It’s likely that one of the apps you have running in the background relies on Google Cloud. With such a ubiquitous presence, it’s natural to ask how an organization like Google can make sure that its making an impact where its needed the most? COVID-19, in particular, brought to light some of these gaps and Google stepped up, providing Enterprise features for G Suite customers covering SMEs and educators. They’ve also supported a large amount of the information facilitation efforts, whether its sharing data on COVID-19 in an understandable way or creating APIs for contact tracing programs.

Today we have Prem Chandiramani, from the Google Cloud team, to share with us some of the behind-the-scenes thinking behind the efforts, his thoughts on the TechforGood scene in Singapore and Asia, as well as his views on the future of the scene.