When it comes to networks, Google Cloud is a powerful player. The internet giant has built a massive array of storage, cloud and networking assets to run its own business. Now, Google Cloud is offering that power to enterprise customers, and the company is creating partnerships that reach across the market, including with Veritas Technologies LLC and The Linux Foundation.

“Google has actually been shifting and focusing on enterprise customers. About a trillion dollars of [information technology] spend is going to be affected by the cloud over the next three to five years, and Google has some amazing assets … to really help meet enterprise customer needs,” said Dave Nettleton (pictured), group product manager at Google LLC.

Nettleton spoke with Dave Vellante (@dvellante) and Stu Miniman (@stu), co-hosts of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE’s mobile livestreaming studio, during the Veritas Vision conference in Las Vegas. They discussed enterprise customers, Google’s network and its cloud strategy. (* Disclosure below.)

Building a new team and partner ecosystem

To power this new focus on enterprise business, Google has brought together a team of industry veterans with experience from companies like Cisco Systems Inc. and Dell EMC. With their help, Google has built up new partner networks and sales functions to support those enterprise services. The overall goal is to give customers new capabilities through the cloud, according to Nettleton.

Google’s strength lies in its vast network. For years, Google has been leveraging this network to build out massive scalable storage systems. This infrastructure, combined with the network, makes for a flexible, cost-saving offering to enterprise customers, Nettleton explained.

Companies, though, seldom turn to a single cloud solution. They prefer multicloud setups with both on-premises private clouds and public clouds. “Our strategy is to be the most open. That means we need to help customers be portable with their workloads,” Nettleton said. Because there are so many clouds and workloads to handle, Google will rely on its partners to fill the gaps.

As for Google’s partner ecosystem, that’s still evolving. Kubernetes is a huge part of it, enabling companies to move their compute around. Veritas is also a key partner, helping customers manage their data across environments. “It’s all about helping customers solve the problems they have and meeting customers where they are,” Nettleton concluded.

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of Veritas Vision 2017. (* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for Veritas Vision 2017. Neither Veritas Technologies LLC nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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