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Big Data Capabilities on GCP

When people first dive into Google Cloud Platform (GCP), it’s common for them to find themselves amid a wealth of exciting products and services. Yet, this excitement can occasionally give way to a sense of being overwhelmed.

GCP offers a broad range of services for multiple disciplines, such as application development, microservices, security, AI, and of course, big data. But even for big data products, there are multiple options from which you can choose.

As an analogy, GCP is like a supermarket. A supermarket has everything that you need to support your daily life. For example, if you plan to cook pasta and come to a supermarket to buy the ingredients, no one will tell you what ingredients you should buy; or ...

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