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Cloud Computing: Google Cloud

Cloud Computing is defined as the services offered through remote servers on the internet. These services might include database storage, applications, compute power and other IT resources over the pay-as-you-go pricing approach. The remote server allows users to save, modify, or process data on the internet or cloud-based platform instead of storing it on a local server or their devices. Cloud computing is evolving due to fast performance, better manageability, and less maintenance. It helps organizations to minimize the number of resources and overall infrastructure costs. Additionally, it helps IT teams better focus on the important applications, services, and processes and achieve the company's goals. Typically, the cloud-computing providers offer their services according to the following three standard models: 

  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) 
  • Software as a Service (SaaS) 
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)


Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a suite of cloud computing services provided by Google. It is a public cloud computing platform consisting of a variety of services like compute, storage, networking, application development, Big Data, and more, which run on the same cloud infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search, Photos, Gmail and YouTube, etc. The services of GCP can be accessed by software developers, cloud administrators and IT professionals over the Internet or through a dedicated network connection. Google Cloud Platform is known as one of the leading cloud providers in the IT field. The services and features can be easily accessed and used by the software developers and users with little technical knowledge. Google has been on top amongst its competitors, offering the highly scalable and most reliable platform for building, testing and deploying the applications in the real-time environment. Apart from this, GCP was announced as the leading cloud platform in the Gartner's IaaS Magic Quadrant in 2018. Gartner is one of the leading research and advisory company. Gartner organized a campaign where Google Cloud Platform was compared with other cloud providers, and GCP was selected as one of the top three providers in the market. Most companies use data centers because of the availability of cost forecasting, hardware certainty, and advanced control. However, they lack the necessary features to run and maintain resources in the data center. GCP, on the other side, is a fully-featured cloud platform that includes: 
  • Capacity: Sufficient resources for easy scaling whenever required. Also, effective management of those resources for optimum performance. 
  • Security: Multi-level security options to protect resources, such as assets, network and OS -components. 
  • Network Infrastructure: Number of physical, logistical, and human-resource-related components, such as wiring, routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, etc. 
  • Support: Skilled professionals for installation, maintenance, and support. 
  • Bandwidth: Suitable amount of bandwidth for peak load. 
  • Facilities: Other infrastructure components, including physical equipment and power resources. 
Therefore, Google Cloud Platform is a viable option for businesses, especially when the businesses require an extensive catalog of services with global recognition.

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