4 ms·
Is IBM even relevant anymore? Amazon is the leader here by a huge margin, Azure is a distant second, and the rest don't even register on the radar.
by jjawssd 10y ago
Is IBM even relevant anymore? Amazon is the leader here by a huge margin, Azure is a distant second, and the rest don't even register on the radar.
- icpmacdo 10y agoYou misinterpreted iaw's response. Its an analogy that Azure is IBM for the cloud.
- iaw 10y agoThank you. I assumed more people would know the history of IBM and how it maintained relevance through consulting work around it's enterprise products when it couldn't keep up with the PC market.
- hyperpallium 10y agoKnow your audience. Can you extend the analogy to the other players?
- paulddraper 10y ago"The jQuery of cloud computing"
- Jdam 10y agoYou and <cool SV startup> don't register that on the radar. But the random Fortune 500 big corp is pouring money into "Enterprise Clouds" like Oracle, IBM and SAP with embedded sales, consulting and support.
- user5994461 10y agoIBM has SoftLayer, which is fairly decent. Oracles/SAP are really not comparable.
- strictnein 10y agoSoftLayer is nice, but the enterprise giants are looking to host your ERM or HR capability and charge you $x million a year for it.
- user5994461 10y agoYes. SAP is doing SaaS for their entreprise-suite software. That's why I am saying it's not comparable to IaaS offerings from AWS/Azure/Google. It's a different business.
- strictnein 10y agoI work for one of those three. The amount of $1-$10 million contracts that come through for "enterprise cloud" software and services is amazing. For the division I work in, our usage is increasing upwards of 10% month over month. Maybe even faster, actually.
- nunez 10y agoThey are extremely relevant. They are one of the largest tech consulting firms in the world, which makes pushing their products (like enterprise cloud) on businesses a lot easier.
- mark_l_watson 10y agoIBM's blueBiz has a generous free plan that is adequate for running a couple web apps. Haven;t used them in a while, but a good platform, especially if your side projects fit in the free plan.