Tech Elites Converge in Riga for Inaugural Cloudverse: Focus on Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Security, and Digital Advancement
Laying Down the Gauntlet: The emergence of Cloudverse
In a groundbreaking move, visionaries from Google Cloud, HubSpot, Asana, GitLab, Cloudflare, Miro, and rapid-growth companies like OLX, MacPaw, MTrading, Laba Group, and DelfinGroup converged for the first time in the Baltics to strategize about the future of enterprise work, all under the roof of Cloudfresh's debut edition of Cloudverse.
Held at Fantadroms in Riga, Cloudverse kick-started a new series targeted at shedding industry clutter and offering pragmatic guidance on AI adoption, secure infrastructure, and the digital technology revolution.
Why It's More Than Just Hype
With AI and distributed workforces reshaping the enterprise tech landscape, decision-makers find themselves under pressure to construct forward-thinking strategies, not just with tools, but with strategic planning. Cloudverse offered an exceptional platform for tech and business leaders to engage directly with platform teams and peers grappling with the same transitions.
"It was a sheer delight to bring this innovative event format to the Baltics, fostering a space where industry pioneers could delve into the future of AI, growth, and digital infrastructure," stated Mariia Tkachuk, CMO at Cloudfresh. "Cloudfresh's objective was not merely to host an event; it was about creating a vibrant platform for authentic, actionable conversations, and we're thrilled to have played a pivotal role in it. With Cloudverse, we're just getting warmed up. The future of enterprise work is taking shape now, and we're excited to be part of the evolution."
The Cloudverse format catered to both executive briefings and off-the-record exchanges, encouraging open dialogue on topics like cloud security, AI governance, internal scaling, and productivity transformation. Alongside platform sessions, participants heard firsthand account of hands-on experiences and results achieved with top SaaS and cloud platforms from ambitious companies. The event also fostered high-level peer networking across industries.
The Heart of the Matter
Structured around two focused tracks, Productivity & Growth and AI & Infrastructure, the program unfolded with 12 sessions led by over 15 speakers from global platforms and high-performing regional companies.
Productivity & Growth: The Genesis of AI
- Google Workspace: Demonstrated how the platform merges the finest of Google AI into everyday duties, delivering a cloud-native foundation and enterprise-grade security.
- Miro: Exhibited the platform as the catalyst powering the complete creative lifecycle-from initial ideas to product-ready designs-equipped with tools to eliminate roadblocks, align teams, and expedite delivery across functions.
- Asana: Illustrated how AI revolutionizes team coordination and strategic decision-making. DelfinGroup, a sales financing company from the Baltics, showcased their success story of refining internal alignment using Asana, ensuring productivity and transparency across a scaling, regulated organization.
- HubSpot: Unveiled Breeze AI-HubSpot's integrated intelligence engine-helping sales, marketing, and service teams operate more swiftly, close more deals, and provide better client experiences.
- Laba Group: Shared how Miro and Google Workspace have become integral to their distributed work model, enabling swift iteration, clearer stakeholder alignment, and scalable knowledge sharing.
- OLX: Revealed their experiences with Google Maps Platform, discovering how they leverage location intelligence to prospects and smarten up marketplace interactions.
AI & Infrastructure: The Principles of Growth
- GitLab: Presented GitLab Duo, championing it as a benchmark of secure software delivery-accelerating CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines while maintaining enterprise-grade compliance.
- Apigee: Elevated secure API management as the cornerstone for GenAI success, empowering businesses to innovate at scale without compromising authority.
- Google Cloud Platform: Offered a high-impact demonstration of Gemini, showcasing its role in fueling the next wave of intelligent apps and AI agents-aiding teams in unlocking value from data quicker than ever before.
- Cloudflare: Explored the reality of adopting AI securely at scale-addressing real-world hurdles from DDoS protection to data security, delving into an authentic case study from MacPaw.
- MTrading: Outlined their experiences with Google Cloud and GitLab, showing how they scale operations with GCP, while employing GitLab and GitLab Duo for efficient and secure DevOps.
- MacPaw: Story-told their data triumph with BigQuery and Looker, accompanied by real-world instances of employing Cloudflare to successfully handle DDoS attacks and securely scale digital products.
Cloudverse transcended being another tech event-it functioned as a litmus test for the state of enterprise work. As AI progresses speedily and business systems intertwine, leaders require more than product updates. Events like Cloudverse serve as vital mediators: spaces to contrast approaches, affirm roadmaps, and establish connections reshaping long-term advancement.
Cloudfresh scores premium partner status with a host of leading platforms, such as Global Google Cloud Premier Partner, Asana Solutions Partner, HubSpot Platinum Partner, Zendesk Premier Partner, GitLab Select Partner, Okta Activate Partner, Miro Solution Partner, Cloudflare, and Microsoft Partner.
Since 2017, they've been supporting companies in implementing, migrating, integrating, administering, and auditing cloud solutions we all know-from initial proof of concept and training to ongoing support and GenAI consultation, tailoring their approach to suit each customer's unique IT landscape.
The Journey Just Begins: Cloudverse Europe
Riga was merely the starting point for Cloudverse-with additional editions on the horizon, this series is slated to evolve into a crucial meeting point for tech-savvy business leaders across Europe and beyond.
In the realm of data-and-cloud-computing and artificial-intelligence, Cloudverse serves as a platform for tech and business leaders to engage directly with platform teams, discussing vital topics such as cloud security, AI governance, internal scaling, and productivity transformation. The event showcased AI use cases from ambitions companies like DelfinGroup and OLX, redefining enterprise work strategies in the environment.
As part of the AI & Infrastructure track, notable speakers like GitLab and Cloudflare shared insights on secure software delivery and AI adoption at scale, illustrating the practical applications of technology and environment in shaping the future of business. With Cloudverse Europe on the horizon, this series is poised to become a crucial meeting point for tech-savvy business leaders across Europe and beyond, further fostering the integration of technology, data-and-cloud-computing, and artificial-intelligence in diverse industries.
