Google Cloud goes corporate with peering, carrier interconnects, VPN
November 4, 2014
Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Barb Darrow.
Google has apparently been listening to what business customers want from a public cloud. On Tuesday the company announced that it will introduce Virtual Private Networking support in the first quarter of 2015. VPNs will let customers tie securely into Google Cloud via the internet, and they are a key foundation of hybrid clouds that let customers keep some key applications and data under their control in-house while also relying on the public cloud for other workloads.
Also new from Google: Direct peering promises a fast connection to Google’s network from 70 locations worldwide. And new carrier interconnects add Google cloud access from Equinix, IX Reach, Level 3, Tata Communications, Telx, Verizon and Zayo facilities around the world…
As Gigaom Research analyst MSV Janakiram said a few months ago in a story about Google Cloud’s enterprise worthiness:…
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