Vodafone and Google Cloud collaborate to build the worlds first truly global integrated data platform
Vodafone and Google Cloud collaborate to build the world's first truly global integrated data platform
Vodafone UK and Google Cloud have partnered to create an integrated data platform that will house the telco's SAP environments and all data analytics and business intelligence.
According to both companies, the six-year strategic partnership will develop new digital products and services that will be rolled out to Vodafone's customers globally while leveraging reliable and secure data analytics, insights, and learnings.
The jointly developed integrated data platform, dubbed Nucleus, will enable Vodafone to process massive amounts of data globally from disparate systems into the cloud; the telco will also be able to generate more detailed insights and data-driven analysis across the organization and with its partners, resulting in an enhanced experience for Vodafone customers worldwide.
"Vodafone is laying a very strong foundation for the digital future," said Johan Wibergh, Chief Technology Officer of Vodafone's . "We have massive amounts of data that, when securely processed and made available across our footprint with the combined engineering expertise of Vodafone and Google Cloud, will transform our services for our customers and governments, as well as the societies in which they live and serve.”
Vodafone reported over 700 use cases for delivering new products and services
Vodafone has reportedly identified over 700 use cases for delivering new products and services in order to improve speed, reduce costs, support fact-based decision making, and simplify and centralize Vodafone's operations across all markets.
They are being developed in-house by Vodafone and Google Cloud teams comprised of over 1000 specialists from both companies in the United Kingdom, Spain, and the United States.
Dynamo, both the Nucleus and the new system, are industry firsts and lay the groundwork for Vodafone's ambitions. They are reportedly capable of storing and processing more than 50 terabytes of data per day.
According to both companies, this will enable the introduction of new types of personalized products and services, while also providing a number of benefits, including:
• Enhancing Vodafone's mobile, fixed, and television content and connectivity services through the instantaneous availability of highly personalized rewards, content, and applications.
• Increasing the number of smart network services available through Google Cloud from eight to the entire Vodafone footprint.
• Empowering data scientists to collaborate on critical environmental and health issues in 11 countries using automated machine learning tools.
This partnership and the resulting technologies are a microcosm of the overall trajectory of the world's largest technology and telecommunications companies combining their expertise to create a smarter, faster, more connected, and more personalized digital world.
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