Google Cloud Compute Engine

Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering from Google Cloud that allows users to launch and manage virtual machines (VMs) on Google's global infrastructure. It provides scalable, high-performance computing resources with persistent storage, virtual…

Key facts

First appeared: 2012
Category: technology
Problem solved: Google Cloud Compute Engine was created to address the significant challenges businesses faced in provisioning, scaling, and managing their own physical or virtualized server infrastructure. It aimed to provide developers with on-demand access to highly scalable, reliable, and cost-effective computing resources without the capital expenditure, operational overhead, and inflexibility associated with traditional data centers.
Platforms: Google's global cloud infrastructure

Related technologies

Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Google Cloud Storage
Docker
Ansible
Google Cloud Networking (VPC, Load Balancers)
Terraform
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Google Cloud Monitoring (Stackdriver)
Google Cloud SQL

Notable users

Snap Inc.
Spotify
The New York Times
Home Depot
King
Vodafone