While Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure services saw their sales increase in 2017, AWS still remains the leader, dominating the cloud infrastructure services market.
Let’s find out how they share the market!
AWS – market leader in cloud infrastructure services
Canalys estimates that Amazon Web Services recorded growth of 45% in the last quarter of 2017, representing sales of $5.1 billion and, according to Canalys, a 32% market share.
Another firm specializing in telecoms market analysis, Synergy Research, estimates that AWS’s market share grew by 0.5% year-on-year, making the cloud infrastructure market (IaaS, PaaS, hosted private cloud) grow by 46% over the past year.
Microsoft and Google in the top 3 for cloud infrastructures in 2017
According to Synergy Research, Microsoft recorded the strongest growth in the last quarter of 2017, at 98%, a percentage that propels the IT giant into second place in the top 3 cloud infrastructures in 2017.
Its market share is estimated at 14%, putting it ahead of Google (8% market share).
The latter mentions that Google Cloud Platform services, including G Suite, bring in $1 billion per quarter.
The market for cloud solution providers has become ultra-competitive in recent years.
We’ll be keeping a close eye on developments in the market and the cloud services offered by suppliers, especially as this is an area in which we’re active.
