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Here’s why Google pitched its $32B Wiz acquisition as ‘multicloud’


Tuesday's big news that Google is acquiring security startup Wiz for a record-breaking $32 billion comes with a very big qualifier. Google says it will

That’s why Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport and other senior leaders were calling customers in the hours leading up to the deal, reassuring them that it’s just business as usual. Meanwhile, in smaller but still influential markets like the U.K., regulators have recently taken a more favorable stance on Big Tech as part of a broader push to signal that “the U.K. is open for business.” So-called hyperscalers may see this as an opportunity to emerge from the shadows a little more. Our commitment to multicloud means that new IT projects an organization does with Google Cloud can work with their existing IT investments, and allows them to choose different vendors for products in the future.

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