AWS, Google link up to ease multicloud deployments

Microsoft Azure will also join the service in 2026. It’s the latest hyperscaler move to ease interoperability.

Dive Brief: 

• AWS and Google Cloud launched a joint multicloud collaboration Sunday, allowing customers an easier way to connect the cloud platforms. The effort, currently in preview, marks the start of a multicloud networking product that will include Microsoft Azure in 2026, AWS announced at its re:Invent conference. 
• The partnership will help businesses operate more open cloud environments through AWS Interconnect - multicloud and Google Cloud’s Cross-Cloud Interconnect. The multicloud network will let users shift from manually establishing cloud connections to deploying a cloud-native experience. It also introduces an open specification for network interoperability. 
• The collaboration “represents a fundamental shift in multicloud connectivity,” said Robert Kennedy, VP of network services at AWS, in a press release. “Customers no longer need to worry about any heavy lifting to create their desired connectivity ...