Introducing Google’s next-generation global network that powers Google Cloud and our multibillion user apps like Search, YouTube, Google Maps, and more. Learn about the groundbreaking technologies and the design principles of "exponential scalability,” “beyond-NINEs reliability,” “fine-grained programmability”, and “from automation to autonomy” that have guided our next-generation architecture. Discover how you can leverage these innovations to transform your enterprise connectivity and respond to the dramatic demands of AI–powered services.

This hands-on lab provides a foundational understanding of Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks. You'll learn to create and manage VPC networks, configure subnets, and implement robust firewall rules. By exploring these core networking concepts, you'll gain the practical skills to build secure and scalable network architectures within the Google Cloud environment.

If you register for a Learning Center lab, please ensure that you sign up for a Google Cloud Skills Boost account for both your work domain and personal email address. You will need to authenticate your account as well (be sure to check your spam folder!). This will ensure you can arrive and access your labs quickly onsite. You can follow this link to sign up!

Introducing Cloud WAN, a managed global WAN solution unifying enterprise backbone, metro, and SDWANs into a single network with built-in ecosystem and Google Cloud security and connectivity services that offer choice, higher performance, improved security posture, plus global scale while reducing TCO. Learn how to modernize your network with Google Cloud WAN and leverage Google’s global network, leading security portfolio, and comprehensive network services to connect all your offices, workloads, and data efficiently. 

This hands-on lab equips you with the essential skills to manage and automate your infrastructure using Terraform. Learn to define and provision infrastructure resources across various providers using HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). Explore core concepts like resource dependencies and understand how to safely build, change, and destroy infrastructure using Terraform's declarative approach. This hands-on experience will empower you to streamline deployments, enhance consistency, and improve overall infrastructure management efficiency.

If you register for a Learning Center lab, please ensure that you sign up for a Google Cloud Skills Boost account for both your work domain and personal email address. You will need to authenticate your account as well (be sure to check your spam folder!). This will ensure you can arrive and access your labs quickly onsite. You can follow this link to sign up!

Mayo Clinic Platform (MCP) will share their experience building an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and how it has significantly accelerated developer onboarding and deployment to their network, including the Mayo Clinic Care Network (MCCN) when hosted. This platform has been a key driver in rapidly delivering innovation, which has historically been challenging in healthcare. Eviden played a crucial role as a key partner in the initial development, and MCP is progressively taking on more internal ownership to support future scaling and growth.

Generative AI is revolutionizing app development, demanding a robust network architecture capable of supporting distributed, cross-cloud deployments. This session dives into the essential networking strategies for building and deploying these next-generation applications. Discover new technologies to establish secure, reliable, and high-performance connectivity spanning Google Cloud, multicloud, and hybrid networks. Explore how to seamlessly integrate service-centric architectures to accelerate developer velocity without compromising security.

Learn how to run high-throughput and low-latency inference on Google Cloud to maximize price-performance on TPUs and GPUs, leveraging JetStream and vLLM.

Google Cloud’s Cross-Cloud Network delivers powerful, AI-powered network security to protect your cloud infrastructure from a wide variety of network threats. This session showcases the latest innovations, including advanced malware protection, domain name system [DNS) security, data loss prevention, network security posture controls, DDoS protection, web application protection, and a cloud-first mechanism to easily integrate third-party network security services.

Ever wonder how Google Cloud supports billions of daily users worldwide? Dive into the world of Google’s cloud regions, global expansion, and data centers. This session unveils the innovative technology behind these modern marvels and the operational expertise that keeps them humming. Learn about our cutting-edge efficiency and state-of-the-art security. Discover how innovation and sustainability is key to our design and how you can apply Google’s best practices to your own infrastructure.

Securing AI applications demands a full life cycle approach. Palo Alto Networks integrates AI Runtime Security and AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) to protect your workloads from development to runtime. Gain inline data protection, prevent model misuse, and stop zero-day threats with centralized security policies and real-time threat detection. Discover how to automate security, reduce risk, and safeguard sensitive data while enabling innovation in your AI ecosystems.

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An informative webinar exploring how Cisco AI-powered networking can revolutionize network management. This session covers how AI helps optimize performance, enhance security, and streamline operations, enabling automation of repetitive tasks to reduce human error and free IT staff for strategic initiatives.

What you will learn includes: - Introduction to Cisco Networking - Overview of Cisco Network Management Tools - Network Topologies and devices - Cisco IOS Overview - How to troubleshoot networking issues

Webinar on Cisco CCNA training to develop competence in configuring, operating, and managing basic networks. This session covers the newly updated Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification and fundamentals of the latest networking technologies. Time: 13:00-13:40 EST. Topics include: Overview of Cisco Network Management Tools; Network Topologies and devices; Cisco IOS Overview; How to troubleshoot networking issues.

In this talk, you'll learn how to apply low-level networking concepts borrowed from the Internet to high-level applications, through a real-life example - the messaging system Jam uses for their browser extension.By the end, you'll either feel a bit more comfortable in your knowledge of distributed systems, or think that building a browser extension is an absolute flaming mess--but we hope it's the former!

What does it take to go from an idea in a notebook to an application handling real-world traffic? The Pinecone and Pulumi teams will explore the infrastructure and service architecture you need in order to scale AI apps in production. We will delve into deploying high-volume AI systems through scalable microservices, efficient data processing, and seamless synchronization between user interfaces and databases. We will examine the nuances of containerization for enhanced portability and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for streamlined cloud deployments. The workshop will also discuss industry best practices in scalability and security for production-grade AI systems in a cloud-native landscape. This workshop is designed to help developers and engineers gain valuable insights and practical strategies for evolving AI applications into resilient and efficient cloud-native solutions.

Approaches to diagnosing and troubleshooting common networking issues.

Learn about key security features and practices to help you build and deploy agents securely using Vertex AI.

In this hands-on lab, you'll learn how to create a cross-region HTTP(S) load balancer that intelligently distributes traffic to instances in multiple regions. By setting up four Compute Engine instances across two regions, you'll configure the load balancer to ensure seamless traffic routing to the right instance. This lab will help you optimize application performance, improve availability, and enhance fault tolerance across geographically distributed systems.

If you register for a Learning Center lab, please ensure that you sign up for a Google Cloud Skills Boost account for both your work domain and personal email address. You will need to authenticate your account as well (be sure to check your spam folder!). This will ensure you can arrive and access your labs quickly onsite. You can follow this link to sign up!

Learn about new capabilities for dynamic scaling and self-healing large, physically co-located clusters to keep your nodes up and your latency down. 

Learn how to run high-throughput and low-latency inference on Google Cloud to maximize price-performance on TPUs and GPUs, leveraging JetStream and vLLM.

In this hands-on lab, you’ll learn the fundamentals of networking in Google Cloud and how it differs from traditional on-premises setups. You'll build a network with three subnetworks and gain practical experience in creating firewall rules. Learn how to apply these rules using instance tags to control access across your environment. By the end of the session, you'll be equipped with the foundational knowledge to manage and secure Google Cloud networks effectively.

If you register for a Learning Center lab, please ensure that you sign up for a Google Cloud Skills Boost account for both your work domain and personal email address. You will need to authenticate your account as well (be sure to check your spam folder!). This will ensure you can arrive and access your labs quickly onsite. You can follow this link to sign up!