McKesson Announces Move to Google Cloud

McKesson
Corporation today announced a technology collaboration with Google
Cloud that will advance the development of next-generation applications
and products, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI)
technologies, and enhanced analytics in support of the company’s
strategic growth initiative to transform care delivery and drive profit.

As part of the agreement, Google Cloud will become McKesson’s preferred
cloud provider. McKesson plans to implement Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
across its enterprise as the foundation for its new infrastructure,
platforms, applications and analytics workloads. In addition to driving
greater efficiency across McKesson’s technology, the collaboration will
also result in cost-savings.

“We’re excited to work with Google Cloud to design a cloud
infrastructure that frees us up to problem solve for the future of
healthcare,” said Andy Zitney, senior vice-president, CTO of McKesson
Technology. “We are accelerating our migration and development process,
which means we will be able to deploy new products and features for our
customers faster, decreasing our time to value. This collaboration will
help us more effectively capture, process, and convert data into
actionable business insights – as well as focus on automation freeing
our engineers’ and developers’ time.”

“As we evolve to a more digitally-based healthcare environment, cloud
computing will change how healthcare organizations deliver quality,
affordable services to their patients, members and customers,” said
Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud. “Leveraging Google Cloud’s secure,
flexible and connected infrastructure, we believe our collaboration with
McKesson will create new solutions that bring significant value to the
healthcare ecosystem.”

The move to GCP will provide a flexible architecture for McKesson to:

• Build a secure, scalable, highly-resilient environment with the
  agility that the businesses demand;
• Develop new modernized applications and solutions for product
  manufacturing, specialty pharmaceutical distribution, and retail
  operations for pharmacies;
• Capture and deliver real time intelligence and insights with
  first-class cloud analytics tools;
• Expand capacity to integrate machine learning and AI into applications;
• Accelerate delivery of new services and ability to scale rapidly;
• Reduce infrastructure management and administration freeing technology
  teams to focus on product and feature development.

Reimagining a cloud strategy in support of growth

Last year, McKesson announced a strategic growth initiative focused on
multiple growth areas including supply chain services for pharmaceutical
and medical supply manufacturers; enhanced solutions for the specialty
pharmaceutical market; and, new offerings that will strengthen the role
of retail pharmacy in patient care delivery, all supported by data and
analytics.

With Google Cloud’s capabilities, McKesson expects to accelerate the
execution of leading-edge technologies to market, improving long-term
performance.

In addition, McKesson’s cloud-first approach will transform how the
company manages its information services--transitioning from a
predominantly on-premises operating model to a hybrid, cloud-based
services model for increased productivity.

“We’re at the start of an unprecedented era in healthcare technology,
services, and ideas. That’s why I’m excited about GCP, not only for the
infrastructure it provides but for what it allows McKesson to deliver
for its customers—customer value that is secure, scalable, and at speeds
we haven’t seen before,” added Andy Zitney.

About McKesson Corporation

McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 6^th on the FORTUNE
500, is a global leader in healthcare supply chain management solutions,
retail pharmacy, community oncology and specialty care, and healthcare
information technology. McKesson partners with life sciences companies,
manufacturers, providers, pharmacies, governments and other
organizations in healthcare to help provide the right medicines, medical
products and healthcare services to the right patients at the right
time, safely and cost-effectively. United by our ICARE shared
principles, our employees work every day to innovate and deliver
opportunities to improve patient care in every setting — one product,
one partner, one patient at a time. McKesson has been named the “Most
Admired Company” in the healthcare wholesaler category by FORTUNE, a
“Best
Place to Work” by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and a top military-friendly
company by Military Friendly. For more information, visit www.mckesson.com

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