Different services offered by typical cloud vendors

Before starting with GCP, let's try to understand the service categorization by major competitors of GCP, that is, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

First let's get started with AWS. AWS has 21 broad categories, namely Compute, Storage, Database, Migration, Network and Content Delivery, Developer Tools, Management Tools, Media Services, Machine Learning, Analytics, Security Identity and Compliance, Mobile Service, AR and VR, Application Integration, Customer Engagement, Business Productivity, Desktop and App Streaming, Internet of Things, Game Development, and Software and Cost Management.

Similarly, Azure has categorized services into 13 parts, namely Compute, Networking, Storage, ...

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