Google, Palo Alto may have struck Google Cloud’s largest security services deal ever: Why it is ‘worrying’ for Amazon, Microsoft

Google Cloud and cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks have expanded their partnership, which is said to be the largest security services contract in Google cloud unit’s history. Citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter, news agency Reuters reported that the deal involves a commitment from Palo Alto Networks to pay a sum “approaching $10 billion” to Google Cloud over several years.

While some of the spending will go into migrating Palo Alto’s existing offerings to Google’s platform, a larger chunk will go into adding new services that involve artificial intelligence, Palo Alto president BJ Jenkins told the news agency.