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Paying it forward
Paying it forward
I’m coming up on 4 weeks at Google Cloud, and I wanted to share my views as I get my feet wet! I’m enjoying working…
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Lee Gates shared thisLee Gates shared thisGoogle Cloud named a leader for the 5th consecutive year! I am very stoked to see Google Cloud's big advances in this year's Gartner MQ for cloud infrastructure. Thank you Gartner for the thoughtful and rigorous work that goes into it. Deep gratitude to our engineering teams, field teams, partners, and customers for the trust you place in us. Here's Brad Calder's take on how a curated, workload-optimized approach is helping fuel our momentum. 👇🏼👇🏼 👇🏼Google is a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services | Google Cloud BlogGoogle is a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services | Google Cloud Blog
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Lee Gates shared thisI had a few minutes reflecting on all the support I received over the past few years and realized I could help others considering career decisions...
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Lee Gates posted thisI've joined Google Cloud to work on Product Management for performance and availability across the platform. Super excited to join and am happy to be working with a great team. Some technologies create incredible value. Past examples include telegraph, telephone, radio, tv, cable, internet, wireless communications, blockchain, etc. Public cloud is in that list. We are innovating and building new infrastructure and services to deliver incredible global impact. During these difficult times cloud has become an enabling technology platform for industry and social continuity. At the same time, cloud is becoming the foundational technology for many more disruptive innovations. I'm excited every day to work with great people and make this level of impact. As one of my favorite leaders often said, ONE TEAM!
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Lee Gates shared thisNew on-demand OCI Performance Webinar! Intro to our performance program with methodology for benchmarking and performance analysis update. Michael Kane joins me to present OCI Dyn DNS, attacking the same problem from the edge. #oci #performance #benchmarks
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Lee Gates shared thisWrapping up our 1st #OracleCloudInfrastructure Deep Dive Days (D3) in Tokyo! We had a great time with all of our partners in Japan and wrapped up with final sessions on Solution Architecture and Performance. #OracleCloudInfrastructure Great questions and excitement as we get ready to bring high performance and enterprise cloud to your Japan customers. #OraclePartners We'll be coming to a city near you this year with our D3 series. Can't wait? We've got a new page with training resources https://lnkd.in/gb3BaTp Frank Obermeier Kash Iftikhar James Stanbridge Shinji Taketsume Takahito Kawashima Arthur F. Tyde III Camillo Speroni Ed Omland Eli Schilling John Growdon Hiroshi Saito Ed Zou A. Arslan Munir Raja Mukherjee Brandon Thomas Julie Tung Tomohiro Hara Hisayuki Ishizumi Ani Fox Bochenkov Makoto Honda Toru Hayashi Masaki Hamura, Ph.D. Koji Minato Hiroaki Komeno Bo English-Wiczling Tatsuya Shiratori Gyota Kondo
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Quantization: Shrinks weights and activations (think decimals) using fewer bits, dramatically reducing size with minimal accuracy loss.
Pruning: Removes unnecessary connections or neurons, making the model leaner and meaner.
Knowledge Distillation: A smaller student learns from a larger teacher, capturing essential knowledge in a compact form.
Model Aggregation: Optimizes how client updates get combined on the server, minimizing transmitted data.
Sparse Updates: Focuses on sending only significant parameter changes, saving precious bandwidth.
Layer Sharing: Smartly shares common components across different devices, reducing memory footprint.
Pruning Entire Layers: Drastically cuts size by removing whole layers deemed unimportant.
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Lee Gates liked this*cries in almquist shell calling ubus and uci*Lee Gates liked thisUnix nerds, you win. Forty years later, everything runs on shells, Python scripts, and cron jobs. The GUI was just a phase.
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Lee Gates liked thisLee Gates liked thisLast week, I left Google Cloud for an exciting new opportunity (more on this later). It was a short stay, but a momentous time for Google’s AI and Cloud Infrastructure team, the foundation for Alphabet’s AI strategy, and home to 9 of the 10 top AI Labs. In 15 months, we launched two new TPU platforms, Ironwood and TPU 8, and a range of NVIDIA Blackwell-based machines including the B200, GB200, GB300, and RTX Pro 6000. We launched several groundbreaking Kubernetes training, inference, and agent capabilities, cementing Kubernetes as the AI orchestration platform. And we filled out a robust storage and networking portfolio with advancements like Google Cloud Storage Rapid, Managed Lustre, Hyperdisk ML, and the Virgo Network. On the CPU side, we launched our fourth generation compute instances across general purpose, memory optimized, storage optimized, network optimized, and HPC optimized, including Google’s own Axion Arm instances. I’m very proud of the team and the work we did to help customers and help the business grow from a $49 billion annual run rate to a staggering $80 billion! Thank you to Nirav Mark George and Drew for trusting me and the OPM team with the messaging and positioning. Thank you to the awesome product management team Souvik Jeff Salil Cheng Sabastian Mohan Alex Alex Shubha Nathan Akshay Sean Edward Allan Gurmeet Connor Yatharth Peter Pramod R. Benny Ari Venkat Rajeev Chanuka. And thank you to the great GTM, strategy, and marketing teams Flora Niamh Ali Alexander Eyvonne Jarrad Brian Neha Leonora Fazil Lillian Shiva. (I've just found the LinkIn mention limit!). Last but not least, thank you to my team: Jason, Sai, Chelsea, Bala, Moazzam, Alan, Lee, Sajal, Dave, Bobby, and Injae. We had a great run and I'm so proud of what we accomplished together. Google Cloud’s mission and full stack AI strategy is powerful and I’ll be excited to watch it continue to unfold.
