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{{Infobox software
| title = Google Cloud Platform
| name = Google Cloud Platform
| logo = GoogleCloudPlatformLogo.png
| logo size = 250px
| screenshot =
| developer = [[Google|Google Inc.]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2008|04|07}} <!-- is it right Google cloud was released before? -->
| platform = [[Google App Engine]], [[Google Compute Engine]], [[Google Cloud Datastore]], [[Google Cloud Storage]], [[Google BigQuery]], Google Cloud SQL
| genre = [[Web service]], [[cloud computing]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website
= {{URL|https://cloud.google.com/}}
| programming_language = {{flatlist|
* [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
* [[C++ (programming language)|C++]]
* [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
* [[Go (programming language)|Go]]
* [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]]}}
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'''Google Cloud Platform (GCP)''', offered by [[Google]], is a suite of [[cloud computing]] services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as [[Google Search]] and [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/why-google/ |title=Why Google Cloud Platform |publisher=cloud.google.com |date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> Alongside a set of management tools, it provides a series of modular cloud services including computing, [[Computer data storage|data storage]], [[Data analysis|data analytics]] and [[machine learning]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/products/ |title=Google Cloud Products |publisher=cloud.google.com |date= |accessdate=2017-06-02}}</ref> Registration requires a [[credit card]] or bank account details.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/frequently-asked-questions|title=Google Cloud Platform Free Tier}}</ref>
 
Google Cloud Platform provides [[infrastructure as a service]], [[platform as a service]], and [[serverless computing]] environments.
 
In April 2008, Google announced [[Google App Engine|App Engine]], a platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers, which was the first cloud computing service from the company. The service became generally available in November 2011. Since the announcement of App Engine, Google added multiple cloud services to the platform.
 
Google Cloud Platform is a part <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2016/09/29/ggoogle-cloud-branding-g-suite/|title=Google Doubles Down on Enterprise by Re-Branding Its Cloud|work=Fortune|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref> of '''Google Cloud''', which includes the Google Cloud Platform public cloud infrastructure, as well as '''G Suite''', enterprise versions of [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[Chrome OS]], and [[Application programming interface|application programming interfaces (APIs)]] for [[machine learning]] and enterprise mapping services.
 
==Products==
[[File:GoogleCloudKubernetes.jpg|thumb|Conference presentation on Google Container Engine/Kubernetes]]Google lists over [https://cloud.google.com/products/ 90 products] under the Google Cloud brand. Some of the key services are listed below.
 
=== Compute ===
 
* [[Google App Engine|App Engine]] - [[Platform as a service|Platform as a Service]] to deploy [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[PHP]], [[Node.js]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[.NET Framework|.Net]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] and [[Go (programming language)|Go]] applications.
* [[Google Compute Engine|Compute Engine]] - [[Infrastructure as a service|Infrastructure as a Service]] to run [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Linux]] virtual machines.
* Kubernetes Engine (GKE) - Containers as a Service based on [[Kubernetes]].
* Cloud Functions - [[Function as a service|Functions as a Service]] to run event-driven code written in Node.js or Python.
 
=== Storage & Databases ===
 
* [[Google Storage|Cloud Storage]] - [[Object storage]] with integrated edge caching to store unstructured data.
* Cloud SQL - [[Cloud database|Database as a Service]] based on [[MySQL]] and [[PostgreSQL]].
* Cloud BigTable - &nbsp;Managed [[NoSQL]] database service.
* Cloud Spanner - Horizontally scalable, strongly consistent, [[Relational database management system|relational database service]].
* Cloud Datastore - NoSQL database for web and mobile applications.
* Persistent Disk - &nbsp;[[Block (data storage)|Block storage]] for Compute Engine virtual machines.
* Cloud MemoryStore - Managed in-memory data store based on Redis.
 
=== Networking ===
 
* VPC - [[Virtual private cloud|Virtual Private Cloud]] for managing the [[Software-defined networking|software defined network]] of cloud resources.
* Cloud Load Balancing - Software-defined, managed service for [[Cloud load balancing|load balancing]] the traffic.
* Cloud Armor - [[Web application firewall]] to protect workloads from [[Denial-of-service attack|DDoS]] attacks.
* Cloud CDN - [[Content delivery network|Content Delivery Network]] based on Google's globally distributed edge points of presence. As of June 2018, the service is in Beta.
* Cloud Interconnect - Service to connect a data center with Google Cloud Platform
* Cloud DNS - Managed, authoritative [[Domain Name System|DNS]] service running on the same infrastructure as Google.
* Network Service Tiers - Option to choose Premium vs Standard network tier for higher performing network.
 
