A Comprehensive Report on Google Cloud Services and Their Impact

This report provides a comprehensive overview of Google Cloud Services (GCP), a cloud-hosted Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) managed by Google. It details the services offered, including virtual computing infrastructure and a controlled platform for solution development, and discusses Google's pricing strategies, noting its competitive cost due to renting its own infrastructure. The report also addresses challenges faced by Google Cloud Services, such as limited management over virtual machines and difficulties in transitioning away from the platform, and suggests strategies for overcoming these disadvantages, including defining security guidelines and applying advanced security technologies. Furthermore, it explores the positive influence of Google Cloud Services on business interactions with stakeholders, emphasizing faster access to information, enhanced data security through multiple storage centers, and the use of familiar protocols and tools for accessing online data. The report concludes that Google Cloud Platform offers excellent performance and cost-effective solutions for organizations' data needs.

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Services offered by Google and pricing for the services
Google cloud services or Google cloud platform (GCP) is a cloud-hosted Infrastructure-
as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), both provided and managed by Google.
IaaS provides a virtual computing infrastructure using web services, well suited for those
organizations that don’t want to fund their own infrastructure. Instead, they rent space within the
infrastructure managed by Google (Bloom & Pierri, 2018). Not only is it one of the biggest cloud
platforms throughout the world, but Apple also stated that it relies upon it for data storage for its
iCloud services. PaaS provides a controlled platform for solution development, along with a
structured and standard set of subscription-based internet services and tools for creating
personalized business solutions. In addition to IaaS and PaaS benefits, GCP provides its
users with access to integrated third-party programs and services, eco-friendly data centers,
protected service APIs (application programming interface) and authenticated access
(Oltsik, 2018).
Google products are priced differently depending on the various subscriptions.
However, compared to other cloud services vendors, Google is cheaper as it rents its own
infrastructure to other organizations. Also, Google has categorized most of its products
and services in such a way that, a free trial period usually 14 days or 30 days is given
before the client can start paying for services offered (Forrest, 2019).
Problems faced by Google cloud services
With any technology in the market today, products have their downfalls. Most of
the platforms’ elements are primarily based on Google’s own technologies. Therefore,
there is no management over virtual machines. Program languages and software options

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are limited. Lastly, it is not easy to transition away from Google Cloud Platform because
like most other cloud computing platforms care has to be taken while selecting a cloud
service provider so that in case you need to migrate to another vendor, then the process is
seamlessly done. In summary, once a client purchases a subscription with Google, then
migrating or converting their data in case they want to use a different vendor is difficult
(Greene, 2019).
How can Google cloud services overcome their disadvantages and problems?
When making the decision to move to a cloud-based infrastructure, you must consider
any risks, threats, and vulnerabilities. To guarantee the best quality of service, GCP is liable for
making sure the cloud environment is secured. This will be accomplished through defining
security guidelines and applying advanced security technologies. Some examples include but are
not limited to well-established rules and regulations to assist IT security professionals in
managing the cloud more effectively, access control management to prevent unauthorized access
and to monitor malicious activities, and data protection to monitoring traffic from both outside
and inside threats (Langmead & Nellore, 2018).
Google Cloud Platform is a solution that offers excellent performance and is ready to
address your organization’s data needs right from the jump, at a price you can afford. IaaS and
PaaS will save money in renting infrastructure space without spending a ton of money on
building your own and having a controlled platform for solution development. Lastly, the
ability to access integrated third-party applications and services, eco-friendly data centers,
protected service APIs, and authenticated access. When it comes to the cloud, having less,
combined options can be effective by providing a milder learning curve (Navale & Bourne,
2018).

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Google cloud services will influence positively on the way businesses interact with their
stakeholders like customers and suppliers, thus influencing the way businesses to operate.
Customers might need past information about an organization in order to make sound decisions
before engaging with the business conclusively. This is achieved through faster access to
information, which also raises the credibility of the organization in the eyes of the customer.
Customers also do not need to migrate from one storage provider to the next as Google has
collaborated with a number of storage providers in order to take care of a large market base with
minimal or no hustles of having to migrate (Challita, Zalila, Gourdin, & Merle, 2018).
Customers also put more emphasis on the security of their data and/or information.
Google has taken care of this by keeping the data and information in multiple storage centers
such that even if one goes offline, the other(s) can be used to retrieve the data or information.
This enhances the trust between customers and organizations, which is very vital for any
business to thrive. Google customers also will be able to use the same protocols, tools, and APIs
they currently use to access online data. Thus customers do not need to learn new processes or
tools for retrieving the archived data (Challita et al., 2018).

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