5 New Google Cloud AI Products And Programs For Partners

From Google’s new Partner Companion collaborator and AI models available on Vertex AI, to a new Managed GDC Provider program and Oracle integrations, here’s five recent Google Cloud launches for channel partners that you need to know about.

Google Cloud has launched a slew of new artificial intelligence and generative AI products and offerings for Google channel partners, including its new Partner Companion collaborator and new cloud offerings with Oracle.

The $41 billion Mountain View, Calif.-based cloud giant has been pouring millions of dollars into arming Google partners with new AI technology and programs to accelerate AI customer adoption.

From BigQuery’s new integration with Anthropic’s Claude models to AI21 Labs’ new family of open AI models becoming available on Google’s Vertex AI Model Garden, Google Cloud is making moves to help partners drive AI sales.

CRN breaks down five of the biggest new AI and GenAI launches for Google Cloud partners over the past several weeks that every system integrator, MSP, reseller, consultant and AI focused solution provider should know about.

GenAI Partner Companion Now Available To Services Partners

Partner Companion has now become available to Google Cloud Services Partners. The company said Partner Companion is like having a dedicated Google Cloud advisor focused on service delivery.

Companion is an AI-powered collaborator that leverages Google Vertex AI's technology to deliver instant, personalized access to the vast knowledge base a customer needs to excel.

Companion is trained on product documentation, service knowledge repositories, and delivery training and enablement resources available in the Delivery Enablement Portfolio (DEP). It is also trained to refer users to conversational agents trained in adjacent zones, such as Delivery Navigator methodologies and templates.

Overall, successful Google Cloud projects require continuous learning and rapid access to the right information. Partner Companion streamlines this process by leveraging AI and a natural language interface to provide efficient access to resources.

Click through to read about Google Cloud’s four other new AI offerings for channel partners.

New Oracle Database On Google Cloud

Google Cloud and Oracle unveiled a massive partnership this month by launching Oracle Database@Google Cloud regions across the U.S. and Europe.

For the first time, customers can now run Oracle Exadata Database Service, Oracle Autonomous Database, and Oracle Database Zero Data Loss Autonomous Recovery Service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in Google Cloud data centers.

Oracle Database@Google Cloud enables businesses to easily create new cloud applications using Oracle Database or migrate their existing Oracle databases and applications to OCI running in Google Cloud with simplified cloud purchasing and management.

Additionally, customers get direct access to Oracle Database services running on OCI and deployed in Google Cloud data centers. Customers can also run applications on Oracle Linux, which is now supported by Oracle on Google Cloud.

Database@Google Cloud is currently available in regions includes U.S. East (Ashburn), U.S. West (Salt Lake City), U.K. South (London), and Germany Central (Frankfurt). The offerings will expand to more regions across the world.

BigQuery New Integration With Anthropic Claude On Vertex AI

Google Cloud’s flagship data platform BigQuery has a new integration with Anthropic’s Claude models on Vertex AI which connects a customers’ data in BigQuery with the AI capabilities of Claude models.

Google customers now have access to Claude models that offer advanced generative AI capabilities through BigQuery ML. BigQuery ML simplifies the application of machine learning to data within BigQuery, making it accessible to analysts and SQL users.

This integration enables tasks such as text generation, summarization, translation, and more, to be performed directly on a user’s data.

New use cases for partners include analyzing log data for enhanced security, document summarization, and marketing optimization.

Google Distributed Cloud Provider Partner Program

Google Cloud recently launched its new Managed GDC Provider initiative. The Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) partner program simplifies the deployment of solutions in various environments by authorizing and empowering select partners to deploy, operate, and manage DGC services as a fully managed offering.

The managed GDC program helps customers harness Google Cloud technology within a private, secure, and isolated environment operated by trusted local partners. The approach provides numerous advantages, including full control over data residency and adherence to local regulations, helping to ensure data sovereignty and compliance.

Current partners operating GDC include World Wide Technology and Clarence.

Partners’ air-gapped configurations and expert management enhance security and control, while the flexibility of the program allows for tailored solutions to meet specific needs and requirements.

The goal is to reduce the technical complexity of deploying cloud services for customers with high sovereignty needs to accelerate adoption.

New Jamba 1.5 AI Models In Vertex AI

AI21 Labs’ new family of open AI models, the Jamba 1.5 Model Family, is now available on the Vertex AI Model Garden.

AI21’s two models are Jamba 1.5 Mini and Jamba 1.5 Large. Both offer a 256K context window, transformer architecture for efficient processing and support advanced developer features like function calling, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) optimizations, and structured JSON output.

Jamba 1.5 Mini is AI21’s most efficient and lightweight model, engineered for speed and efficiency in tasks including customer support, document summarization, and text generation.

Jamba 1.5 Large is the company’s most advanced and largest model that can handle advanced reasoning tasks, such as financial analysis, with speed and efficiency.