PCCW Global has launched direct, on-demand connections to the Google Cloud platform via Google Cloud Partner Interconnect.
The company's Console Connect platform now provides direct connectivity to Google Cloud from the company's Tier 1 IP network, which spans more than 150 countries worldwide.
Google Cloud Partner Interconnect is now available via Console Connect across Asia, Europe and the Americas. Console Connect can provide on-demand access to their business critical applications on the Google Cloud, connecting at any points in customer networks.
Console Connect also provides the tools needed to support multi-cloud environments via automation software that can reduce the complexity of network configuration. Other tools help monitor connection performance and keep track of bandwidth allocation and utilization.
“Connecting the Google Cloud platform to Console Connect at multiple points around the world enables businesses to quickly establish secure and high performance direct connections to business-critical workloads in the cloud,” PCCW Global CTO Paul Gampe said.
“The agility and performance benefits of Google Cloud Partner Interconnect integrate perfectly with a superior cloud networking experience offered by Console Connect.”
First published in Computerworld Hong Kong