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Generative AI is at the heart of an expanded collaboration between Google Cloud and OpenText
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New tools are targeting enterprises across a range of verticals and focus on information management
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Additional capabilities remain under development
The CEOs of Google Cloud and OpenText see AI, cloud and data melding into the holy trinity of tech. The two companies are looking to capitalize on that marriage with a fresh range of enterprise tools and services.
Headline highlights include the ability to use generative AI for use cases spanning R&D, application delivery, business support, sales and marketing, and more; new OpenText integrations in Workspace; and the ability to use OpenText Application Modernization tools within Google Cloud Dual Run to help speed migrations from mainframe infrastructure to the cloud.
OpenText CEO Mark Barrenechea described the partnership as “a combination that empowers businesses to not only work smarter but to chart a course towards unprecedented success.”
He added that the combined strength of OpenText and Google in technologies and data governance will give customers “the ability to start their AI journey while leveraging secure, private data networks and repositories.” That includes customers in verticals such as healthcare, financial services and government, he said.
A new AI chapter
The collaboration between OpenText and Google Cloud started in 2019 when OpenText proclaimed Google Cloud its preferred cloud partner and Google Cloud named OpenText its preferred information management (IM) services partner.
The two launched OpenText Core Content as a service on Google Cloud back in early 2022, and later unveiled plans to integrate OpenText Core Content with Google Workspace — which reached general availability (GA) last month.
Now, the pair have started a new chapter with a fresh “co-innovation roadmap,” which includes an expansion of the OpenText Core Content solution for Google Workspace and the development of future AI capabilities from OpenText Aviator on the Content Cloud. The companies are also partnering to bring together Google’s Vertex AI, the large language model (LLM) Palm2 and OpenText’s recently launched opentext.ai to help enterprises adopt AI for information management.
As part of the expansion of Workspace to include OpenText Core, OpenText is also partnering with Tata Consulting Services (TCS) to help enterprise customers implement and tailor the tools to their needs. TCS has been an ongoing partner for Google Workspace implementations, and the two companies took those services into the world of generative AI in May.
Barrenechea and Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian described an essential “synergy” happening between AI, cloud infrastructure, and data networks in the official announcement. And Google Cloud has been putting that synergy towards its security features as well — announcing AI-powered zero-trust updates earlier this week.