Broadcom Inc. and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership with the launch of Cloud Network Insights, a new observability service powered by AppNeta. The offering delivers end-to-end visibility across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, targeting the growing complexity of distributed applications and AI-driven workloads.
Google Cloud developed Cloud Network Insights as a first-party service exclusively for its customers, integrating AppNeta’s network telemetry with Google’s global cloud infrastructure. The platform provides unified visibility into application performance, network behavior, and dependencies across SaaS, internet, and private infrastructure. The companies position the service as a response to increasing operational challenges in environments where workloads span multiple clouds and rely on high-performance networking.
The service focuses on improving operational efficiency and troubleshooting speed by correlating application and network performance data. It aims to reduce Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) by identifying whether issues originate in the network, application layer, or external dependencies. The platform also incorporates synthetic transaction monitoring to detect performance issues before they impact users.
- End-to-end network path visibility across cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments
- Unified monitoring of application, agent, and network performance
- Root cause analysis to distinguish between network and application issues
- Synthetic transaction monitoring for proactive issue detection
- Designed for multi-cloud, hybrid, and AI-driven distributed workloads
“As organizations increasingly deploy critical agents and applications across complex multi-cloud and on-premises environments, agent, application, and network observability has never been more crucial,” said Rob Enns, VP and General Manager of Cloud Networking at Google Cloud.
🌐 Analysis: This announcement reflects a broader shift toward integrated observability platforms as enterprises scale AI and distributed applications across heterogeneous infrastructure. By embedding AppNeta into a native Google Cloud service, Broadcom strengthens its position in infrastructure software while aligning with hyperscaler ecosystems. The move also highlights increasing competition with observability vendors such as Datadog, Dynatrace, and Cisco ThousandEyes, which are expanding capabilities to address cross-cloud visibility and AI workload monitoring.