=== Big Data ===
 
* [[BigQuery]] - Scalable, managed enterprise [[data warehouse]] for analytics.
* [[Google Cloud Dataflow|Cloud Dataflow]] - Managed service based on [[Apache Beam]] for stream and batch data processing.
* [[Google Cloud Dataproc|Cloud Dataproc]] - [[Big data]] platform for running [[Apache Hadoop]] and [[Apache Spark]] jobs.
* Cloud Composer - Managed workflow orchestration service built on Apache Airflow.
* Cloud Datalab - Tool for [[data exploration]], [[analysis]], visualization and machine learning. This is a fully managed Jupyter Notebook service.
* Cloud Dataprep - Data service based on [[Trifacta]] to visually explore, clean, and prepare data for analysis.
* Cloud Pub/Sub - Scalable event ingestion service based on [[message queue]]s.
* Cloud Data Studio - [[Business intelligence]] tool to visualize data through dashboards and reports.
 
=== Cloud AI ===
 
* Cloud AutoML - Service to train and deploy custom machine learning models. As of September 2018, the service is in Beta.
* Cloud TPU - Accelerators used by Google to train machine learning models.
* Cloud Machine Learning Engine - Managed service for training and building machine learning models based on mainstream frameworks.
* Cloud Job Discovery - Service based on Google's search and machine learning capabilities for recruiting ecosystem.
* Dialogflow Enterprise -  Development environment based on Google's machine learning for building [[Natural-language user interface|conversational interfaces]].
* Cloud Natural Language - [[Content analysis|Text analysis]] service based on Google [[Deep learning|Deep Learning]] models.
* Cloud Speech-to-Text - [[Speech recognition|Speech to text]] conversion service based on machine learning.
* Cloud Text-to-Speech - [[Speech synthesis|Text to speech]] conversion service based on machine learning.
* Cloud Translation API - Service to dynamically translate between thousands of available language pairs
* Cloud Vision API - [[Image analysis]] service based on machine learning
* Cloud Video Intelligence - [[Video content analysis|Video analysis]] service based on machine learning
 
=== Management Tools ===
 
* [[Stackdriver]] - Monitoring, logging, and diagnostics for applications on Google Cloud Platform and AWS.
* Cloud Deployment Manager  - Tool to deploy Google Cloud Platform resources defined in templates created in [[YAML]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]] or [[Jinja (template engine)|Jinja2]].
* Cloud Console - Web interface to manage Google Cloud Platform resources.
* Cloud Shell - Browser-based shell command line access to manage Google Cloud Platform resources.
* Cloud Console Mobile App - [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]] application to manage Google Cloud Platform resources.
* Cloud APIs - [[API (disambiguation)|APIs]] to programmatically access Google Cloud Platform resources
 
=== Identity & Security ===
 
* [https://cloud.google.com/identity/ Cloud Identity] - [[Single sign-on]] (SSO) service based on [[SAML 2.0]] and [[OpenID]].
* Cloud IAM - [[Identity management|Identity & Access Management]] (IAM) service for defining policies based on [[role-based access control]].
* Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy - Service to control access to cloud applications running on Google Cloud Platform without using a [[Virtual private network|VPN]].
* Cloud Data Loss Prevention API - Service to automatically discover, classify, and redact sensitive data.
* Security Key Enforcement - [[Multi-factor authentication|Two-step verification]] service based on a security key.
* Cloud Key Management Service  - Cloud-hosted key management service integrated with IAM and audit logging.
* Cloud Resource Manager - Service to manage resources by project, folder, and organization based on the hierarchy.
* Cloud Security Command Center - Security and data risk platform for data and services running in Google Cloud Platform.
* Cloud Security Scanner - Automated [[Vulnerability (computing)|vulnerability scanning]] service for applications deployed in App Engine.
* Access Transparency - Near real-time audit logs providing visibility to Google Cloud Platform administrators.
 
=== IoT ===
 
* Cloud IoT Core - Secure device connection and management service for [[Internet of things|Internet of Things]].
*Edge TPU - Purpose-built ASIC designed to run inference at the edge. As of September 2018, this product is in private beta.
*Cloud IoT Edge - Brings AI to the [[edge computing]] layer.
 
=== API Platform ===
 
* Maps Platform - APIs for maps, routes, and places based on Google Maps.
* Apigee API Platform - Lifecycle management platform to design, secure, deploy, monitor, and scale APIs.
* API Monetization - Solution for API providers to create revenue models, reports, [[payment gateway]]s, and developer portal integrations.
* Developer Portal - Self-service platform for developers to publish and manage APIs.
* API Analytics - Service to analyze API-driven programs through monitoring, measuring, and managing APIs.
* Apigee Sense -  Enables API security by identifying and alerting administrators to suspicious API behaviors.
* Cloud Endpoints - An [[Nginx|NGINX]]-based proxy to deploy and manage APIs.
 
