Google Cloud Next '17: Impressive, But Hard To Find Definitive Differentiators After Day 1

Diane Greene, senior vice president of cloud services at Google Inc., speaks during the company's Cloud Next '17 event Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg I attended Google's annual, enterprise-focused event, Google Cloud Next '17, last week in San Francisco, paying close attention to all the announcements coming out of the three-day event. I attended their industry analyst event as well, held the day before. The conference is Google's chance to showcase their achievements from the past year, as well as announce new products and services within their cloud and collaboration portfolio. Competition for the public cloud and collaboration is intense with giants like Microsoft, Amazon.com Here's my take on some of the key items coming out of Day 1 of the conference--it's a lot, so let's dive in.