Amazon (AMZN) and Google unveiled a jointly developed multicloud networking service to provide reliable connectivity to customers.
Amazon Web Services, or AWS, and Alphabet’s (GOOG) (GOOGL) unit Google Cloud have collaborated to transform how cloud service providers could connect with one another in a simplified manner, the companies said in press release.
The companies announced a jointly engineered multicloud networking solution that uses both AWS Interconnect – multicloud and Google Cloud’s Cross-Cloud Interconnect.
The collaboration also introduces a new open specification for network interoperability, allowing customers to set up private, high-speed connectivity between Google Cloud and AWS with high levels of automation and speed, according to the companies.
Amazon said the service will start in preview with Google Cloud as the first launch partner and then with Microsoft (MSFT) Azure later in 2026.
The service comes on the heels of an AWS outage in October that disrupted several websites, apps and online games.
“This collaboration between AWS and Google Cloud represents a fundamental shift in multicloud connectivity,” said Robert Kennedy, vice president of Network Services, AWS.
Rob Enns, vice president and general manager of cloud networking at Google Cloud, said the service is intended to help customers move their data and applications between clouds with simplified connectivity and operational effectiveness.
Salesforce (CRM) is among the early users of the new service.