admin Google and Microsoft both announced on Tuesday the cancellation of upcoming major, US events. Google’s Cloud Next in San Francisco and Microsoft’s MVP Summit in the Seattle suburbs of Bellevue and Redmond, are canceled due to the ongoing corona virus concerns.
Google announced that it will be making its Cloud Next conference an enterprise-focused meet up dedicated to G Suite and other cloud computing tools and by attendees the largest Google conference into a “digital-first” event. Microsoft plans to do the like with its MVP Summit.
“We are transforming the event into Google Cloud Next ’20: Digital Connect, a free, global, digital-first, multi-day event connecting our attendees to Next ’20 content, “adding “each other through streamed keynotes, breakout sessions, interactive learning and digital, ‘ask an expert’ sessions with Google teams,” the company said in a statement posted on the cloud next website.
Microsoft’s MVP Summit, a networking event for its “Most Valuable Professional” program, will also be shifting to a virtual version. Which will take place from March 16th to 20th, the same week as the initially-planned physical conference.
Google canceled it’s ‘Global News Initiative,’ summit in northern California in April, whereas, Microsoft have cancelled its ‘IoT in Action,’ conference in Melbourne.
Countless companies in every industry has also begun restricting employee travel, expanding remote and work-from-home policies, and taking additional measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
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