IDC believes that 2024 is an inflection point for global-scale enterprise adoption of multicloud networking platforms and services, across industry verticals and use cases. These networks play a crucial role in speeding up digital transformation and ensuring long-lasting returns on IT investments by organizations.

With Google Cloud's Cross-Cloud Network, customers can:

• Simplify their multicloud networks with service-centric connectivity
• Consistently secure their workloads, data, and user traffic with ML-powered, real-time protection

This IDC whitepaper provides insights into significant industry trends, IT challenges, and business goals in the context of designing, planning, building, and operating multicloud networks.