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Google's branding continues to confuse me. Isn't Google Cloud their AWS competitor, and the thing they're talking about in this article called G Suite?

kevinios 9y ago
Google Cloud regroups G Suite and Google Cloud Platform products. Edit: As well as Google Maps API, Chrome & Android devices.
azurezyq 9y ago
G Suite is a product series part of Google Cloud. https://gsuite.google.com/together/?user-benefits_activeEl=tab-connect https://gsuite.google.com/together/?user-benefits_activeEl=t... on the top left corner you can find "G Suite by Google Cloud"
- rvo 9y ago
  This naming is ridiculous. Did they hire a bunch of Microsoft people ?
  - huangbong 9y ago
    Google naming products at this point is just memes. But it proves that if you have an amazing enough product (G suite) the name doesn’t matter at all. Whoever came up with G suite is just a bad person though ugh.
    - webkike 9y ago
      I'm all against rigid company culture, but google naming needs to be improved. Variables are consistently named better at google than the products they are written for.
      - dmoy 9y ago
        Hey it's one of the two hard things, right? Alongside cache invalidation and off by one errors.
      - notatoad 9y ago
        The naming doesn't even need to be improved, they just need to stop with the renaming. GSuite is an awful name, but i know what it means at this point as long as they don't sometimes call it "Google Cloud" instead.
        scrollaway 9y ago
        G Suite has been called in the past "Google for Work", "Google Enterprise", "Google Business", "Google Apps", "Google Apps for Business", "Google Apps for Work", and I probably forget some more. It's really insane.
  - gowld 9y ago
    Yes.
  - kylecordes 9y ago
    They probably had a meeting about it, using either Hangouts, Hangouts Meet, Hangouts Chat, Duo, or Allo...
    - rvo 9y ago
      Looks like they have an influx of the MBA and ex Microsoft types. Sad! What's the new Google these days?
  - r00fus 9y ago
    Answer: yes. Many former MS folks now in Google. What do you think inspired the Ballmer chair throwing incident ?
theDoug 9y ago
A while ago! Google Cloud is currently G Suite and the Google Cloud Platform.
tootie 9y ago
I think it's a deliberate strategy. Microsoft does it as well. By blurring the line between pure consumer apps, business apps and their PaaS/IaaS services. So there sales team can say "You have G Suite? Then you're already a cloud customer! Why not add Firebase and Cloud SQL to your plan?" It gives an illusion of seamless integration.

kevinios 9y ago

Google Cloud regroups G Suite and Google Cloud Platform products. Edit: As well as Google Maps API, Chrome & Android devices.

azurezyq 9y ago

G Suite is a product series part of Google Cloud. https://gsuite.google.com/together/?user-benefits_activeEl=tab-connect https://gsuite.google.com/together/?user-benefits_activeEl=t... on the top left corner you can find "G Suite by Google Cloud"

rvo 9y ago
This naming is ridiculous. Did they hire a bunch of Microsoft people ?
- huangbong 9y ago
  Google naming products at this point is just memes. But it proves that if you have an amazing enough product (G suite) the name doesn’t matter at all. Whoever came up with G suite is just a bad person though ugh.
  - webkike 9y ago
    I'm all against rigid company culture, but google naming needs to be improved. Variables are consistently named better at google than the products they are written for.
    - dmoy 9y ago
      Hey it's one of the two hard things, right? Alongside cache invalidation and off by one errors.
    - notatoad 9y ago
      The naming doesn't even need to be improved, they just need to stop with the renaming. GSuite is an awful name, but i know what it means at this point as long as they don't sometimes call it "Google Cloud" instead.
      - scrollaway 9y ago
        G Suite has been called in the past "Google for Work", "Google Enterprise", "Google Business", "Google Apps", "Google Apps for Business", "Google Apps for Work", and I probably forget some more. It's really insane.
- gowld 9y ago
  Yes.
- kylecordes 9y ago
  They probably had a meeting about it, using either Hangouts, Hangouts Meet, Hangouts Chat, Duo, or Allo...
  - rvo 9y ago
    Looks like they have an influx of the MBA and ex Microsoft types. Sad! What's the new Google these days?
- r00fus 9y ago
  Answer: yes. Many former MS folks now in Google. What do you think inspired the Ballmer chair throwing incident ?

theDoug 9y ago

A while ago! Google Cloud is currently G Suite and the Google Cloud Platform.

tootie 9y ago

I think it's a deliberate strategy. Microsoft does it as well. By blurring the line between pure consumer apps, business apps and their PaaS/IaaS services. So there sales team can say "You have G Suite? Then you're already a cloud customer! Why not add Firebase and Cloud SQL to your plan?" It gives an illusion of seamless integration.