Deutsche Telekom and Google Cloud are extending their partnership by way of the tip of the last decade, with intentions to deepen their collaboration on cloud migration and AI.
As a part of the settlement, Google Cloud will probably be Deutsche Telekom’s most well-liked associate for shifting key enterprise areas to the cloud. This contains work on the One Knowledge Ecosystem (ODE), a platform aimed toward consolidating the corporate’s on-premises knowledge techniques and embedding AI into its infrastructure.
Deutsche Telekom additionally intends to make use of Google’s Vertex AI platform to develop and scale Gemini-based functions. The corporate expects that enhanced entry to computing sources will assist efforts to reply extra rapidly to buyer wants.
Stefan Schloter, CIO Europe at Deutsche Telekom, stated the group is shifting towards an “AI-first” strategy, with a deal with bettering agility and digital companies throughout software program engineering and buyer interfaces. He cited examples such because the migration of Deutsche Telekom’s core SAP techniques to Google Cloud and using the Gemini Multimodal Reside API within the MyMagenta app as indicators of progress within the collaboration.
Marianne Janik, VP for EMEA North at Google Cloud, stated cloud expertise is enjoying a rising position in how communication service suppliers strategy innovation and repair growth. She stated Google Cloud will proceed working with Deutsche Telekom to assist develop new user-facing companies.
The businesses have labored collectively earlier than. In 2021, Deutsche Telekom, Google Cloud, and Deutsche’s IT companies arm T-Methods launched a sovereign cloud providing in Germany. The sovereign cloud contains two configurations: a “Supervised Cloud” bodily operated by T-Methods and separated from Google Cloud’s broader infrastructure, and a “Hosted Cloud,” based mostly on the Google Distributed Cloud, designed for patrons with excessive sovereignty necessities.
In 2022, Deutsche Telekom introduced that it could host its 5G core on Google Cloud, with T-Methods managing the deployment in Germany. The IT companies firm runs 16 knowledge centres throughout the nation, with a complete capability of round 130 megawatts, and expects to broaden with 5 extra websites introduced in late 2024.
Google Cloud has additionally constructed out its personal infrastructure in Germany, with areas in Frankfurt and Berlin launched in 2017 and 2023, respectively. Towards the tip of 2024, the corporate started providing sovereign storage choices in partnership with StackIT.
Along with Deutsche Telekom, different telecom suppliers working with Google Cloud embrace Orange and DNA, a part of the Telenor Group.
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