Here's How Google Is Planning To Get Amazon Cloud Customers To Switch To Its New Service (GOOG, AMZN)

Google opened its Google Compute Engine cloud service to the public on Wednesday, and now its strategy for competing with Amazon Web Services (AWS) is becoming clearer. Like AWS, Google Compute Engine is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), which means customers rent the hardware for running virtual servers and the software to manage the hardware. Many startups are running their businesses on AWS, and developers love it because they can sign up with credit card and start using it right away. A...