①Amazon ① The company launched a multi-cloud networking service in collaboration with Google to meet customers’ needs for reliable network connectivity and avoid service interruptions; ② This service combines AWS’s multi-cloud interconnect service with Google Cloud’s cross-cloud interconnect service, enabling customers to establish private high-speed connections in minutes; ③ Just one month before the launch of this new initiative, AWS experienced a major outage that paralyzed thousands of websites worldwide.
On Sunday (November 30), Amazon and Google launched a jointly developed multi-cloud network service. In a statement, the two companies said the move aims to meet customers' growing demand for reliable network connectivity and avoid major service outages.
The statement also noted that the move would enable customers to establish a private, high-speed connection between the two companies’ computing platforms in minutes, rather than weeks.
It's worth noting that just one month before the launch of this new service, on October 20th, Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a major outage, crippling thousands of websites worldwide and rendering some of the internet's most popular applications inoperable. According to analytics firm Parametrix, this outage is estimated to cost U.S. businesses between $500 million and $650 million.
High-speed cloud link
AWS is the world's largest cloud service provider, offering computing power, data storage, and other digital services to businesses, government agencies, and individuals. Microsoft follows closely in terms of scale. Azure and Google Cloud.
According to announcements from the two cloud service providers, the new product combines AWS's multi-cloud interconnection service with Google Cloud's cross-cloud interconnection service to improve network interoperability.
Robert Kennedy, Vice President of AWS Networking Services, said, "This collaboration between Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud marks a significant shift in the multi-cloud interconnected model."
Rob Enns, Vice President and General Manager of Google Cloud’s Cloud Networking division, said the purpose of this joint network is to make it easier for customers to transfer data and applications between different cloud platforms.
According to a statement from Google Cloud, software service provider Salesforce is one of the first users to adopt this new service.
(Article source: CLS)
