Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery

Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery recognizes partner solutionsthat have met a core set of requirements to ensure the best possible integrationbetween the partner product and BigQuery. Validated partnerproducts enable existing and prospective customers to discover and use provenpartner products. Now BigQuery customers can save time onevaluating new tools, and focus on building solutions using partner productsthat have been proven through a rigorous validation process to work optimallywith BigQuery.

How does Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery work?

Our BigQuery Validation Program lets partners validatetheir integrations with BigQuery to ensure the best possiblecustomer experience. Our BigQuery Validation Program has threephases:

• Evaluate: A Google team runs a series of data integration tests in asandboxed production environment and compares results against best practices andperformance benchmarks.

• Enhance: We take the results of the Evaluate phase and work with ourpartners to fill in the gaps, if any.

• Enable: Together with our partners, we refine existing documentationto make sure our mutual customers have everything they need to successfullyimplement a solution using our integrated products.

Scope of the program and partner benefits

When partners sign up for this initiative, Google Cloud teams test thequality of their BigQuery integration. Partners can then work onaddressing any identified gaps or areas for improvement. Once the partnerintegration is validated, we recognize the partner with the designationGoogle Cloud Ready - BigQuery.

The program benefits partners by providing a comprehensive review of theirsoftware at no charge to them to ensure that they are followingBigQuery best practices and identifying areas for improvement.

The following is a list of the benefits offered to participating ISVs :

1. Increased customer confidence in partner solutions validated to workwith BigQuery.
2. Partner Badging andGoogle Cloud Ready - BigQuery designation.
3. Priority placement and recognition on the Google CloudBigQuery Partner Page.
4. Support for additional GTM activities that are in addition to thoseavailable through the standard Partner Advantage program. These additionalbenefits include joint blogs, PR, workshops, webinars and more.
5. Access to Google Cloud Partner Engineering andBigQuery Product teams for joint roadmap development andquarterly exclusive feature release previews.
6. Support for creating best practice guides, solution briefs and jointreference architecture.

How are partners selected for validation?

Partners that are interested in program participation need to meet thefollowing minimum criteria:

• Partner product includes a production-quality BigQueryintegration.
• At least 5 customers using partner product in production withBigQuery.
• 1 public customer case study.

Based on validation resource availability, the Google Cloud Partner teamwill coordinate with you to schedule your validation.

Become a Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery partner

Eligible Google Cloud partners can participate in the Google CloudReady - BigQuery initiative to qualify and promote theirsolutions by meeting therequirements based on how the partner product is categorized.Categories include:

• BI, ML, & Advanced Analytics
• Connectors & Developer Tools
• Data Governance, Security, & MDM
• Data Quality, Observability, & FinOps
• ETL & Data Integration

Each category requires successful completion of category-specific integrationand interoperability testing.

If you are already a Google Cloud Partner and are interested inparticipating in this program, please contact your Partner Manager, apply directly from thePartner Advantage Portal,or by filling out thisform.If you are not already a Google Cloud Partner, you can start theapplication process by completing ourenrollment form.If you have any questions related to the program,Contact us.

Partner Center

Many BigQuery partners in Google Cloud Ready appear inBigQuery. To see a listing of Google Cloud Ready partners,do the following:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to thePartner Center page.

   Go to Partner Center

   A list of partners is displayed in their respective categories.

2. To find a specific partner listing, enter a name into theSearch box andpressEnter.

3. To see partner's details, including integrations steps and billinginformation, select a listing. If the partner is also available on theGoogle Cloud Marketplace, they are indicated by a Cloud Marketplacetag.

• See the list ofGoogle Cloud Ready - BigQuery Partners.
• View theBigQuery Partner page.