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Lee Gates liked thisLee Gates liked thisWelcoming Roy Kim to the Lightmatter Leadership Team! We are thrilled to announce that Roy Kim has joined Lightmatter as our new Vice President of Product. Roy is a seasoned leader in the AI infrastructure space, bringing over 15 years of experience from industry titans including Google, AMD, and NVIDIA. Most recently, as Director of AI Infrastructure Product Management at Google, Roy led the strategy for large-scale AI initiatives—giving him a unique, end-to-end perspective on how hyperscale AI infrastructure is designed, built, and deployed. At Lightmatter, Roy will lead our global product strategy and roadmap as we enter a new chapter focused on production at scale across hyperscale AI infrastructure. His expertise in aligning engineering, commercial, and customer needs will be instrumental as we continue to deliver industry leading products and redefine the future of data centers. Please join us in giving Roy a warm welcome to the team! We are excited to have his leadership as we scale our solutions to meet the explosive demand of the AI era. Read the full announcement here: https://bit.ly/4tDOMCS Nicholas Harris #LeadershipAnnouncement #AIInfrastructure #Photonics #Semiconductors #ProductManagement
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Lee Gates liked thisDive DEEP into how Google Cloud and NVIDIA architect reliable rack scale NVL72 systems with this session 🔧 Then swing by the showcase floor to see A4X Max (NVIDIA GB300) in person. I’ll be there to answer any questions [..and snap pics for you with A4X 📸] Google Cloud Next '26 Google Cloud Partners NVIDIALee Gates liked thisHeading to Google Cloud Next this week? Join Pramod R., Deepak Narayanan (Nvidia) and me on Thursday 04/23 at 11:45am for a deep dive into building NVLink-connected, rack-scale systems. We’ll explore the system design and data center innovations required to enable A4X Max instances – powered by the Nvidia GB300 NVL72 – and consider the future A5X product line, powered by Nvidia’s Vera Rubin architectures. We will also discuss the Nemotron-3-Super model, which was pre-trained on the NVL72 system. We hope to see you there: BRK3-036, Thursday, 11:45 a.m., South-Seas B. https://lnkd.in/ghR6pKqU #GoogleCloud #GoogleCloudNext #GoogleCloudNext2026 #AIHypercomputer #ReliableInfra
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Lee Gates liked thisLee Gates liked thisYou'll see lots of posts about Cloud NEXT sessions this week. Here's my reminder to come check out Edward Villalba, Michael Ciacco and I on Wednesday morning if you're free. We'll be on the 3rd floor in South Seas H. You can't accelerate agentic workloads if you don't also upgrade the automation in your cloud environments. A Live Demo, audience questions and a great customer use case. We hope to see you there.
