How much bigger is Amazon’s cloud vs. Microsoft and Google?
October 24, 2014
Grazed from NetworkWorld. Author: Brandon Butler.
Just how much bigger is Amazon Web Service’s cloud computing division compared to Microsoft and Google? It’s hard to make a complete apples-to-apples comparison because none of these companies are extraordinarily transparent when releasing information about the financial health of their operations.
But, a new report from New Hampshire-based firm Technology Business Research estimates Amazon’s cloud revenue at more than $4.7 billion this year. TBR pegs Microsoft’s public cloud IaaS revenue at $156 million and Google’s at $66 million. If those estimates are correct than Amazon’s cloud revenue is 30 times bigger than Microsoft’s. 30!…
Jillian Mirandi, who authored the report (see it here), does have a caveat. “Google Compute Engine was made generally available in December 2013 and Microsoft Azure IaaS in April 2013, giving AWS a six year head start.” Still, even with 6 years ahead, that’s a dramatic difference. And these figures are only related to the IaaS market – compute, network and storage on-demand – not lucrative SaaS apps…
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