Kyndryl expands Google Cloud services
- Kyndryl expanded its Google Cloud services lineup in April, pitching new migration, modernization and AI support for enterprises running regulated workloads across public cloud and on-premises systems. - The company’s Google Cloud offering now spans mainframe modernization, VMware support, cloud-native application work and financial-services cloud consulting aimed at compliance-heavy production environments. - The push lands as Google Cloud spotlights partners and a $750 million agentic AI fund at Next ’26. (cloud.google.com)
Kyndryl is widening its Google Cloud services pitch to companies that want to move core systems, modernize applications and run artificial intelligence in regulated environments. (kyndryl.com 1) (kyndryl.com 2) The company’s Google Cloud portfolio now includes migration services, mainframe modernization, VMware support, cloud-native application work, backup and recovery, and managed operations. (kyndryl.com) Kyndryl says those services are built for mission-critical workloads, including systems with aggressive service targets of 99.99% and 99.999% availability. (kyndryl.com) The regulated-workload angle is central to the pitch. Kyndryl’s Google Cloud alliance page now highlights financial-services consulting on Google Cloud and says the offer is designed for compliance, security and resilience demands. (kyndryl.com) That extends a partnership Kyndryl and Google Cloud said in February 2024 would focus on Gemini-based generative artificial intelligence, data modernization and Kyndryl’s large-language-model operations framework. (kyndryl.com) The backdrop is Google Cloud Next ’26 in Las Vegas, where Google said it is pushing an “Agentic Enterprise” strategy and adding new ways for customers to deploy partner-built agents in Gemini Enterprise. (cloud.google.com 1) (cloud.google.com 2) Google also announced a $750 million partner fund for agentic development at Next ’26 and named its 2026 Google Cloud Partners of the Year on April 21. Kyndryl’s event page says it was a 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year. (cloud.google.com 1) (cloud.google.com 2) (kyndryl.com) Kyndryl’s message is that large companies still want public cloud tools without giving up control of older systems, data-location rules or industry compliance checks. The company is packaging Google Cloud around that hybrid reality rather than around a full rewrite. (kyndryl.com) (kyndryl.com) The result is less a brand-new partnership than a broader storefront for the one Kyndryl and Google have been building since 2021. The sales pitch now centers on getting artificial intelligence and modernization projects into production inside tightly governed enterprise infrastructure. (kyndryl.com) (kyndryl.com)
