Anaplan to run on Google Cloud as two companies forge deeper partnership
Summary
Google Cloud has been targeting independent software vendors so it can integrate its analytics capabilities with providers that can reach vertical markets. "We will have a joint go-to-market to create top-line growth for Anaplan, obviously workloads for us and innovation for customers," said Siddhartha Agarwal, managing director of SaaS partnerships and co-innovation at Google Cloud. Ana Pinczuk, chief development officer at Anaplan, said the partnership with Google Cloud will give her company greater reach and scale. Last week, Anaplan announced PlanIQ, a managed service that will combine the companys enterprise planning with Amazon Forecast. Google has been an Anaplan customer since 2016 and has deployed it on its cloud services for everything from sales to supply chain and finance.