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Google ups game in cloud-computing dogfight

Google ups game in cloud-computing dogfight

Google has made its Compute Engine cloud service generally available as it moves to further compete with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft’s Azure and IBM’s offering.

Google has cut prices for its infrastructure-as-a-service offering by 10%, is providing access to larger and more complex computing, and it guarantees that critical projects will remain working 99.95% of the time.

Photo-swapping service Snapchat is an early user of Compute Engine, processing 4,000 pictures a second on Google’s servers.