Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/DataStax/cassandra-on-google-cloud-platform-ravi-madasu-google-ben-lackey-datastax-c-summit-2016 | During this session Ben Lackey (DataStax) and Ravi Madasu (Google) will cover best practices for quickly setting up a cluster on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using both Google Compute Engine (GCE) and Google Container Engine (GKE) which is based on Kubernetes and Docker. About the Speakers Ben Lackey Partner Architect, DataStax I work in the Cloud Strategy group at DataStax where I concentrate on improving the integration between DataStax Enterprise and cloud platforms including Azure, GCP and Pivotal. Ravi Madasu Ravi Madasu is a program manager at Google, primarily focused on Google Cloud Launcher. He works closely with ISV partners to make their products and services available on the Google Cloud Platform providing a developer friendly deployment experience. He has 15+ years of experience, working in variety of roles such as software engineer, project manager and product manager. Ravi received a Masters degree in Information Systems from Northeastern University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.