{"podcast":{"title":"The ITPro Podcast","slug":"the-itpro-podcast-1191840","podcast_index_feed_id":1191840,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-itpro-podcast/","website_url":"https://www.itpro.com/the-it-pro-podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f191862a-6fce-446c-a2fe-263b169791ae/acad8df3ecb5996fb010a288313b18e7.jpg","author":"ITPro","episode_count":369,"summary":"The ITPro Podcast is a weekly show for technology professionals and business leaders. Each week hosts Rory Bathgate and Jane McCallion are joined by an expert guest to take a deep dive into the most important issues for the IT community. New episodes premiere every Friday. Visit itpro.com/uk/the-it-pro-podcast for more information, or follow ITPro on LinkedIn for regular updates.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T20:19:48.484639+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-itpro-podcast-1191840"},"episode":{"title":"Google Cloud Next 2026: Scaling AI agents","slug":"google-cloud-next-2026-scaling-ai-agents","published_at":"2026-04-24T06:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-itpro-podcast-1191840/google-cloud-next-2026-scaling-ai-agents","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-itpro-podcast-1191840","url":"https://www.itpro.com/the-it-pro-podcast","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2bc1ea99-d457-4ff2-8450-19769a6537bd.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=f3283fca-ed34-4271-8f7c-301f5c25540b&aw_0_1st.episodeid=2bc1ea99-d457-4ff2-8450-19769a6537bd","summary":"Las Vegas may be known as the city of sin, but in the world of tech it’s also the land of conferences. Taking over the Mandalay Bay resort this week was Google Cloud Next, Alphabet’s chance to show off the latest in its cloud strategy and – naturally – AI tools. AI agents, in particular, have been a focus this year as Google Cloud looks to meet surging customer demand with infrastructure and software innovations for AI inference. What story has Google been looking to tell at the event? And what’s the reality behind it? In this episode, Jane speaks to Rory about some of the key talking points at Google Cloud Next 2026. Read more: 'The goal for this year will be to automate all security processes': Google Cloud is betting on Wiz to usher in a new era of AI security Google expands Gemini Enterprise, consolidates Vertex AI services to simplify agent deployment Google Cloud announces eighth-generation TPUs, boasting AI training and inference leaps Google Cloud Next 2026: all the live updates as they happen Google Cloud Next 2026 is a chance to demonstrate Google’s unique advantages","meta_description":"Las Vegas may be known as the city of sin, but in the world of tech it’s also the land of conferences. Taking over the Mandalay Bay resort this week was G…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1288,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-itpro-podcast-1191840/episodes/google-cloud-next-2026-scaling-ai-agents/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-itpro-podcast-1191840/google-cloud-next-2026-scaling-ai-agents.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}