Google Cloud Platform: product releases and enterprise push (2012–2020)

1. Compute Engine announced in limited preview

   Jun 28, 2012Labels: Google Compute, Google I

   • PCWorld
   • TechCrunch
   • GCE Blog

2. Compute Engine opens to broader users

   May 15, 2013Labels: Google Compute

   • GCE Wiki
   • GCP Wiki

3. Compute Engine reaches general availability

   Dec 2, 2013Labels: Google Compute, SLA

   • Cloud Blog
   • InfoQ

4. Cloud Platform Live announces price cuts

   Mar 25, 2014Labels: Cloud Platform, Google Cloud

   • TechCrunch
   • GCP Blog

5. Google acquires Stackdriver for monitoring

   May 7, 2014Labels: Stackdriver, Google

   • TechCrunch
   • BostonBJ

6. Kubernetes announced as open-source project

   Jun 6, 2014Labels: Kubernetes, Google

   • K8s Wiki
   • GCP Wiki

7. Google acquires Firebase for developer backends

   Oct 21, 2014Labels: Firebase, Google

   • WIRED
   • TechCrunch

8. Container Engine introduced using Kubernetes

   Nov 4, 2014Labels: Google Container, Kubernetes

   • Cloud Blog
   • ITProToday

9. Diane Greene elevates enterprise focus

   Mar 23, 2016Labels: Diane Greene, Google Cloud

   • WIRED
   • Fortune

10. Google announces plan to acquire Apigee

    Sep 8, 2016Labels: Apigee, Google

    • CNBC
    • Apigee Wiki

11. Google rebrands enterprise offerings as Google Cloud

    Sep 29, 2016Labels: Google Cloud, Google

    • Ars
    • CIO

12. Committed-use discounts announced at Cloud Next

    Mar 9, 2017Labels: Committed-use discounts, Cloud Next

    • TechCrunch
    • VentureBeat

13. Thomas Kurian named incoming Google Cloud CEO

    Nov 16, 2018Labels: Thomas Kurian, Google Cloud

    • Axios
    • Kurian Bio

14. Anthos launches for hybrid and multi-cloud management

    Apr 9, 2019Labels: Anthos, Google

    • GeekWire
    • Forrester

15. Kurian highlights enterprise capability expansion

    Feb 19, 2020Labels: Google Cloud, Thomas Kurian

    • TechCrunch
    • Kurian Bio