A one-of-a-kind partnership
The IBM-Google Cloud partnership is a strategic collaboration focused on helping clients accelerate enterprise hybrid cloud adoption, AI-driven transformation and modernization of critical workloads.
We combine Google Cloud’s leading AI and data capabilities with IBM’s trusted hybrid cloud expertise to deliver secure, flexible solutions. This partnership brings together the best of IBM and Google Cloud to help you succeed—wherever you are on your cloud and AI journey.
Partnership highlights
Red Hat® was named Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year (2025), recognizing innovation and customer impact powered by Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Google Cloud.
A global Google Cloud-certified practice delivering secure, scalable hybrid cloud, data, AI and modernization outcomes for complex enterprises.
Proven delivery across the world’s most regulated industries, with IBM Consulting® as the execution engine—bringing industry-aligned expertise, governance and scale to turn complex transformation into measurable outcomes.
IBM and Google Cloud are scaling enterprise AI across hybrid cloud, data, and infrastructure-as-code—translating innovation into measurable outcomes for mission-critical workloads.
Joint value
- Terraform
- watsonx.data
- Vault
- Ai Agents Services
- Application & Database Modernization Services
- Modernizing Cyber Threat Management & Securing the Cloud Services
Terraform on Google Cloud
Standardize and automate infrastructure across hybrid and multi‑cloud with policy‑driven Terraform®—accelerating provisioning, improving governance and reducing operational complexity.
watsonx.data on Google Cloud
IBM watsonx.data is a hybrid, open data lakehouse for AI and analytics, designed to power reliable AI agents and applications using hybrid RAG and source‑level access controls. Built for hybrid environments, watsonx.data simplifies data access across platforms with open interoperability, unified access, and workload optimization. Through IBM’s partnership with Google Cloud, organizations can run watsonx.data on Google Cloud to activate trusted data for AI while maximizing the value of their committed cloud spend. Together, IBM and Google Cloud help clients simplify hybrid data, optimize performance, and scale AI with confidence.
Vault on Google Cloud
Built for enterprises operating at scale, IBM Vault delivers enterprise‑grade identity security, centralized policy enforcement, and zero‑trust operations across on‑premises and cloud environments without adding operational complexity.
By deploying IBM Vault on Google Cloud, organizations can apply their committed Goolgle Cloud Platform spend to IBM technology through Google Cloud Marketplace, turning existing cloud commitments into immediate security value. The result: simplified procurement, faster time to value, and a consistent security foundation that supports modern application development, AI initiatives, and regulated workloads—while maximizing the return on Google Cloud investments.
AI Agents Services
Together, IBM Consulting and Google empower organizations to move from experimentation to production with agentic AI. Leveraging Google’s Gemini and Vertex AI alongside IBM Consulting’s proven industry workflows, integration capabilities, and responsible AI governance, we help enterprises deploy AI agents that streamline operations, enhance decision‑making and drive sustained productivity—while maintaining trust, security, and control
Application and database modernization services
IBM Consulting and Google Cloud help organizations modernize their most critical applications and databases—faster and with greater confidence. Together, we combine deep industry expertise with AI‑driven discovery, refactoring, and migration capabilities, including IBM Txture, to transform mission‑critical workloads into secure, cloud‑native architectures on Google Cloud. The result: increased agility and resilience, improved developer productivity, and core systems that are ready to consume and embed AI at scale—unlocking innovation without disruption.
Modernizing Cyber Threat Management & Securing the Cloud Services
IBM and Google deliver a managed cybersecurity services designed to help organizations stay ahead of evolving cyber threats while simplifying day‑to‑day security operations. By combining Google’s AI‑driven threat intelligence and cloud capabilities with IBM’s deep security expertise and global managed services leadership, organizations gain continuous, proactive threat detection and respons —without the burden of managing it alone. This service shifts security operations from reactive monitoring to intelligent, adaptive threat management, helping reduce operational complexity, improve resilience, and control costs across cloud environments. Powered by Google. Managed by IBM.
IBM on Google Cloud Marketplace
IBM and Google Cloud provide customers with the ability to drive increased value from their choice of buying and deploying IBM technology on Google Cloud.
With access to Google Cloud Marketplace and the ability to use your committed spend on IBM offerings, you get more choice, more value and faster results. IBM watsonx.data is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace, unifying and governing enterprise data across environments to cut analytics costs and power AI at scale.
