{"id":75508,"date":"2019-03-06T11:36:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=75508"},"modified":"2019-03-06T14:17:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:17:26","slug":"combining-the-power-of-google-cloud-with-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/combining-the-power-of-google-cloud-with-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Combining the Power of Google Cloud with WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businesses today are choosing WordPress over other Content Management Systems (CMSs) because it offers an\u00a0expansive ecosystem of tools and plugins, a low TCO, and faster time to market. But optimizing WordPress for speed, scalability, and security\u2014just like any piece of software\u2014can require added expertise and experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At WP Engine,\u00a0 our in-house WordPress experts are available\u00a024\/7\/365, and we help our customers find best-in-class tools and technology, optimized for WordPress, so they can get the most out of their websites. This includes our suite of developer tools, which make it easier to build and maintain great websites, but it also means utilizing highly performant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedient.com\/blog\/private-vs-public-cloud-whats-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">public cloud<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> solutions like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/why-google-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Cloud Platform<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (GCP), which gives our customers access to the same infrastructure Google uses internally for its end-user products, including G Suite, YouTube, and Google Search. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GCP is known as an extremely fast and flexible cloud platform, but it also offers highly robust big data and analytics capabilities as well as a wide array of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">modular products<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are all backed by Google\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/blog\/products\/gcp\/google-named-a-leader-in-the-forrester-public-cloud-development-platform-wave-q2-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recognized reputation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for performance, innovation, and security. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download\u00a0this whitepaper for more information about the benefits of using GCP as well as the added advantages of combining it with the WP Engine Digital Experience Platform (DXP).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/formula-for-success-google-cloud-platform-wp-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the Whitepaper<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses today are choosing WordPress over other Content Management Systems (CMSs) because it offers an\u00a0expansive ecosystem of tools and plugins, a low TCO, and faster time to market. 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