform
Updates in Google Cloud learning, training, and certifications
Congratulations to recent Google Cloud Certification achievers
Congratulations to these Community members who recently earned a Google Cloud Certification! 🎉 Thank you for sharing your success and lessons learned preparing for the exams in the Learning & Certification Hub.
Professional Machine Learning Engineer
Congratulations! @MarkJohnson @Yingding @Akhila_Guda @nikbels_tcs @Sedrak
Professional Cloud Architect
Congrats! @dassyareg @dirk_breidt @BarneyGordons @sajjad-askari @CNCM @kajal7 @piyushda
Professional Cloud Security Engineer
Congratulations! @ioanniskatsaoun @rayoniels @itsboutsecurity
Professional Data Engineer
Congrats! @sukurocking @JermaineSegun @godson @Sangalo @Frontman82 @etienne_lamare @MaxImbrox
Introducing a new Google Cloud Certification portal to simplify your experience
Google Cloud is simplifying your certification journey with the launch of the new Google Cloud Certification Candidate Portal. The certification candidate portal offers a single platform experience for you to manage your end-to-end certification experience.
Learn more in the announcement post from @margotb here.
Generative AI for developers: New no-cost labs
Looking to up your generative AI game? Now you can build your technical gen AI skills for Google Cloud in The Arcade, a no-cost, gamified learning experience that features new games each month. Every month, you’ll play games based on labs from Google Cloud Skills Boost to get hands-on experience with Google Cloud’s powerful AI tools: Vertex AI and Generative AI Studio.
In addition to The Arcade, we have other no-cost resources to help you in your AI learning journey. This foundational-level training content will help you get ready for the technical upskilling found in The Arcade. Learn more.
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Thanks everyone. Until next time!
The Google Cloud Community Team
