I'm a newer employee, so I can't add color to the past several years of work, but my immediate reaction is Yes. Given the "We <3 APIs" slogan you can see around the MP campus (from public view of course) it's pretty apparent that there was a top down push towards improving the state of SOA and building platforms.
Whether that applies to non-Cloud Google I don't know. But I don't even think GCE existed in 2011. A lot has changed.
Whether that applies to non-Cloud Google I don't know. But I don't even think GCE existed in 2011. A lot has changed.