{"id":41446,"date":"2020-10-14T14:52:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=bb3cf61ce46a7d8bb81160ab52af0923"},"modified":"2020-10-14T14:52:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:52:21","slug":"nokia-embraces-google-cloud-as-it-shifts-to-cloud-first-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/nokia-embraces-google-cloud-as-it-shifts-to-cloud-first-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nokia embraces Google Cloud as it shifts to “cloud-first” strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Sabina Weston<\/a><\/span>
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14 Oct, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nokia<\/a>\u00a0has signed a five-year deal with Google which will see the Finnish telecom giant migrate its on-premise\u00a0IT infrastructure<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Google Cloud<\/a>,\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although the terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed, the migration, which includes\u00a0data centres<\/a>,\u00a0servers<\/a>, and various\u00a0software<\/a>\u00a0applications, is already underway and is expected to take between 18 months and two years.<\/p>\n

The decision is said to be driven by Nokia\u2019s operational shift to a \u201ccloud-first IT strategy\u201d, which aims to \u201cenhance collaboration and innovation\u201d among its staff as well as accelerate the delivery of its services to customers.<\/p>\n

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\nAccording to the company, the deal with Google Cloud will see Nokia lower its energy consumption as well as new\u00a0hardware<\/a>\u00a0costs.<\/p>\n

Nokia\u2019s VP of Global IT Infrastructure Ravi Parmasad said that the company is \u201con a\u00a0digital transformation<\/a>\u00a0path that is about fundamentally changing how we operate and do business\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is crucial for how our employees collaborate so that we continue to raise the bar on meeting the needs of our customers. We are very pleased that Google Cloud, with its engineering and operational excellence, is joining our transformation work to help us deliver on the many goals we have set.<\/p>\n

Given Nokia\u2019s digital ambitions and plans, this is an ideal time for Nokia to be taking this step with Google Cloud to accelerate our efforts; and doing all of this in a secure and scalable way,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Google Cloud\u2019s president Rob Enslin said that it\u2019s an honor to work with Nokia to help modernize its infrastructure on Google Cloud\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to bringing our leading networking, data analytics, AI\/ML, and other technologies to empower Nokia to deliver a cloud-first strategy and better serve its customers,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to help Nokia revamp its IT infrastructure with our backbone network and our approach to data security, using advanced software-defined networking. We look forward to providing the full menu of our capabilities to help Nokia deliver on its cloud-first strategy and reach its performance requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement comes weeks after it was revealed that Nokia was\u00a0chosen by BT<\/a>\u00a0to replace Huawei as its\u00a05G<\/a>\u00a0radio access network (RAN) vendor, making the Finnish telecom its largest infrastructure partner and equipment provider. The partnership will also see Nokia replace Huawei in BT’s 2G and 4G networks. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sabina Weston<\/p>\n

14 Oct, 2020 <\/p>\n

Nokia\u00a0has signed a five-year deal with Google which will see the Finnish telecom giant migrate its on-premise\u00a0IT infrastructure\u00a0to\u00a0Google Cloud,\u00a0
\nAlthough the terms of the deal have not yet bee…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":627,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41447,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41446\/revisions\/41447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}