Google’s Compute Engine (GCE) is now available to customers.
It comes with a 99.95% service guarantee to ensure it is up and running most of
the time. It is a cloud computing program that is available for commercial and
personal customers. As a latecomer against Amazon, Google hopes to make their
way into this potentially lucrative market that will likely impact engineering,
higher education, government, and many other market sectors.
The advantage of such systems is that they hedge the
computing power of companies. Instead of buying lots of software and hardware
it is possible to use the system at a cheaper price. It allows for
collaboration with other companies for product generation and development. One of the advantages will be the lower lead
time to generate new products.
As the price and functionality of the system improves more entrepreneurs
will likely use the product to develop their own products and services. You may play with and explore the system for
free. Services and processing power will require entering billing information.
You may watch the video below to learn more about the service.
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