XL Axiata and Google Cloud this week announced two strategic partnership initiatives to further the operator's digital transformation journey.
With a target to move 70% of workloads to the cloud within the next three years, XL Axiata has adopted Anthos‒Google Cloud’s modern application management platform, to automate, manage and scale workloads across its hybrid- and multi-cloud environments in a secure, consistent manner.
Google Cloud Anthos enables enterprises to build and manage Kubernetes-based applications, without modification, whether they are on existing on-premises data centers, Google Cloud or other clouds.
By migrating its microservices platform to Google Cloud and bringing Anthos Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) to its on-premises data centers, XL Axiata can extend its cloud capabilities across its on-premises and cloud-based resources in a cost effective manner, said Google Cloud.
XL Axiata also has plans to implement Google Cloud’s scalable data analytics platform to enhance customer experiences through data- and AI-driven technologies. The launch of Google Cloud’s GCP region in Jakarta will enable XL Axiata to store, process and analyze data in real time locally to better serve its new and existing customers in Indonesia.
The two organizations also announced that XL Axiata has also become a Google Cloud Interconnect Partner. This sees both organizations bringing the best of high-speed connectivity, cloud services and digital growth opportunities to customers in Indonesia who can reliably transfer data between XL Axiata’s five data centers and Google’s global network.
Yessie D Yosetya, Chief Information and Digital Officer, XL Axiata
Anthos was a natural fit as it lets us adopt containers while letting Google, a leader in Kubernetes, manage our container infrastructure for us.
Megawaty Khie, Country Director of Google Cloud, Indonesia
With Anthos, we’re providing a consistent platform for XL Axiata to deploy workloads both on-premises and in the cloud so they can accelerate their own digital transformation.
