With its "Google Cloud Platform for Startups" program, the Mountain View company is trying to entice young people grows by offering 100,000 dollars. In addition, the former CTO of Red Hat was named vice president of Google Cloud Platform.
Google does not skimp on how to attract start-ups on its cloud platform. Recently announced the program called "Google Cloud Platform for Startups" offers young shoots 000 $ 100 credit, valid for one year, for the acquisition of all types of tools and services on the cloud development platform from Google. In a blog post, the California firm says want this program to help developers focus on the code and not worry about infrastructure management. The gift is for promising young shoots, already supported by a fund of venture capital, incubator or other accelerator. Offer is not combinable and applies only to startups that have not yet received credit in advance.
Moreover, the cloud platform Google recently acquired a new manager in the person of Brian Stevens, CTO of Red Hat until late August. He had joined in 2001 the publisher specializing in the development of open source software companies. The Mountain View company has not yet announced his appointment in good and due form, but the LinkedIn profile of the person has been updated. He now holds the position of vice president of cloud platforms at Google. Red Hat had reported laconically, August 27, the departure of its CTO. The firm regretted his departure and indicated that he was replaced in interim by Paul Cormier, current president of the Products and Technologies division of Red Hat.