AWS, Microsoft Gain Ground In Cloud Infrastructure Services Market

February 3, 2015 Off By David
Object Storage

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Dan Kobialka.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently achieved a five-year high in its share of the cloud infrastructure service market, a segment that includes infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), hybrid cloud and private cloud. Market research firm Synergy Research Group reported that AWS grabbed a 30 percent share of the cloud infrastructure service market in the final quarter of 2014.

What contributed to the success of this well-known cloud computing platform? AWS’ 25 percent cloud infrastructure service revenue growth between the Q3 and Q4. AWS, Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG) outperformed the total cloud infrastructure service market’s growth and gained market share; Microsoft achieved the market’s highest year-over-year revenue growth (96 percent), while Google recorded 81 percent year-over-year revenue growth…

"Many actual or perceived barriers to cloud adoption have now been removed and the worldwide market is on a strong growth trajectory," Synergy Research Director John Dinsdale said in a prepared statement…

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