Google App Engine for Business

Overview of Google App Engine

Google App Engine for Business is a tool Google developed based on the Google App Engine framework to specifically fulfill the needs of corporate IT departments including:

• Administration console: A company-focused control panel lets you manage all the applications in your domain.
• Uptime: Benefit from Google’s 99.9% uptime service level agreement.
• Developer support: Premium developer support from Google is available.
• Security: Users on your Google Apps domain are the only ones who can access your business applications, which are subject to security policies you can set.
• Scalability and simple pricing: Each application costs $8/user/month up to a maximum of $1000 a month. Pay only for what you use.
• Enterprise features: Google App Engine offers hosted SQL databases, SSL on your company’s domain for secure communications, and access to advanced Google services.

Google App Engine for Business lets App Engine developers create custom programs to fulfill the particular needs of enterprises. By creating custom apps that integrate seamlessly in the cloud, developers can fully recreate, fortify, and improve their existing business applications.

Look for these features being rolled out in Google App Engine

Google App Engine for Business is a preview beta, and is closed to new sign ups. However, most of the features available in the special version of Google App Engine are being rolled out to all App Engine developers, including support and the enterprise features.

The Benefits of Google App Engine

Web apps in the Google Apps marketplace are developed on the Google App Engine and hosted on Google’s servers, which means they are fast, easy to maintain, and have infinite scalability. Google offers a powerful API that allows developers to make fully-featured web apps that provide infinite scalability and integrate seamlessly with Google Apps.

Google App Script expands these abilities to fulfill the need to automate repetitive business processes, link Google products with third-party services, create custom spreadsheet functions, and build and collect user inputs through rich graphics interfaces and menus.

If your organization has particular needs that are not fulfilled by Google Apps, Cloud Sherpas can create a solution for you in the Google App Engine with our comprehensive Cloud Development services.