Amazon and Google have announced a jointly developed multi-cloud networking service in response to the growing need for reliable connectivity as tolerance for outages in digital services decreases. The new solution will allow companies to establish private and high-speed connections between the two giants’ cloud platforms in minutes.
More Resilient Infrastructure to Outages
The service was introduced immediately after the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on October 20th, which disabled thousands of websites worldwide.
This outage, which also affected popular platforms like Snapchat and Reddit, was estimated to have cost US companies between $500 and $650 million. The new proposal aims to increase network interoperability by combining AWS’s Interconnect multicloud solution with Google Cloud’s Cross-Cloud Interconnect service. Robert Kennedy, Vice President of Network Services at AWS, said this collaboration represents a “fundamental transformation in multicloud connectivity.” Rob Enns from Google Cloud stated that the aim is to make it easier to move data and applications between clouds. Google Cloud announced that Salesforce is among the first users of the new approach. A New Stage in Cloud Competition AWS is the world’s largest cloud provider, offering computing and storage services to companies, government agencies, and individuals. Amazon is followed by Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Technology giants are investing billions of dollars in new infrastructure, particularly due to the increasing capacity demand for AI-powered services. Amazon’s cloud unit generated $33 billion in revenue in the third quarter, more than double Google Cloud’s $15.16 billion. Amazon’s cloud unit generated $33 billion in revenue in the third quarter, more than double Google Cloud’s $15.16 billion. Amazon’s cloud unit generated $33 billion in revenue in the third quarter, more than double Google Cloud’s $3 …
