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Just looking at the numbers in the title, I assumed this article was going to be about AWS. The numbers are roughly 35% of commercial cloud market share and so
by bransonf 7y ago
Just looking at the numbers in the title, I assumed this article was going to be about AWS.
The numbers are roughly 35% of commercial cloud market share and something like 5% of all websites. (The actual numbers are 1-3% less)
But in light of the discussion here, I only see this as a good thing.
Amazon puts heavy pressure on the competition in the cloud market (and retail). Competitors like Microsoft and Google very quickly develop their own services to match those of Amazon, serverless being a great example. Or, take Walmart and Target’s foray into internet retail.
Amazon is a very interesting company. They constantly bring about new innovations and the market validates them often. And, competitors adapt to match their offerings.
I see Amazon as a company with quite a lot of growth potential left, but that’s not to say it will remain in the position it’s in. Just observing cloud market share, Microsoft is heating up, and taking a lot of those customers. As a consumer of both these products, cloud and internet retail, I respect what Amazon is doing. Even though I’m not a Prime member and only really buy books on Amazon, I constantly see their impact in pressuring other markets, and I benefit as a consumer.
- mxscho 7y ago> 5% of all websites (The actual numbers are 1-3% less) Source? It's not even clear whether this means - 5% of servers running - 5% of registered domains - 5% of user traffic
- bransonf 7y agoSorry, that was poorly presented on my part. I believe the most recent estimate was around 2-3% of all internet traffic was served on a web server being hosted by Amazon. I can’t find the original source, but this Quora post[0] and included primary source[1] suggest the same. [0] https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-estimated-percent-of-internet-traffic-that-is-served-by-AWS https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-estimated-percent-of-inter... [1] https://www.netcraft.com/internet-data-mining/million-busiest-websites/ https://www.netcraft.com/internet-data-mining/million-busies...
- latch 7y agoI'd be curious what type of insight they're getting from markets such as China, India, Russia, South America and SEA. I couldn't find much on their site. Their estimate could still be relevant for their target market, while being completely off globally. Also, only looking at public internet traffic is a mistake since this isn't solely where AWS is trying to compete. You need to consider _all_ hosting, including government, intranet and other private players, which AWS does attempt to capture.
- bransonf 7y agoThis is a really good point and really reinforces the take that Amazon isn’t as big as many of us believe.
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- froops 7y agoAgreed. hard to be upset that amazon has improved my quality of life (+ millions of others') just because it improved bezos' more...