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I wonder if this is one of those strategic deals that would lead to an acquisition. With the push surrounding cloud and Google actively competing hard in this s

I wonder if this is one of those strategic deals that would lead to an acquisition. With the push surrounding cloud and Google actively competing hard in this space, it would make a lot of sense.

dmix 12y ago
Oh wow, Google is already on every site with Analytics, imagine if they were also the SSL host/WAF/CDN/DNS host for every major property? It would fit in well with their silent yet never ending reach across the internet.
- bigiain 12y ago
  And now we start to wonder even more - is Google just an unexpectedly profitable NSA front?
ryanlol 12y ago
Problem is that (besides for the brand) Cloudflare really has nothing to offer for Google. Google has spent the last 20 years solving the same problems CF is aiming to solve, they've even got a competing service Google PageSpeed that does exactly what CF does, except better (in my personal experience.).
- deleted 12y ago
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- rgbrenner 12y ago
  they've even got a competing service Google PageSpeed that does exactly what CF does You mean this service? https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/service https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/service PageSpeed Service is in a limited field trial, and is not currently accepting new signups
  - ryanlol 12y ago
    Oh, I didn't know they closed signups. I've been using it for some personal projects for a good while (Since 2011 or so?) now.
    - kayone 12y ago
      it was never really open.
    - rgbrenner 12y ago
      Yes, announced in 2011. Looks like it was launched with limited signups: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/07/page-speed-service-web-performance.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/07/page-spee... If google still doesnt think it has a marketable product after 4 years.. maybe a cloudflare acquisition isn't too far fetched.
- nostrademons 12y ago
  Google sucks at productizing their infrastructure expertise. The underlying tech at Google is indeed better than CloudFlare, but CloudFlare understands marketing, ease-of-use, product simplicity, all those stuff that are necessary to get people to actually use your offering.
  - ryanlol 12y ago
    I don't think they need CloudFlare for that though, they just need marketing people to sell it. I can't see CloudFlare acquisition being worth it for Google just for their marketing expertise.
  - MichaelGG 12y ago
    I was amazingly surprised by Google Compute Engine. I've never used such a simple IaaS provider. Especially compared to the direction Azure's new portal is taking, GCE is refreshingly simple. EC2 is alright but still feels a lot more complicated than GCE. The UI is simpler, too.

I wonder if this is one of those strategic deals that would lead to an acquisition. With the push surrounding cloud and Google actively competing hard in this space, it would make a lot of sense.

dmix 12y ago

Oh wow, Google is already on every site with Analytics, imagine if they were also the SSL host/WAF/CDN/DNS host for every major property? It would fit in well with their silent yet never ending reach across the internet.

bigiain 12y ago
And now we start to wonder even more - is Google just an unexpectedly profitable NSA front?

ryanlol 12y ago

Problem is that (besides for the brand) Cloudflare really has nothing to offer for Google. Google has spent the last 20 years solving the same problems CF is aiming to solve, they've even got a competing service Google PageSpeed that does exactly what CF does, except better (in my personal experience.).

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rgbrenner 12y ago
they've even got a competing service Google PageSpeed that does exactly what CF does You mean this service? https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/service https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/service PageSpeed Service is in a limited field trial, and is not currently accepting new signups
- ryanlol 12y ago
  Oh, I didn't know they closed signups. I've been using it for some personal projects for a good while (Since 2011 or so?) now.
  - kayone 12y ago
    it was never really open.
  - rgbrenner 12y ago
    Yes, announced in 2011. Looks like it was launched with limited signups: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/07/page-speed-service-web-performance.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/07/page-spee... If google still doesnt think it has a marketable product after 4 years.. maybe a cloudflare acquisition isn't too far fetched.
nostrademons 12y ago
Google sucks at productizing their infrastructure expertise. The underlying tech at Google is indeed better than CloudFlare, but CloudFlare understands marketing, ease-of-use, product simplicity, all those stuff that are necessary to get people to actually use your offering.
- ryanlol 12y ago
  I don't think they need CloudFlare for that though, they just need marketing people to sell it. I can't see CloudFlare acquisition being worth it for Google just for their marketing expertise.
- MichaelGG 12y ago
  I was amazingly surprised by Google Compute Engine. I've never used such a simple IaaS provider. Especially compared to the direction Azure's new portal is taking, GCE is refreshingly simple. EC2 is alright but still feels a lot more complicated than GCE. The UI is simpler, too.