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Easy-to-follow visual walkthrough of every important part of the Google Cloud Platform

The Google Cloud Platform incorporates dozens of specialized services that enable organizations to offload technological needs onto the cloud. From routine IT operations like storage to sophisticated new capabilities including artificial intelligence and machine learning, the Google Cloud Platform offers enterprises the opportunity to scale and grow efficiently.

In Visualizing Google Cloud: Illustrated References for Cloud Engineers & Architects, Google Cloud expert Priyanka Vergadia delivers a fully illustrated, visual guide to matching the best Google Cloud Platform services to your own unique use cases. After a brief introduction to the major categories of cloud services offered by Google, the author offers approximately 100 solutions divided into eight categories of services included in Google Cloud Platform: Compute, Storage, Databases, Data Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Application Development and Modernization with Containers, Networking andSecurity

You’ll find richly illustrated flowcharts and decision diagrams with straightforward explanations in each category, making it easy to adopt and adapt Google’s cloud services to your use cases. With coverage of the major categories of cloud models―including infrastructure-, containers-, platforms-, functions-, and serverless―and discussions of storage types, databases and Machine Learning choices, Visualizing Google Cloud: Illustrated References for Cloud Engineers & Architects is perfect for every Google Cloud enthusiast, of course. It is for anyone who is planning a cloud migration or new cloud deployment. It is for anyone preparing for cloud certification, and for anyone looking to make the most of Google Cloud. It is for cloud solutions architects, IT decision-makers, and cloud data and ML engineers. In short, this book is for YOU.

Generative AI has the potential to innovate and evolve business processes, but workers are still figuring out how to build with, optimize, and prompt GenAI tools to fit their needs. And of course, there are pitfalls to avoid, like security risks and hallucinations. Getting it right requires an intuitive understanding of the technology's capabilities and limitations. This approachable guidebook helps learners of all levels navigate GenAI—and have fun while doing it.

Loaded with insightful diagrams and illustrations, Visualizing Generative AI is the perfect entry point for curious IT professionals, business leaders who want to stay on top of the latest technologies, students exploring careers in cloud computing and AI, and anyone else interested in getting started with GenAI. You'll traverse the generative AI landscape, exploring everything from how this technology works to the ways organizations are already putting it to work to great success.

• Understand how generative AI has evolved, with a focus on major breakthroughs
• Get acquainted with the available tools and platforms for GenAI workloads
• Examine real-world applications, such as chatbots and workflow automation
• Learn fundamentals that you can build upon as you continue your GenAI