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Both DXC Technology and Infosys have announced new partnerships with Google Cloud, with the former partnering deliver enterprise-grade, cloud-enabled solutions on Google Cloud Platform, and the latter becoming a Google Cloud Managed Service Provider (MSP), to help clients accelerate the digital transformation within the cloud.

DXC’s partnership will enable enterprise clients to modernize mission-critical IT and integrate digital solutions using the Google Cloud Platform, and will see launch a Google Cloud Platform Center of Excellence (COE) and a Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence (AI) COE, in order to provide clients with secure and scalable cloud-based digital platforms, ones that leverage data analytics.

“Our new Google Cloud partnership will benefit clients looking to go to the next level in their digital transformation,” said Edward Ho, EVP and GM of offerings for DXC. “Google Cloud’s leading infrastructure, products and solutions — together with DXC’s deep industry expertise and leadership in AI and machine learning — will define new pathways for enterprises to access, manage and leverage data-intensive workloads on a global scale. The resulting insights will enable clients to provide more personalized, tailored digital solutions — while capitalizing on the capability, value and benefits of an open, collaborative and secure cloud.”

Carolee Gearhart, VP of worldwide channel sales for Google Cloud, added: “We are excited to work with DXC to help organizations modernize their IT systems and to accelerate the adoption of Google Cloud solutions within DXC’s extensive customer base. This partnership combines DXC’s trusted experience in IT management and modernization services with Google Cloud’s leading infrastructure and cloud capabilities, creating new pathways to the cloud for thousands of enterprise customers.”

DXC and Google Cloud will co-invest and collaborate on various items, including solution development, training, certification and marketing campaigns, in order to sell and deliver Google Cloud Platform services.

Meanwhile, Infosys is expanding its strategic partnership with Google Cloud, and as a qualified MSP, will give clients full application lifecycle services with data analytics expertise, covering consulting, assessment, optimization and support services for those aiming to optimize their workloads on Google Cloud.

Infosys will offer industry-specific solutions on GCP for the financial services, insurance, telecom and retail industries.

“Cloud has been a key focus area for our clients and Infosys, and we continue to invest in new solutions, partnerships and offerings to enable our clients to navigate their digital transformation journeys,” said David Wilson, SVP and head of the Infosys Partner Ecosystem. “This enhanced partnership with Google Cloud is an example of how we are helping enterprises as they look to the cloud for digital transformation. Enterprises will significantly benefit from the best in class, highly secure and reliable cloud platform of Google Cloud and Infosys’ expertise in data, AI, analytics, workload migration and cloud deployments.”

Gearhart added: “We are delighted to expand our partnership with Infosys and to recognize their expertise in managed services. Customers increasingly want to move mission-critical workloads to Google Cloud. Infosys’ experience and knowledge in cloud migration, particularly with priority workloads such as SAP applications and in hybrid cloud deployments, will be a valuable resource for customers as they modernize business processes on Google Cloud.”