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Palo Alto Networks surpasses $ 1.5B in cumulative sales through Google Cloud Marketplace

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alo Alto Networks announced that the company has surpassed
$ 1.5 billion in cumulative sales
Palo Alto Networks AI-Runtime Security and VM-Series Virtual Firewalls with
Google Cloud Network Security Integration,
Left: Kristy Friedrichs, Chief Partnerships Officer,
Palo Alto Networks
through Google Cloud Marketplace as of April 2025. The milestone underscores Palo
Alto Networks commitment to helping
customers can rapidly help secure their Google Cloud environment and AI applications, applying granular security
Right: Sujai Hajela, EVP Campus and Branch,
Juniper Networks
organisations worldwide harness the power of AI to accelerate cloud and AI adoption more securely, safeguarding their digital initiatives.
“ With Google Cloud, we combine their AI, ML capabilities with Palo Alto Networks industry-security platforms to provide a comprehensive suite of AI-driven security offerings,” said Kristy Friedrichs, Chief Partnerships Officer, Palo Alto Networks.
Google Cloud Marketplace enables customers to discover, try, buy and use industry-applications that have been validated to run on Google Cloud. Palo Alto Networks currently offers 31 Google Cloud Marketplace listings, supported by 20 technical documents and reference architectures, which help address evolving customer needs, such as simplified procurement and seamless deployment.
The extensive, long-standing collaboration between Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud includes jointly engineered offerings built on 75 solution integrations that help customers build, run and secure AI-enhanced cloud infrastructure and applications with end-to-end protection. Most recently, through the integration of policies based on a Zero-Trust architecture. At Google Cloud Next, Palo Alto Networks was recognised with five 2025 Google Cloud Partner of the Year awards, partnering with Google Cloud to help customers securely leverage the power of the cloud and AI-driven growth with comprehensive cloud-native security offerings. Wins included the following:
• 2025 Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence, Global Technology
• 2025 Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence, Security
• 2025 Google Cloud Security, Infrastructure Protection
• 2025 Google Cloud Security, Marketplace
• 2025 Google Cloud Technology, Marketplace
Juniper integrates Mist AI-native networking with Google Cloud WAN
Juniper Networks announced its collaboration with Google Cloud to accelerate new enterprise campus and branch deployments and optimise user experiences. With just a few clicks in the Google Cloud Marketplace, customers can subscribe to Google’ s Cloud WAN solution
alongside Juniper Mist wired, wireless, NAC, firewalls and secure SD-WAN solutions.
Unveiled at Google Cloud Next 25, the solution is designed to connect users simply, securely and reliably to critical applications and AI workloads whether on the Internet, across clouds or within data centres.
“ Mist has become synonymous with AI and cloud-native operations that optimise user experiences while minimising operator costs,” said Sujai Hajela, EVP, Campus and Branch, Juniper Networks.
As the cloud expands and Generative AI applications grow, reliable connectivity, enhanced application performance and low latency are paramount. Businesses are turning to cloud-based network services to meet these demands. However, many face challenges with operational complexity, high costs, security gaps and inconsistent application performance.
Powered by Juniper’ s Mist AI-Native Networking platform, Google’ s Cloud WAN, a new solution from Google Cloud, delivers a fully managed, reliable and secure enterprise backbone for branch transformation. •
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