We launched Google App
Engine two years ago to enable application developers to rapidly build and scale
their apps on Google’s infrastructure, without having to worry about maintaining their own
servers. Today, we’re excited to bring this platform to IT departments, with the announcement
of Google App Engine for
Business. Google App Engine for Business lets organizations build and maintain their
applications on the same scalable architecture that powers Google applications, with added
management and support features tailored specifically for the enterprise.
Google App Engine for Business introduces a number of new features that our enterprise
customers have been asking for, including:
Centralized
administration: A new, company-focused administration console lets you manage all
the applications in your domain.
Reliability and
support: 99.9% uptime service level agreement, with premium developer support
available.
Secure by default: Only users from your
Google Apps domain can access applications and your security policies are enforced on every
app.
Pricing that makes sense: Each application costs
just $8 per user, per month up to a maximum of $1000 a month. Pay only for what you
use.
Enterprise features: Coming later this year,
hosted SQL databases, SSL on your company’s domain for secure communications, and access to
advanced Google services.
With these new features, we’re making it easier
for businesses to take advantage of the core benefits of Google App Engine: easy development
using languages you already know (Java and Python); simple administration, with no need to
worry about hardware, patches or backups; and effortless scalability, automatically getting
the capacity you need when you need it.
Google App Engine for Business
is currently in preview, opened to a limited number of enterprises. Learn more about how you can
participate, and check our roadmap to follow
features as they become available.
