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Cloud Computing Services provide information technology (IT) as a service over the Internet or dedicated network, with delivery on demand, and payment based on usage. Cloud computing services range from full applications and development platforms, to servers, storage, and virtual desktops. [Source: Dell]

Engine (GCE) is an Infrastructure as a Service (

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a form of cloud computing that provides virtualized computing resources over the internet. [Source: TechTarget]

) offering that allows clients to run workloads on Google's physical hardware. Google

Cloud Computing Services provide information technology (IT) as a service over the Internet or dedicated network, with delivery on demand, and payment based on usage. Cloud computing services range from full applications and development platforms, to servers, storage, and virtual desktops. [Source: Dell]

Engine provides a scalable number of virtual machines (VMs) to serve as large compute clusters for that purpose. GCE can be managed through a RESTful API,

Accessing Cloud resources, tools, and services from a command-line interface.

(CLI) or Web console.

Cloud Computing Services provide information technology (IT) as a service over the Internet or dedicated network, with delivery on demand, and payment based on usage. Cloud computing services range from full applications and development platforms, to servers, storage, and virtual desktops. [Source: Dell]

Engine is a pay-per-usage service with a 10-minute minimum. There are no up-front fees or time-period commitments.