== Regions and zones ==
Google Cloud Platform is available in 19 regions and 58 zones. A region is a specific geographical location where users can deploy cloud resources.
 
Each region is an independent geographic area that consists of zones.
 
A zone is a deployment area for Google Cloud Platform resources within a region. Zones should be considered a single failure domain within a region.
 
Most of the regions have three or more zones. As of September 2018, Google Cloud Platform is available in the following regions and zones:
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+GCP Regions & Zones
!Region Name
!Location
!Zones
|-
|us-west1
|The Dalles, Oregon, USA
|
* us-west1-a
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|us-west2
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|
* us-west2-a
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* us-west2-c
|-
|us-central1
|Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
|
* us-central1-a
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|-
|us-east1
|Moncks Corner, South Carolina, USA
|
*us-east1-b
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|-
|us-east4
|Ashburn, Virginia, USA
|
* us-east1-b
* us-east1-c
* us-east1-d
|-
|northamerica-northeast1
|Montréal, Canada
|
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* northamerica-northeast1-b
* northamerica-northeast1-c
|-
|southamerica-east1
|São Paulo, Brazil
|
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* southamerica-east1-c
|-
|europe-west2
|London, U.K.
|
* europe-west2-a
* europe-west2-b
* europe-west2-c
|-
|europe-west1
|St. Ghislain, Belgium
|
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* europe-west1-c
* europe-west1-d
|-
|europe-west4
|Eemshaven, Netherlands
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|-
|europe-west6
|Zurich, Switzerland
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* europe-west6-c
|-
|europe-west3
|Frankfurt, Germany
|
* europe-west3-a
* europe-west3-b
* europe-west3-c
|-
|europe-north1
|Hamina, Finland
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* europe-north1-b
* europe-north1-c
|-
|asia-south1
|Mumbai, India
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* asia-south1-b
* asia-south1-c
|-
|asia-southeast1
|Jurong West, Singapore
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* asia-southeast1-c
|-
|asia-east2
|Hong Kong
|
*asia-east2-a
* asia-east2-b
* asia-east2-c
|-
|asia-east1
|Changhua County, Taiwan
|
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* asia-east1-b
* asia-east1-c
|-
|asia-northeast1
|Tokyo, Japan
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* asia-northeast1-b
* asia-northeast1-c
|-
|australia-southeast1
|Sydney, Australia
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* australia-southeast1-b
* australia-southeast1-c
|}
 
The following regions are expected to be operational in 2018:
 
* Osaka (Japan) <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/02/GCP-is-building-its-second-Japanese-region-in-Osaka.html|title=GCP is building its second Japanese region in Osaka|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
 
== Similarity to services by other cloud service providers ==
<!-- Probably this section should be moved to a new page -->
 
For those familiar with other notable cloud service providers, a comparison of similar services may be helpful in understanding Google Cloud Platform's offerings.
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| title=Map AWS services to Google Cloud Platform products
| url=https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/map-aws-google-cloud-platform
| access-date=14 April 2017
}}</ref>
! [[Microsoft Azure]]<ref name="azure-comparison">{{cite web
| title=Map Microsoft Azure services to Google Cloud Platform products
| url=https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/map-azure-google-cloud-platform
| access-date=14 April 2017
}}</ref>
! [[Oracle Cloud]]
|-
| Google Compute Engine
| [[Amazon EC2]]
| [[Microsoft Azure#Compute|Azure Virtual Machines]]
|Oracle Cloud Infra OCI
|-
| Google App Engine
| [[AWS Elastic Beanstalk]]
| Azure Cloud Services
|Oracle Application Container
|-
|Google Kubernetes Engine
| Amazon Elastic Container Service
for Kubernetes
| Azure Kubernetes Service
|Oracle Kubernetes Service
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| [[Amazon DynamoDB]]
| [[Azure Cosmos DB]]
|
|-
| Google BigQuery
| [[Amazon Redshift]]
| [[Microsoft Azure SQL Database]]
|Oracle Autonomous DataWarehouse
|-
| Google Cloud Functions
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| Google Cloud Datastore
| [[Amazon DynamoDB]]
| [[Cosmos DB]]
|
|-
|-
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|-
|}
 
== Certifications ==
Similar to offerings by Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and [[IBM]], a series of Google Cloud Certified programs are available on the Google Cloud Platform. Participants can choose between online learning programs provided by [[Coursera]] or Qwiklabs as well as live workshops and [[Web conferencing|webinars]]. Depending on the program, certifications can be earned online or at various testing centers located globally.
 
