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Google Cloud Next session 2025-04-11 at 00:15

Hadoop pioneer to cloud innovator: Yahoo’s data lake modernization journey

Event: Google Cloud Next '25

Speakers

Dana Soltani

Product Manager · Google Cloud

Akshay Sarma

Senior Principal Software Engineer · Yahoo

Ayyappan Arasu

Distinguished Software Systems Engineer · Yahoo

Topics

AI/ML Dataproc Data Lake Cloud Computing Hadoop BigQuery Pub/Sub GCP

Description

Get the inside story of Yahoo’s data lake transformation. As a Hadoop pioneer, Yahoo’s move to Google Cloud is a significant shift in data strategy. Explore the business drivers behind this transformation, technical hurdles encountered, and strategic partnership with Google Cloud that enabled a seamless migration. We’ll uncover key lessons, best practices for data lake modernization, and how Yahoo is using BigQuery, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, and other services to drive business value, enhance operational efficiency, and fuel their AI initiatives.