Leap towards Cloud

A recent study has shown that the market for global cloud computing is projected to grow by more than 17.93% by 2025. Gartner has predicted that the market for Infrastructure-as-a- Service will reach $71.5 billion by 2020. Almost every business around the globe is having a roadmap to migrate their IT solutions to Cloud and started to build their new solutions in Cloud.

The major Cloud Service providers ae AWS, Azure and Google. Let’s have a brief look on them

Amazon Web Services
First up, Amazon Web Services. AWS entered the market in 2006 and is considered the most experienced provider on the market. AWS offers its clients a broad range of compute, storage, analytics and deployment services. It is also the leader for building Big Data systems and has many popular DevOps tools. In addition, AWS has developed a great solution for serverless computing.

Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure was launched in 2010 and has quickly developed a solid offering. Azure has two cloud platforms:

An IaaS platform that allows users to provide compute, storage, network, backup and Disaster Recovery services to their customers. • A fully managed Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables developers to create, test and deploy solutions and applications to their customers in the cloud and on their mobile devices.

Google Cloud
Google Cloud Platform entered the market in 2011. It offers a suite of cloud computing services that run on the same infrastructure that Google uses for its products such as Google Search and YouTube. Even though Google Cloud doesn’t offer the wide variety of services a customer can get with AWS, it can compete with Amazon in the following areas:

Cost-efficiency because of long-term discounts
Big Data and Machine Learning
Instance and payment configuration
Privacy and traffic security

Out of the three major Cloud Service providers AWS and Azure has occupied most of the Business, when comparing to Google. Google lacks in many aspects like less Data centers, Database PAAS services etc.

Though AWS is a giant in Cloud, Azure stretching its hands across all the cloud solutions and being very much competitive to AWS in cloud market. Recent statistics released by Microsoft shows that Azure recorded a 98% growth rate in the second quarter of this year, compared with only 42% growth for Amazon and 12% for Google.

When it comes to solutioning on cloud, we should understand the various features available in each of the providers, their high available features, Analytics features, Storage aspects, Support for Open Sources, Hybrid Solutions, Cost Management etc.

As a Database administrator with experience in Azure Migration and building new Solutions in Azure, I have penned a structured and step by step articles on Azure and its Features that cover the main aspects of Azure Services like Virtual machines, Storage and Database Services in Azure.

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