Google indefinitely delays the digital version of its Cloud Next conference

Google has decided to delay even the digital version of its largest conference of the year, the enterprise-focused Cloud Next conference, as the severity of the coronavirus crisis deepens.

The company originally canceled the physical conference, which was set to take place in April in downtown San Francisco’s Moscone Center, at the beginning of this month. It later did the same for its more consumer-facing I/O developer conference. The plan was to host Cloud Next digitally, with Google promising a “free, global, digital-first, multi-day event connecting our attendees to Next ’20 content and each other through streamed keynotes, breakout sessions, interactive learning and digital ‘ask an expert’ sessions with Google teams.”

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