Catchpoint Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM) has developed a comprehensive strategic partnership with Google Cloud that encompasses multiple dimensions of collaboration, integration, and mutual support for enhanced cloud monitoring capabilities.
Partnership Foundation and Integration
Catchpoint has established a deep integration with Google Cloud that addresses a critical gap in cloud monitoring. While Google Cloud's Network Intelligence Center provides real-time network performance visibility into packet loss and latency at a per-project level, it lacked visibility into what happens between users and applications hosted on Google Cloud[1]. Catchpoint's IPM platform fills this void by providing comprehensive visibility into the complex digital infrastructure that connects users to their cloud workloads[2].
The integration allows IT teams to visualize Catchpoint data alongside Google's real-time performance metrics within Google Cloud Monitoring, creating a unified monitoring experience[2]. This collaboration enables teams to gain end-to-end visibility across all service delivery pathways within Google Cloud Infrastructure, including compute, API management, data analytics, cloud storage, machine learning, and networking products[2].
Google Cloud Marketplace Availability
Catchpoint IPM is now available on the Google Cloud Marketplace, which simplifies the billing process and provides customers with streamlined access to Catchpoint's monitoring solutions[3][1]. This marketplace presence demonstrates the formal recognition of Catchpoint as a trusted partner in Google Cloud's ecosystem.
Specialized Tools and Solutions
Test Suite for Google Cloud represents a flagship collaboration tool that empowers IT teams to rapidly deploy multiple tests for Google Cloud services using best practices from both companies[3][4]. The suite includes pre-set test templates for key Google Cloud services such as BigQuery, Spanner, Cloud Storage, and Compute Engine, with easily customizable options for specific business requirements[3][4].
Internet Stack Map provides a live view of digital service health and dependencies, using AI to automatically discover external components and dependencies that websites and applications use to run[3]. This tool offers visibility across backbone connections, core protocols, origin servers, third-party dependencies, and external APIs.
Internet Sonar delivers AI-powered, real-time internet health information through an interactive map and dashboard widget, helping teams proactively identify productivity or experience-impacting incidents[3].
Google's Internal Use of Catchpoint
Google itself uses Catchpoint's monitoring capabilities for its own infrastructure, demonstrating the platform's effectiveness. Google's SRE team has successfully used Catchpoint to detect performance issues in multiple digital properties, including Google Public DNS and backbone infrastructure[5]. In one notable case, Catchpoint enabled Google to detect and fix DNS query latency issues in just a few minutes, compared to the nearly hour-long process that would have been required using traditional methods[5].
Global Monitoring Network
Catchpoint's IPM platform leverages the world's largest independent observability network with over 2,400 vantage points worldwide, including cloud nodes, backbone, last mile, and wireless nodes[2]. This extensive network enables monitoring "from where it matters," providing end-to-end actionable insights from the user's perspective and helping network professionals answer the critical question: "Is it Google or is it me?" for any external-to-Google Cloud network paths[2].
Strategic Vision and Future Development
The relationship represents a long-term strategic collaboration focused on simplifying and enhancing network performance monitoring experiences for businesses leveraging Google Cloud services[4]. Both companies emphasize that this partnership will continue to yield innovative solutions in the cloud monitoring domain, with Google Cloud recognizing the value of a robust network observability partner ecosystem that provides choice and enables customers to leverage existing observability solutions and workflows[4].
This comprehensive relationship positions Catchpoint IPM as an essential complement to Google Cloud's native monitoring capabilities, providing the external visibility and internet-wide perspective that enterprises need to ensure optimal digital experiences for their users.