Google Cloud is growing the number of independent software vendors (ISVs) it is teaming with on hundreds of partner-focused applications aimed at driving new capabilities at the edge. Ciena has joined Google’s 5G/Edge ISV initiative and is working to marry its networking expertise to improve the scale, velocity, and ability to automate higher capacity connections for machine-to-user connections from the Edge.
The shift of enterprise IT to cloud-based services continues to grow unabated and has accelerated during the pandemic. Consumption of public cloud services, such as Google Cloud, are growing collectively at 18% CAGR according to a recent report from Omdia.
Enterprises are migrating to the cloud, not just due to lower costs, but due to greatly increased flexibility. The ability to scale up IT infrastructure during periods of peak demand and/or growth and pay for it on an on-demand basis is very attractive. An additional benefit is the ability to divide their cloud spend across one or more cloud providers and/or shift their spend from one to another is referred to as a multi-cloud model.
How are Ciena and Google Cloud embracing this approach?
• Google Cloud is one of the leading cloud providers in the market that embraces an architecture that enables their enterprise customers to gracefully migrate their workloads to Google Cloud via an Optical Fast Lane that enables Enterprise to develop and leverage the Google Cloud for new and innovative applications. Ciena is excited to be a key player in this program and in addressing this opportunity in the industry. This builds off Ciena’s long standing relationship with Google and other Cloud Providers serving both private and managed high-capacity optical transport networks – principally dominated by subsea, long-haul, metro and DCI connectivity.
• Ciena is also a major supplier to Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and MSOs – serving all segments of the network – including high-speed access connectivity for Enterprises as well as cell-site routing and backhaul. In partnership with CSPs, Google Cloud is helping customers leverage their edge real-estate assets to facilitate low latency connectivity to Google Cloud and reduce the friction required for enterprises to improve their mean time to the cloud for their data and workloads.
