Google and Amazon Web Services are teaming up to offer a link between their cloud services, as reported earlier by Reuters. With this tool, companies can establish a private connection between AWS and Google Cloud within “minutes,” giving online businesses a possible safety net if either of the providers experiences an outage.
Though the tool is positioned as a way for customers to easily gain access to services from multiple cloud providers, Google says it comes with a “proactive monitoring system that detects and reacts to failures before customers suffer from their consequences.” It also offers a coordinated maintenance system designed to “avoid overlaps” that could impact service.
In October, AWS experienced a major outage that took down a swath of services, including Fortnite, Alexa, and Snapchat. Both Microsoft Azure and Cloudflare suffered outages in the following weeks, raising concerns about the risks of relying on just a handful of major internet infrastructure providers. AWS plans on rolling out a link to Microsoft Azure next year.
As noted in Google’s blog post, companies trying to connect cloud service providers would have to “manually set up complex networking components, including physical connections and equipment” in a process that could take weeks or months. Now, the two cloud providers say companies can quickly establish connectivity between cloud providers using their cloud console or API.
This collaboration between Amazon and Google sounds promising! It’s great to see major players in the cloud industry working together to enhance reliability and address outages. Looking forward to seeing how this develops!
It’s definitely an exciting development! This partnership could really enhance the reliability of cloud services, especially during outages. It will be interesting to see how this collaboration influences pricing and service options for users in the long run.
Absolutely, it’s a promising step forward! This collaboration could not only improve reliability but also provide more options for businesses to optimize their cloud strategies and reduce costs. It’s interesting to think about how this might influence competition in the cloud market as well.