Parent Company: “Alphabet Inc. ~ is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries. Alphabet is the world’s third-largest technology company by revenue and one of the world’s most valuable companies.”
Subsidiary: “Google LLC (/ˈɡuːɡəl/ ⓘ) ~ is an American multinational technology company focusing on artificial intelligence, online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, and consumer electronics. It has been referred to as “the most powerful company in the world” and as one of the world’s most valuable brands due to its market dominance, data collection, and technological advantages in the field of artificial intelligence.”
Data Center: “Google Data Center (carbon neutral) Council Bluffs ~ 1430 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Council Bluffs, IA 51501, “In 2007 we announced plans to construct a data center complex in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Then in 2012 and 2015, we announced expansions of our local data center facilities. Over time, we’ve invested $5 billion and have established a long-term commitment to the region and state. Now a fully operational site, we’ve created jobs for over 900 people on site, in a variety of full-time and external supplier roles, including computer technicians, engineers, various food services, maintenance, and security. Since 2009, we’ve awarded more than $3 million to local schools and nonprofits.”
Cloud Computing Suite: “Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ~ offered by Google, is a suite of cloud computing services that provides a series of modular cloud services including computing, data storage, data analytics and machine learning, alongside a set of management tools. It runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search, Gmail, and Google Docs, according to Verma, et.al.”
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): “Google Compute Engine (GCE) ~ is the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) component of Google Cloud Platform which is built on the global infrastructure that runs Google’s search engine, Gmail, YouTube and other services. Google Compute Engine enables users to launch virtual machines (VMs) on demand. VMs can be launched from the standard images or custom images created by users. GCE users must authenticate based on OAuth 2.0 before launching the VMs. Google Compute Engine can be accessed via the Developer Console, RESTful API or command-line interface (CLI).”
Virtual Machine Instance: “An instance ~ is a virtual machine (VM) hosted on Google’s infrastructure. You can create an instance or create a group of managed instances by using the Google Cloud console, the Google Cloud CLI, or the Compute Engine API. The terms Compute Engine instance, virtual machine instance , VM instance, and VM are synonymous. They are used interchangeably in the Google Cloud console, the gcloud command-line tool, and the REST API.”
Machine Series / Type: “n2-standard-2 ~ The general-purpose machine family has the best price-performance with the most flexible vCPU to memory ratios, and provides features that target most standard and cloud-native workloads. The N2 machine series has flexible sizing between 2 to 128 vCPUs and 0.5 to 8 GB of memory per vCPU. Workloads that can take advantage of the higher clock frequency are a good choice for this series. These workloads can get higher per-thread performance while benefiting from all the flexibility that the general-purpose machine family offers.”
