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Google indeed seems the strongest competitor now for AWS, but there are far more providers who compete - see a comparison: https://www.cloudorado.com/ https://w
by prohor 10y ago
Google indeed seems the strongest competitor now for AWS, but there are far more providers who compete - see a comparison: https://www.cloudorado.com/ https://www.cloudorado.com/ . We just need to choose them to avoid monopoly or at least oligopoly.
- serge2k 10y agoGoogle stronger than Azure?
- eva1984 10y agoI think momentum wise yes... Google is more a service company than MS, and I believe it is more experienced in cloud technologies.
- gareim 10y agoIn terms of market share, Microsoft beats Google handily. In terms of year-over-year revenue growth, Microsoft is also beating Google, although Google's growth is better than I had expected. http://www.datamation.com/cloud-computing/microsoft-and-google-lead-in-cloud-growth-aws-rules-overall.html http://www.datamation.com/cloud-computing/microsoft-and-goog...
- bitmapbrother 10y agoA 5% difference is hardly what I would call beating Google handily.
- bryanrasmussen 10y agoI don't know, my experience with Google service is that it is on a par with Microsoft UI - makes me want to break things. Maybe we have different meanings of service though - I am thinking of service as 'something does not work, can I get some service for this thing of yours I am using?'
- MichaelGG 10y agoGoogle Cloud is amazing. Azure is terrible. Azure js for companies that, 15 years ago, were spending their budget on Windows. Great for "enterprises" that want to "leverage cloud". Azure is slow, expensive, poorly designed (network and SSD designs are just bad), and the real slap to the face is that the management UI Is worse than anything from Windows 8.
- crucifiction 10y ago"enterprises" that want to "leverage cloud" is where all of the money is. AWS is chasing that dragon too. There is way more money selling cloud stuff to Coca-Cola and GE than to software companies.
- MichaelGG 10y agoYeah I'm sure this can work out well for Microsoft. But let's not pretend they're in any way a good fit for the scenarios gcloud covers. I'd wager for most of the people on HN, or at least the "startup" focused ones that want a solid IaaS, Google blows Azure out of the water.
- eva1984 10y agoTrue. But selling to those companies, can hardly cultivate an ecosystem around it. Without vocal early adopters and evangelists in the wild, it is impossible for AWS to get to its current stage. Those people may not bring in that big of money, but they are willing to take risks and eagerly to give feedbacks, sharing their experience and come up with their own solution around it. The feedback loop is enclosed in that way, and the service can evolve with it. MS still doesn't hit that spot yet.
- fgonzag 10y agoI wouldn't touch any Google product that my business critically depended on with a 10 foot pole. Their non existent customer service, willingness to kill products if it does not meet their user or revenue expectations, among many other things. It's a good strategy for them, but bad for their consumers.
- studentrob 10y agoI think your comment is fair but maybe misplaced in this case. Hosting advanced services isn't a new market. Amazon has demonstrated there is demand. All Google needs to do is innovate on tech, pricing, and marketing. They can chip away at Amazon's lead. Google does not need all of Amazon's customers, just some. And, it's a growth industry.
- chatmasta 10y agoMy experience with GCE customer service has been < 10 minute replies.
- chatmasta 10y agoStrange to see 8 upvotes 16 hours after I posted this... are some googlers out there on an upvote spree? :)