# Solution Overview
Google Anthos is a managed application platform that extends Google Cloud services to your environments so user can modernize apps faster and establish operational consistency acorss them.
Google Anthos 1.8 Bare Metal allows you to:
Build. Deploy, and optimize applications anywhere -- simply, flexibly, and securely
Consistent development and operations experience for hybrid and multicloud environments.
Improved performance and lowered cost
Compatable Security
Network latency and flexibility
Monitored application deployment
Secure desingn and control
Anthos gives consistent platform for all the application deployments, both legacy as well as cloud native, while offering a service-centric view of all your environments. Deploying applications directly on hardware infrastructure can deliver the best performance and flexibility. We also have direct control over application scale, security, and network latency, as well as having the benfit of containerized applications through Google Kuberentes Enginer (GKE) and Anthos components.

Figure 1. Google Anthos Technical Overview
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Figure 2. Solution layout of HPE Google Anthos 1.8 Bare Metal Solution layout on HPE ProLiant DL Gen10 Plus Servers