Google will lower prices on cloud services as it gears up to take on Amazon, IBM and Microsoft.
Google will lower prices on cloud services as the search giant gears up to take on Amazon.com, International Business Machines and Microsoft in the fast-growing market of internet services for corporations.
In a blog post, Google outlined key features and pricing for " Compute Engine," part of a broader service that vies with Amazon AWS in providing storage and computing power to corporate clients as in-house datacentres are gradually phased out.
It will lower prices 10% on most standard services, and 60% on high-end data storage. Google said the service was now "generally available," signaling that it meets internal standards and is ready for a wider rollout.
It is "embarking on a significant multi-billion infrastructure-as-a-service opportunity," analyst Colin Sebastian of RW Baird wrote. "Google is positioned to become the next large player in cloud services, with a robust platform of application, platform and infrastructure services, competing for an increasing share of the IT spending pie."
In a blog post, Google outlined key features and pricing for " Compute Engine," part of a broader service that vies with Amazon AWS in providing storage and computing power to corporate clients as in-house datacentres are gradually phased out.
It will lower prices 10% on most standard services, and 60% on high-end data storage. Google said the service was now "generally available," signaling that it meets internal standards and is ready for a wider rollout.
It is "embarking on a significant multi-billion infrastructure-as-a-service opportunity," analyst Colin Sebastian of RW Baird wrote. "Google is positioned to become the next large player in cloud services, with a robust platform of application, platform and infrastructure services, competing for an increasing share of the IT spending pie."