* Associate Cloud Engineer
* Professional Data Engineer
* Professional Cloud Architect
* Professional Cloud Developer
* Professional Cloud Network Engineer
* Professional Cloud Security Engineer
* G Suite
 
== Timeline ==
[[File:GoogleCloudSummitKeynote.jpg|thumb|Google Cloud Summit in 2017]]
 
* '''April 2008''' - Google App Engine announced in preview<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2008/04/introducing-google-app-engine-our-new.html|title=Introducing Google App Engine + our new blog|date=2008-04-07|website=Google App Engine Blog|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>
* '''May 2010''' - Google Cloud Storage launched<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/05/google-storage-for-developers-preview.html|title=Google Storage for Developers: A Preview - The official Google Code blog|date=2010-05-19|website=Google Storage for Developers|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>
* '''May 2010''' - Google BigQuery and Prediction API announced in preview<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/10/google-cloud-sql-your-database-in-cloud.html|title=Google Cloud SQL: your database in the cloud - The official Google Code blog|date=2011-10-06|website=Google Cloud SQL|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>
* '''October 2011''' - Google Cloud SQL is announced in preview<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/10/google-cloud-sql-your-database-in-cloud.html|title=Google Cloud SQL: your database in the cloud - The official Google Code blog|date=2011-10-06|website=Google Cloud SQL|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>
* '''June 2012''' - Google Compute Engine is launched in preview<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2012/06/google-compute-engine-launches.html|title=Google Compute Engine launches, expanding Google’s cloud offerings|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''May 2013''' - Google Compute Engine is released to GA<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2013/12/google-compute-engine-is-now-generally-available.html|title=Google Compute Engine is now Generally Available with expanded OS support, transparent maintenance, and lower prices|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''August 2013''' -  Cloud Storage begins automatically encrypting each Storage object's data and [[metadata]] under the 128-bit [[Advanced Encryption Standard]] (AES-128), and each encryption key is itself encrypted with a regularly rotated set of master keys<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/15/google-cloud-storage-now-features-server-side-encryption/|title=Google Cloud Storage Launches Automatic Server-Side Encryption For All Files|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en-US}}</ref>
* '''February 2014''' - Google Cloud SQL becomes GA<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2014/02/google-cloud-sql-now-generally-available.html|title=Google Cloud SQL now Generally Available with an SLA, 500GB databases, and encryption|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''May 2014''' - Stackdriver is acquired by Google<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/07/google-acquires-cloud-monitoring-service-stackdriver/|title=Google Acquires Cloud Monitoring Service Stackdriver|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en-US}}</ref>
* '''June 2014''' - Kubernetes is announced as an open source container manager<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2014/06/an-update-on-container-support-on-google-cloud-platform.html|title=An update on container support on Google Cloud Platform|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''June 2014''' - Cloud Dataflow is announced in preview<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2014/06/sneak-peek-google-cloud-dataflow-a-cloud-native-data-processing-service.html|title=Sneak peek: Google Cloud Dataflow, a Cloud-native data processing service|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''October 2014''' - Google acquires Firebase<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/21/google-acquires-firebase-to-help-developers-build-better-realtime-apps/|title=Google Acquires Firebase To Help Developers Build Better Real-Time Apps|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en-US}}</ref>
* '''November 2014''' - Alpha release Google Kubernetes Engine (formerly Container Engine) is announced<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2014/11/unleashing-containers-and-kubernetes-with-google-compute-engine.html|title=Unleashing Containers and Kubernetes with Google Container Engine|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''January 2015''' - Google Cloud Monitoring based on Stackdriver goes into Beta<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2015/01/14/googles-stackdriver-based-cloud-monitoring-now-in-beta|title=Google's Stackdriver-Based Cloud Monitoring Now in Beta|date=2015-01-14|work=Data Center Knowledge|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>
* '''March 2015''' - Google Cloud Pub/Sub becomes available in Beta<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/04/googles-cloud-pubsub-real-time-messaging-service-is-now-in-public-beta|title=Google’s Cloud Pub/Sub Real-Time Messaging Service Is Now In Public Beta|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en-US}}</ref>
* '''April 2015''' - Google Cloud DNS becomes generally available<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/13/google_cloud_networking/|title=Cloud DNS, VPN, HTTPS load balancing ... Google looks at rivals, thinks: Yeah, we'll do all that|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''April 2015''' - Google Dataflow launched in beta<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/16/google-opens-cloud-dataflow-to-all-developers-launches-european-zone-for-bigquery/|title=Google Opens Cloud Dataflow To All Developers, Launches European Zone For BigQuery|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en-US}}</ref>
