Definition
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is Google's commercial cloud infrastructure and service offering. GCP provides services within compute (Compute Engine, Cloud Run), storage (Cloud Storage, BigQuery), networking, machine learning (Vertex AIArtificial Intelligence - technology that enables machines to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as language understanding, pattern recognition, and decision-making., GeminiGoogle's family of large language models (LLM) - integrated in Google Cloud and Workspace for AI-assisted work processes.) and security tooling. TvimenningOld Norse meaning 'two bound together' - one who solves a task shoulder to shoulder with another.'s platform runs on GCP, with Sokkel.ioNorwegian operations partner that helps Tvimenning run and manage our platform on Google Cloud. as partner for operations and management. GCP competes with AWSAmazon Web Services - Amazon's cloud platform with over 200 services; the leading cloud provider globally and widely used in the Norwegian energy sector. and AzureMicrosoft's cloud platform - strong in the enterprise segment, especially where Office 365 and Active Directory are already in use..