There are plenty of books that illuminate a specific service in AWS or Google Cloud. This is the book for readers interested in "why AWS and Google Cloud." The book also explains how AWS and Google Cloud offer the best hope SAP and Oracle customers have for getting more value from their investments and why AWS and Google Cloud help companies counter the overreach of SAP and Oracle into their budgets. The book takes readers on a journey from starting from how to get started with AWS and Google Cloud specifically for SAP and Oracle environments to what AWS and Google Cloud mean for the future of both on-premises and SAP and Oracle environments. The design of the book has been to appeal to readers from a wide variety of backgrounds. The book serves as an introduction to the topic for those new to the subject; it covers financial, pricing and business implications for decision-makers trying to make sense of cloud services, as well as providing evaluations of cloud services for technical resources looking to broaden their understanding of the myriad of issues related to cloud technologies. The authors have filled the book with dozens of links to supporting articles that connect to related topics at Brightwork Research & Analysis. All of this is included in this extensively researched book. Chapters Chapter 1: What are Oracle and SAP Really Investing in Cloud? Chapter 2: Moving From Oracle to Open Source Databases with AWS and Google Cloud Chapter 3: Database Migration, The AWS RDS and Google Cloud SQL Chapter 4: Complications of Migrating SAP to the Cloud Chapter 5: SAP and Oracle Pricing Versus AWS and Google Cloud Pricing Chapter 6: AWS and SAP Cloud Versus SAP Cloud and Oracle Cloud Chapter 7: Where is SaaS/PaaS/IaaS Going in the Future? Chapter 8: Sliming and Re-platforming the Data Warehouse into the Data Lake with Cloud Services Chapter 9: Speed: How AWS and Google Cloud Speeds Implementation of SAP and Oracle: Why You Can't Listen to Consulting Firms About AWS and Google Cloud Chapter 10: Responding to Oracle Arguments Chapter 11: Responding to SAP Arguments Chapter 12: The Hybrid Cloud: AWS for On-Premises with VMware Cloud for AWS and AWS Services for On Premises Chapter 13: Case Studies