Broadcom Inc. and Google Cloud announced on April 22, 2026, an expansion of their strategic partnership through the introduction of Cloud Network Insights. This new service, integrated directly into the Google Cloud ecosystem, utilizes technology from AppNeta by Broadcom to deliver comprehensive, end-to-end network observability. The collaboration aims to address the increasing complexity of managing application performance across multi-cloud, hybrid, and emerging agentic environments, where autonomous AI agents drive significant network traffic.
Cloud Network Insights is designed to provide IT operations teams with deep visibility into the network path, from the end-user to the application, regardless of where the workload resides. By leveraging AppNeta’s active monitoring capabilities, the service allows for real-time tracking of latency, packet loss, and jitter across public and private networks. This integration is intended to reduce the mean time to resolution for connectivity issues that often arise in distributed cloud architectures. The service specifically targets the visibility gaps that occur when traffic traverses the public internet or third-party transit providers.
Sergei Belousov, a senior executive at Broadcom’s Agile Operations Division, stated that the expansion represents a critical step in providing enterprises with the telemetry needed to manage modern digital experiences. According to official documentation released during the announcement, the service supports Google Cloud’s global infrastructure, including its dedicated interconnects and Cross-Cloud Interconnect services. This allows customers to monitor performance not only within Google Cloud but also across third-party cloud providers and on-premises data centers through a single interface.
The service also introduces specific features for agentic environments, which Broadcom identifies as a growing segment of enterprise computing. As AI agents increasingly perform automated tasks across disparate systems, the resulting network patterns require specialized monitoring to ensure reliability and security. Cloud Network Insights provides granular data on these machine-to-machine interactions, helping organizations optimize the underlying infrastructure for AI-driven workflows and ensuring that automated processes do not encounter network-induced bottlenecks.
Google Cloud’s Vice President of Networking, Muninder Sambi, noted that the partnership integrates Broadcom’s software-defined networking expertise with Google’s high-scale cloud platform. The service will be available through the Google Cloud Marketplace, allowing existing customers to deploy the monitoring tools using their committed cloud spend. This move follows Broadcom’s broader strategy of integrating its software acquisitions, such as AppNeta and VMware, into major cloud platforms to provide a unified management layer for enterprise clients.
The announcement did not disclose specific financial terms of the expanded agreement. However, Broadcom confirmed that Cloud Network Insights would be offered as a managed service, with pricing tiers based on the number of monitored endpoints and the volume of telemetry data processed. Technical support for the service will be co-managed by Broadcom and Google Cloud, ensuring that enterprise users have access to specialized engineering resources for complex troubleshooting across the hybrid cloud stack.