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Multi-cloud: Google Cloud as a smart addition

Most companies in our region already run on Microsoft, AWS, on-premises or a mix of those. We add Google Cloud where it makes sense, for agentic AI, faster data insights, a continuity plan that holds up or simply less dependence on one provider.

The right platform for each job, working alongside the landscape you already have.

Multi-Cloud: Google cloud as a smart addition to your existing tech stack

The risks of relying on a single cloud provider

Most companies end up with a single cloud provider by default. A new requirement pops up, and the easy answer is to stick with what you have. Convenient at first, but over time it leaves your organization exposed. These are the risks we hear about in almost every conversation.

Vendor lock-in

You’re tied to one vendor’s roadmap, pricing and limitations. Adding third-party capabilities later gets harder and more expensive the longer you wait.

One single point of failure

When your primary environment is hit by a regional outage or a ransomware attack, everything goes down with it. Email, file sharing, business-critical applications. If it’s all in one basket, your whole business grinds to a halt.

Missing out on innovation

No single cloud provider leads in everything. Stick with one, and you risk settling for good enough when better AI, data or security tooling is available elsewhere.

No negotiating power

Without real alternatives in your architecture, you’re at the mercy of your vendor’s pricing and shifting licensing models.

The question is how to add that choice without creating a management nightmare.

Avoid vendor lock-in by choosing the best platform per use case

With the right approach, multi-cloud adds flexibility without the operational headache.

We help you add Google Cloud to your existing environment in a pragmatic, business-driven way, without massive migration projects or disruption to what already works. For each use case, we look at which platform delivers the best functionality, the best cost efficiency, or both.

Here are a few workloads where Google Cloud stands out.

Multi-cloud is simpler (and cheaper) than you think

One of the biggest misconceptions we hear is that running multiple clouds is automatically complex and expensive. In practice, the opposite is often true.

Simpler, because it builds on what your team already knows

Google Cloud is built on open-source standards like Kubernetes, PostgreSQL and Apache Iceberg. Your engineers keep working with technology they already know.

With Google’s Cloud Adoption Framework and Infrastructure as Code, we map your team’s cloud experience straight onto Google Cloud.

That open foundation also protects your digital sovereignty and gives you a real plan B.

Cheaper, through targeted efficiency

Adding Google Cloud often improves your overall cost position. Efficient models like Gemini Flash and Google’s own AI chips (TPUs) let you run AI workloads at a lower cost.

Committed and sustained use discounts reward how you actually use the cloud, without rigid licensing.

Failover for core applications, and for your digital workplace via Google Workspace, gives you business continuity without the fixed costs of traditional disaster recovery.

The companies that get the most out of multi-cloud usually started small, with one focused use case, and grew from there.

Business continuity: your safety net when things go wrong

What happens when your primary cloud environment goes down? Ransomware attacks, regional outages and service disruptions have become part of everyday operations. And when everything runs on one platform, one incident can take your entire company offline.

Google Cloud and Google Workspace give you an independent, resilient safety net.

Workspace as failover

We set up a secure shadow environment on Google Workspace that you can switch on quickly if your primary environment is compromised or down. Your incident response team, or your entire workforce, keeps access to email, video calls and mission-critical documents, fully isolated from the affected environment.

On-demand disaster recovery

Google Cloud becomes your secondary environment for business-critical applications. Thanks to Infrastructure as Code, you don’t pay for idle infrastructure around the clock. Your data is replicated securely, and computing capacity only spins up when you need it.

Affordable insurance

Google Cloud works with leading backup and storage vendors, so you can replicate data to low-cost, durable storage with the tools you already use. That gives you real protection and helps you meet regulatory requirements, without heavy fixed costs.

Business continuity keeps your business running, whatever happens, alongside the setup you already have.

Why Google Cloud for multi-cloud?

Companies increasingly want an architecture that guarantees technological choice and data sovereignty. Google Cloud was built on an open cloud philosophy from day one, so you adopt the best capabilities on your own terms.

Open standards

Built on Kubernetes, Apache Iceberg, PostgreSQL compatibility and other widely adopted open technologies. Your workloads stay portable.

Runs anywhere

Google Distributed Cloud extends Google’s infrastructure to your own data centers and edge locations, connected or fully air-gapped for strict sovereignty requirements.

Plays well with others

Google integrates with third-party ecosystems, including Microsoft and AWS, without artificial barriers.

Full-stack AI

From custom TPUs to Gemini and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Google builds every layer of its AI stack on its own research. Adding it to your existing environment is a fast, future-proof way to put AI to work on your own data.

Multi-cloud in practice

The best argument for multi-cloud isn’t a slide deck. Here’s how real organizations have added Google Cloud to their existing environment, without replacing what works, and what it unlocked for them.

Curious how Google Cloud fits into your landscape?

Dirk Vereycken

Dirk Vereycken
Google Cloud Solution Specialist