Google lands more big names for cloud

Alphabet Inc. unveiled new customers and partners for its cloud storage service in an attempt to boost the standing of Google's business sales unit, which lags behind Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

Diane Greene, Google's cloud chief, named several recent clients at the company's event last week in San Francisco, including Colgate-Palmolive Co., HSBC Holdings PLC and eBay Inc.

Google also scored a big win from a rival: Verizon Communications Inc. announced that it has moved more than 150,000 employees to Google's productivity apps, called G Suite. Previously, Verizon used the Office app suite from Microsoft, according to a person familiar with the arrangement.

Microsoft didn't have an immediate comment on the Verizon contract.

Google's largest focus at its event was on the search engine's broad product portfolio and computing assets, including its security architecture -- a key pitch for its third-place cloud division.

-- Bloomberg News

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