Google Exposes Google App Engine
Google has recently exposed its Google App Engine, a set of free services for tech developers that would compete squarely with offerings Amazon (AMZN) by now offers. On the gist we can put down this way:
Servers: Amazon’s = EC2; Google’s = Python
Database: Amazon’s = Simple DB; Google’s = BigTable
Storage: Amazon’s = S3; Google’s = GFS.
The good part is that the Google’s package is entirely free, with restrictions on storage, bandwidth and the processor power. Once it is actually out of beta, developers would be capable to go beyond these limitations, but they would certainly be charged for overages. In fact, this is a very appealing direction for Google (GOOG) to take, however it’s not troublesome technology. Like Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets, this is intended straight at any well-known competitor’s offerings.
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