Google App Engine, Cloud Business Opportunities?

It’s always interesting when you log in to your Google account and there is a new addition. The most recent is the App Engine. Google has opened up it’s cloud servers to user generated applications. App Engine offers a complete development stack that uses familiar technologies to build and host web applications. With App Engine you write your application code, test it on your local machine and upload it to Google with a simple click of a button or command line script. Once your application is uploaded to they host and scale your application for you. You no longer need to worry about system administration, bringing up new instances of your application, sharding your database or buying machines. They take care of all the maintenance so you can focus on features for your users.

So where’s the revenue model? It may require a good read of the user agreement..

Run your web apps on Google’s infrastructure with Google’s App Engine. Easy to build, easy to maintain, easy to scale. Java™ Language Support

App Engine recently unveiled its second language: Java. This release includes our Java runtime, integration with Google Web Toolkit, and a Google Plugin for Eclipse, giving you an end-to-end Java solution for AJAX web applications. The Java runtime is now available for anyone to use, so please give it a try and send us your feedback.

via Google App Engine – Google Code.