Why BigQuery Omni is a Big Deal

Google Cloud's bet on an open platform is starting to materialize with Anthos and BigQuery Omni. Three years ago, I started (and sadly never finished) a series called Platform Wars (Part I, Part II), evaluating the tech giants and their strategies in the age of artificial intelligence. In my piece on Google, I explained Google's shift to an AI-first company, and why Kubernetes was a crucial part of Google's strategy to compete in the enterprise cloud market. Fast forward two years, Google Cloud reported meaningful growth, but still stood a distant third to AWS and Azure. Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle exec, was brought in to replace Diane Greene, carrying with him a vision for a multi-cloud strategy.