AWS, Google Build a Multicloud Bridge

Addressing a long-standing perceived roadblock in enabling systems to span multiple cloud services, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud have jointly developed a standard for customers to easily bridge their cloud deployments with Layer 3 connectivity.

The idea, according to both companies, is to make it easy for their customers with cloud operations in both clouds to network them together in a private network, reducing the burden of maintaining multicloud connectivity, and perhaps even dispelling fears of cloud lock-in.

Such easy…