Microsoft has been pushing really hard to make Azure a contender. And they're right to do so, AWS is in a somewhat shakey position. They're moving people over t

Microsoft has been pushing really hard to make Azure a contender. And they're right to do so, AWS is in a somewhat shakey position. They're moving people over to VPCs but haven't integrated their VPCs with their cloud services in a robust way, forcing the burden onto customers. Anecdotally, friends of mine in the know tell me that it's been a good year for GCE. I wonder if Azure is seeing an uptick as well.