Google will work with mobile phone network security provider MobileIron to launch a new online platform that allows businesses to buy cloud services and distribute them to employees while ensuring the security of enterprise data.This platform may be available in the second half of this year, Allow customers to access via mobile telecommunications provider.
The new product will reinforce Google Suite G Suite, an online store offering Google and third-party applications that enables customers to reach out to more external services through the Google ecosystem. After the announcement, MobileIron Shares rose 14% to $ 4.60, hitting the biggest intraday gain since last October.
Google is catching up with Amazon, the leader in the cloud computing market, and Amazon AWS has been running a similar software store since 2012. Google G Suite also faces fierce competition from Microsoft, a long-time dominator in this space, for its enterprise software customers. Google did not disclose sales of enterprise software, but said last summer that G Suite had more than 3.5 million paying customers.
As employees process more and more corporate data on smartphones, businesses often buy mobile web security tools through operators such as AT & T and Verizon Communications.
Google and MobileIron's online store is not the first to bundle multiple cloud services, and AT & T has introduced a similar product, but Marcin Kurc, director of Google Cloud Business Platform, said it enables users At the same time pay for a variety of services, the introduction of Google's size and prestige, to promote the rise of this trend.
'Any simplification of any kind and cooperation with market leaders will help us expand our ecosystem,' said Kulk.