Cloud 9: Lunch Ladies News Wrap - Google Cloud's CTO, plus KubeCon and Cloud Innovation Awards finalists!

Silverlinings' Lunch Ladies Elizabeth Coyne and Diana Goovaerts serve up an overview of this week's news from the cloud world, including Diana's interview with Google Cloud's CTO Will Grannis, news from KubeCon 2023 in Chicago and we announce the finalists in our Silverlinings Cloud Innovation Awards.

Winners will be announced at the Cloud Executive Summit, Dec. 6-7 in Sonoma, Calf. Register here. Use code LIZ50 to get 50% off your pass.

Here's a handy guide to the chat:
00:10 Introduction
01:07 Liz and Diana kick things off with a discussion of Diana's profile of Google Cloud CTO Will Grannis, based on an exclusive Silverlinings interview
05:00 Diana tees up an audio clip in which Grannis discusses his thoughts on the hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and what the industry needs to do now to turn AI dreams into reality
05:53 Liz chimes in with her take on Grannis' thoughts
07:26 Diana tees up a second clip from Grannis, this time focused on how he thinks about AI grounding
08:36 Diana and Liz discuss grounding and it's importance in AI's future
09:39 Liz spotlights Silverlinings coverage this week from KubeCon, including announcements around Kubernetes, AI, automation and more as well as views from the show floor
12:36 Drumroll please! Liz and Diana announce the finalists for Silverlinings' first-ever Cloud Innovation Awards!!
16:37 Liz plugs registration for the Cloud Executive Summit in December, where our awards winners will be revealed
17:24 Diana closes things out with the credits

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