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GDC Virtual provides a consistent platform for building and managing containerized applications across hybrid infrastructures and helps developers become more productive across all environments. GDC Virtual provides all the mechanisms that are required to bring your code into production reliably, securely, and consistently, while minimizing risk. GDC Virtual is built on open-source technologies pioneered by Google Cloud, including Kubernetes and Istio, enabling consistency between cloud and on premises environments like PowerFlex. GDC Virtual GKE (on GCP and on-premises), GDC Virtual Service Mesh, and GDC Virtual Config Management are the core building blocks of GDC Virtual. GDC Virtual users purchase services and resources from the GCP Market place and has integrations with platform-level services such as stackdriver, Cloud Build, and Binary Authorization.