The British multinational telecommunications company Vodafone and the internet giant Google Cloud to develop industry-first global data platform.
Both the companies have signed a six-year strategic partnership to build secure and reliable data analytics, insights, and learnings to support new digital products and services for Vodafone customers.
In this massive expansion Vodafone and google cloud will jointly build a powerful new integrated data platform, with the added capability of processing and moving huge volumes of data globally from multiple systems into the cloud.
The platform, called Nucleus, will house a new system called Dynamo which will drive data throughout Vodafone to enable it more quickly offering its customers new, personalised products and services across multiple markets.
Dynamo will allow Vodafone to design new connectivity services for homes and businesses through the release of its new smart network features, such as providing a sudden broadband speed boost.
Vodafone and Google Cloud specialist teams will build Nucleus and Dynamo, which will be Capable of processing around 50 terabytes of data per day, equivalent to 25,000 hours of HD film.
The Chief Technology Officer for Vodafone, Johan Wibergh, said:
“Vodafone is building a powerful foundation for a digital future. We have vast amounts of data which,”
“when securely processed and made available across our footprint using the collective power of Vodafone and Google Cloud’s engineering expertise, will transform our services, to our customers and governments, and the societies where they live and serve.”
The Chief Executive Officer at Google Cloud, Thomas Kurian, said:
“Telecommunications firms are increasingly differentiating their customer experiences through the use of data and analytics, and this has never been more important than during the current pandemic,”
“We are thrilled to be selected as Vodafone’s global strategic cloud partner for analytics and SAP, and to co-innovate on new products that will accelerate the industry’s digital transformation.”
