Multi-Cloud Management with Anthos

Modernize and operate your applications globally - consistent, secure and scalable.

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The New Reality for Business Applications

In today’s IT world, where applications operate in multi-cloud and on-premises environments, requirements are increasing in terms of scalability, security and complexity. Modern software development demands the ability to run, operate and seamlessly update applications across different environments – whether on-premises, in the cloud, or spanning multiple clouds. This new multi-cluster reality requires a consistent operating model to develop and reliably manage applications across these diverse environments. Google Anthos provides an open application platform that lets you modernize your applications while centralized policy and configuration management ensures consistency across all environments.

Anthos

Anthos is an open application platform from Google Cloud that provides a consistent development and operations experience across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It allows you to run and manage applications in a secure, consistent way on Google Cloud as well as on-premises environments like your own data centers or other public clouds. Anthos packages open source technologies like Kubernetes, Istio and Knative along with Google Cloud’s own innovations to enable consistent management across all environments using Google’s own planet-scale management plane.

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The core - get a consistent, production-ready Kubernetes environment managed by Google, whether running on Google Cloud, on-prem or other clouds. Anthos Clusters can run both modern cloud-native and traditional workloads side-by-side.

Based on Istio, ASM provides a unified way to connect, secure, monitor and manage microservices. It enables traffic management, detailed telemetry and robust security policies for your distributed applications.

Enables declarative management of policies and configurations for your Kubernetes clusters at scale. Define configurations centrally and enforce them automatically and consistently across your entire Anthos fleet.

Brings the serverless developer experience to your Anthos clusters. Developers can deploy stateless container workloads without worrying about the underlying infrastructure and benefit from scaling to zero.

Enables the use of existing identity providers (e.g. OIDC, LDAP) for authentication with Anthos clusters and services, ensuring consistent identity and access management.

Support for the migration and modernization of existing applications, for example by migrating VMs to containers (Migrate to Containers).

Centralized visibility and control over your registered clusters and workloads via the Google Cloud Console or Infrastructure-as-Code tools.

Access to pre-tested and Anthos-optimized third-party applications and development tools.

Your benefits

The Added Value of Anthos

Google Anthos is not just a technology platform, but an enabler for strategic business goals. It allows you to:

Manage Consistently

Applications and infrastructures across all environments with the same tools and policies.

Accelerate Development

Developer teams innovate faster thanks to a consistent platform, self-service and automated CI/CD.

Avoid Vendor Lock-In

Build apps once and run seamlessly across on-premises, Google Cloud and other clouds - without vendor lock-in.

Operate Securely

Unified security guardrails and configurations enforced everywhere. Audits and compliance built-in.

Reduce Costs

Resources optimized through containerization and unified orchestration, driving efficiency gains and license reduction.

Modernize Apps

Existing applications incrementally modernized by containerizing and running on Anthos.

Scale Flexibly

Applications and underlying infrastructure dynamically scale to meet evolving business demands.

Future-Proof

Build on a continuously evolving platform for accessing the latest cloud-native technologies and capabilities from Google.

With Anthos you can unify operations, boost developer productivity and future-proof your applications – regardless of where they run.

Sebastian Lutz Head of Infrastructure Google Cloud

Anthos Use Cases

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Modernization of Legacy Applications

Evolve monolithic applications into modular, cloud-native architectures with microservices, containers, etc. to reduce technical debt and future-proof your systems.

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Development and operation of cloud-native microservices

Create new, modular applications as microservices that communicate securely via Anthos Service Mesh, are easy to manage, and can be scaled independently of each other.

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Consistent Operations in Development and Production

Cloud-Native Microservices enable consistent application behavior across environments, from development to production, simplifying operations and reducing complexity.

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Automated CI/CD Pipelines across Hybrid- and Multi-Cloud

Streamline application delivery through automated infrastructure provisioning, deployment pipelines spanning your entire landscape - whether on-premises, Google Cloud or other clouds.

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Edge Computing & Distributed Applications

Deploy and run applications closer to end-users and devices to reduce latency, while centrally managing policies and configurations for a secure, consistent experience across locations.

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Compliance with Regulations and Standards

Adhere to industry requirements (GDPR, FeRamp, SOC2, etc.) through unified policy management, encryption, access controls and audit trails across your global footprint.

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Scalable platform for stateless and stateful applications

Deploy and manage a wide range of workload types, from web applications and APIs to databases and big data applications, on a flexible Kubernetes foundation.

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Establishment of a standardized platform for dev and ops

Creating a “platform engineering” environment that allows developers self-service access to resources while ensuring control and governance for the operations team.

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Your Entry Into Multi-cloud Management With Anthos

Anthos Jumpstart

As part of the Anthos Jumpstart, we evaluate your multi-cloud environment together with you. By using Anthos, you can modernize your applications by combining existing components with cloud-native elements to create hybrid cloud environments and develop cloud-native environments - secure and robust in the application, efficient in operation.