* '''July 2015''' - Google releases v1 of Kubernetes; Hands it over to The Cloud Native Computing Foundation
* '''August 2015''' - Google Cloud Dataflow, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Deployment Manager graduate to GA<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2015/08/Google-Container-Engine-is-Generally-Available.html|title=Google Container Engine is Generally Available|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''November 2015''' - Bebop is acquired, and Diane Greene joins Google<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/01/04/google-paid-380m-to-buy-bebop-executive-diane-greene-donating-her-148m-share/|title=Google paid $380M to buy Bebop, executive Diane Greene donating her $148M share|date=2016-01-04|work=VentureBeat|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en-US}}</ref>
* '''February 2016''' - Google Cloud Functions becomes available in Alpha<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2016/02/09/google-brings-serverless-computing-to-its-cloud-platform/#6204e4de1186|title=Google Brings Serverless Computing To Its Cloud Platform|last=MSV|first=Janakiram|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''September 2016''' - Apigee, a provider of application programming interface (API) management company, is acquired by Google<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/08/google-will-acquire-apigee-for-625-million/|title=Google will acquire Apigee for $625 million|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en-US}}</ref>
* '''September 2016''' - Stackdriver becomes generally available<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.channelfutures.com/rmm/google-stackdriver-hits-general-availability|title=Google Stackdriver Hits General Availability|date=2016-10-20|work=Channel Futures|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>
* '''February 2017''' - Cloud Spanner, highly available, globally-distributed database is released into Beta<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/02/introducing-Cloud-Spanner-a-global-database-service-for-mission-critical-applications.html|title=Introducing Cloud Spanner: a global database service for mission-critical applications|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''March 2017''' - Google acquires Kaggle, world's largest community of data scientists and machine learning enthusiasts<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/03/welcome-Kaggle-to-Google-Cloud.html|title=Welcome Kaggle to Google Cloud|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''April 2017''' - MIT professor Andrew V. Sutherland breaks the record for the largest ever Compute Engine cluster with 220,000 cores on Preemptible VMs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/04/220000-cores-and-counting-MIT-math-professor-breaks-record-for-largest-ever-Compute-Engine-job.html|title=220,000 cores and counting: MIT math professor breaks record for largest ever Compute Engine job|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''May 2017''' - Google Cloud IoT Core is launched in Beta<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/05/introducing-Google-Cloud-IoT-Core-for-securely-connecting-and-managing-IoT-devices-at-scale.html|title=Introducing Google Cloud IoT Core: for securely connecting and managing IoT devices at scale|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''November 2017''' - Google Kubernetes Engine gets certified by the CNCF<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/11/introducing-Certified-Kubernetes-and-Google-Kubernetes-Engine.html|title=Introducing Certified Kubernetes (and Google Kubernetes Engine!)|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''February 2018''' - Google Cloud IoT Core becomes generally available<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/02/the-thing-is-Cloud-IoT-Core-is-now-generally-available.html|title=The thing is . . . Cloud IoT Core is now generally available|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''February 2018''' - Google announces its intent to acquire Xively<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/15/google-to-acquire-xively-iot-platform-from-logmein/|title=Google to acquire Xively IoT platform from LogMeIn for $50M|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en-US}}</ref>
* '''February 2018''' - Cloud TPUs, ML accelerators for Tensorflow, become available in Beta<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-releases-cloud-tpu-beta-gpu-support-for-kubernetes/|title=Google releases Cloud TPU beta, GPU support for Kubernetes {{!}} ZDNet|last=Gagliordi|first=Natalie|work=ZDNet|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
* '''May 2018''' - Gartner names Google as a Leader in the 2018 Gartner Infrastructure as a Service Magic Quadrant<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gartner.com/doc/3875999/magic-quadrant-cloud-infrastructure-service|title=Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, Worldwide|website=www.gartner.com|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>
* '''May 2018''' - Google Cloud Memorystore becomes available in Beta<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/05/Introducing-Cloud-Memorystore-A-fully-managed-in-memory-data-store-service-for-Redis.html|title=Introducing Cloud Memorystore: A fully managed in-memory data store service for Redis|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
* [[Amazon Web Services]]
* [[G Suite]]
* [[Heroku]]
* [[Infrastructure as a Service]]
* [[Jelastic]]
* [[Microsoft Azure]]
* [[OpenStack]]
* [[Oracle Cloud#Platform as a Service .28PaaS.29|Oracle Cloud Platform]]
* [[Platform as a Service]]
 
== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}
 
== External links ==
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* {{Official website}}
 
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