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Lee Gates liked thisLee Gates liked thisSoftware company product managers and architects won't want to miss this. I'm delighted to host an awesome panel of technical leaders including Gelu Ticala from Kinaxis, Benjamin Flast from MongoDB, Rohit Mendiratta from Palo Alto Networks, and Murray Stokely from Snowflake. We'll dig into how they've designed their software for maximum performance, cost-efficiency, and flexibility using some of Google Cloud's unique capabilities in #kubernetes, custom machine types, Hyperdisk storage pools, Axion Arm compute, and more. We'll also talk about how good architecture enables new products for new customer bases, and how they're designing for AI. Register now! https://lnkd.in/gsKptgQb Breakout 1 (BRK1-066): Architecting high-performance SaaS Thursday 8:00-8:45am South Seas F Check out other top infrastructure sessions: https://lnkd.in/gWW7HHdj #cloudcomputing #generativeAI #software #googlecloudnext #googlecloudnext26 Mark Nirav Drew Peder Neha Tanuj Salman Henri Amin Jason Saiganesh Will Richard Google BJ
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Lee Gates liked thisI’m excited to share that my next chapter has started with Cox Automotive Inc. If you’ve known me for more than 30 seconds, you already know how deep my passion is for cars and the automotive industry. I couldn’t be more excited to bring my personal and professional passions together at Cox Automotive. Most companies only see a piece of the transaction they support, but Cox Automotive’s data foundation and portfolio allow them to optimize the entire journey, from the first time a customer starts their search to driving their new car off the lot. The automotive industry is at an inflection point. AI, shifting consumer expectations, and the digitization of historically complex transactions are converging in ways that will reshape how people buy and sell cars. Cox Automotive is leaning into this moment. By investing in people, building on strong platforms, moving faster with AI, and staying relentlessly focused on the customer, Cox Automotive is well positioned to define the next generation of automotive retail. I’m looking forward to working with an incredible team and contributing to what comes next. #AI, #LifeatCOX, #Automotive, #EcommerceLee Gates liked thisWe are excited to welcome Jeff Jones to Cox Automotive as SVP of Product and Engineering, Consumer and Marketing Solutions. Jeff joins at a pivotal moment as AI and rising consumer expectations continue to reshape how vehicles are bought and sold. He brings a deep understanding of eCommerce and digital shopping, along with a clear focus on end-to-end visibility across a complex transaction. That perspective helps us keep building tools that connect shopper interest to signed deals, supporting better experiences for consumers and the dealers that serve them. Read the full announcement here: https://bit.ly/4tkM3xW
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Lee Gates liked thisThank you to everyone that took the time to talk with me during office hours. I really enjoyed and got a lot out of those conversations. I’m suspending office hours for a while until I have a better understanding of the time requirements of my new gig. Details next week. SOOOOO excited!!!!Lee Gates liked thisJeffrey's retirement but like..... (watch this space)
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Lee Gates liked thisLee Gates liked thisToday I am not sharing the next technological trend with you. Today is about me. Starting April 1st, I'm officially a Vice President at Gartner! Joining Gartner was one of the best decisions I've made for my career. When I was 16 I had the opportunity to work on the first enterprise system of my career. It was my summer job and I had the opportunity to land my eyes on an HP Superdome (fun fact: it was the only generation already black but still based on PA-RISC instead of Intel Itanium). Almost 20 years later, after relocating to a different country when I was 22, here I am, Vice President Analyst of one of the organizations that employs brilliant people tasked to support our clients in achieving their goals through objective and actionable advice. And I was never one of these crazy guys, only focused on work: in the meantime I had the luck to meet my lovely wife and have with her our two beautiful daughters. What a ride! What I really like here at Gartner is the culture: we are encouraged to build on each other's knowledge and expertise. It is not a competitive sprint between different analysts, but is a group marathon that we run together, and where we support each other. The spirit of camaraderie between analysts is something I never saw before in my professional life. And…it works! It helps us to move our research forward and, most importantly, better serve our clients. For me it is awesome to enter a room with so many brilliant people and know already that I am not the smartest one there, so I get to learn constantly. I've learned a lot over the last three years, thanks to countless great chats with my fellow Gartner analysts, our clients and the vendors. And learning never stops here, I can’t wait to continue to learn, discuss, and move forward the IT industry. #gartner #CareerGrowth
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Bridging Clouds
Issued US 20150326467
A method for exchanging data across at least two different cloud service providers, comprising: receiving a virtual routing table (VRT), wherein the VRT indicates an association with a virtual local area network (VLAN) and defines neighbors for each route wherein at least one neighbor is defined for each of the two different cloud service providers, wherein the route definition creates a private transitive network between the neighbors; receiving from a first node a first message destined for a…
A method for exchanging data across at least two different cloud service providers, comprising: receiving a virtual routing table (VRT), wherein the VRT indicates an association with a virtual local area network (VLAN) and defines neighbors for each route wherein at least one neighbor is defined for each of the two different cloud service providers, wherein the route definition creates a private transitive network between the neighbors; receiving from a first node a first message destined for a second node; determining that the first message employs the route specified by the VRT; forwarding the first message to the second node; receiving from a third node a second message destined for the second node; determining that the second message does not employ the route specified by the VRT; and failing to forward the second message to the second node.
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Honors & Awards
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NetApp Founder's Award
Dave Hitz, NetApp Founder
Recognition for innovation for the NetApp Data Fabric strategy, execution, and team leadership.
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Best of Microsoft Tech-Ed 2013
Microsoft
NetApp FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud, Systems Management and Operations Winner
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Government Partner of the Year Finalist
Microsoft
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Pre-Sales Technical Specialist Partner of the Year Finalist
Microsoft
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Server Platform Partner of the Year Winner
Microsoft
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Management & Virtualization Partner of the Year Finalist
Micosoft
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Private Cloud Partner of the Year Winner
Microsoft
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Product Operations Innovation Award
NetApp Executive Team
Recognition for cross functional team leadership in the NetApp Cloud research and development of the NetApp Private Storage and Cloud ONTAP.
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One Team Customer and Partner Award
NetApp Executive Sales Leadership
My work with NetApp customers, and partners was recognized with an annual award given out at NetApp for innovation and customer focus.
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