{"id":1365,"date":"2024-05-21T15:52:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T12:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/googlecloud.wiseit.com.ua\/bez-kategoriyi\/shho-take-google-cloud\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T16:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:19:28","slug":"shho-take-google-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googlecloud.wiseit.com.ua\/en\/novyny-en\/shho-take-google-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Google Cloud?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost everyone in the world uses Google tools in their work tasks and everyday life. Such well-known services as Google search, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail and Google Meet have long been part of our everyday life. But are you familiar with the Google Cloud Platform behind the speed and availability of these solutions? And did you know that thousands of companies, from small businesses to large corporations, also use it?<\/p>\n

Cloud technologies have been gaining more and more popularity in recent years, and the pandemic and full-scale invasion have significantly accelerated this process for Ukrainian organizations. In this material, we will talk about Google Cloud, one of the most powerful solutions for online services and business. Let\u2019s talk about what instruments this platform consists of, give a brief historical background, and tell about various options for using the platform.<\/p>\n

What is GCP?<\/h2>\n
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Google Cloud Platform, like competitors such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, is a public cloud computing platform. With GCP, customers can access computing resources located in Google data centers around the world, both for free and on a pay-as-you-go basis.<\/p>\n

If you want to create more than just a standard website, but a web application or service that will help your customers, you need Google Cloud Platform. For example, you can create a platform for online orders with a search for your stores on Google Maps, a social network or any other interactive online service. By creating functional sites and applications, you not only offer convenient services, but also build a good image for your brand.<\/p>\n

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What is the difference between Google Cloud and Google Cloud Platform?<\/h3>\n

Google Cloud is a combination of services available over the Internet that can help organizations leverage multiple digital technologies, including cloud computing, generative artificial intelligence, data analytics, geolocation services, and more. Google Cloud solutions also include the Google Workspace collaboration platform. In turn, Google Cloud Platform or GCP is precisely the infrastructure for hosting web applications. So Google Cloud Platform is part of Google Cloud. However, these names are often used interchangeably.<\/p>\n

Google Cloud provides a variety of computing services to solve a wide range of tasks, including data processing, delivery of video and other content over the Internet, as well as machine learning tools, generative artificial intelligence, geospatial services and powerful analytics.<\/p>\n

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History of Google Cloud<\/h3>\n

GCP first appeared on the Internet in 2008 with the launch of a product called App Engine. In April 2008, Google announced the release of a beta version of App Engine, a developer tool that allowed customers to run their web applications on Google\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n

According to Google, the goal of App Engine was to \u201cmake it easy to get started with a new web application, and then make it easy to scale when that application reaches the point where it\u2019s getting significant traffic and has millions of users.\u201d<\/p>\n

To get the feedback needed to improve this beta version, App Engine has been given to 10,000 developers. These early developers could run applications with 500 MB of memory, 200 million CPU megacycles per day, and 10 GB of bandwidth per day.<\/p>\n

In late 2011, Google took App Engine out of beta and made it an official, fully supported Google product. Over the past decade, Google has developed and acquired many services and products to improve the user experience of its cloud platform.<\/p>\n

Today, Google Cloud Platform is one of the leading public cloud providers in the world. Google Cloud customers include Nintendo, eBay, UPS, The Home Depot, Etsy, PayPal, 20th Century Fox and X (ex. Twitter).<\/p>\n

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Google Cloud Platform Infrastructure, Regions, and Zones<\/h3>\n

Currently, Google\u2019s global infrastructure includes 40 regions around the world where Google Cloud Platform resources are located. There are accessibility zones within the region. These zones do not depend on SPOF (Single Point Of Failure) \u2014 points at which a complete service outage can occur. Some resources, like the global HTTP load balancer, are global and can receive requests from any Google location and region. Other resources, such as storage, may be regional. Storage is distributed across multiple zones within a region for redundancy. Finally, zoned resources, including compute instances, are only available in one specific zone within one specific region.<\/p>\n

When deploying applications on GCP, you should choose a location based on the performance, reliability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of your organization\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n

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Main services of Google Cloud Platform<\/h3>\n

Each GCP region offers a specific category of services. Some services are limited to certain regions. The main services of Google Cloud Platform include:<\/p>\n