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it's insane how good Microsoft sales people are, if they manage to make Azure sell this well when GCP and AWS are objectively better at basically everything, in
by dacryn 3y ago
it's insane how good Microsoft sales people are, if they manage to make Azure sell this well when GCP and AWS are objectively better at basically everything, including cost considerations.
- elygre 3y agoEither that, or your statement that “google cloud and AWS are objectively better at basically everything” is perhaps not shared by everyone.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoBundling licenses was what finally levered our management to Azure at a previous job. They didn't care what the OpEx was as long insane MSSQL license costs went down -- and they did. Azure was a PITA in all other ways, but they achieved that metric. I also assumed "referral agent awards" also played a part.
- dagw 3y agoit's insane how good Microsoft sales people are Having seen Microsoft, Google and Amazon people 'pitch' their cloud solutions to a mid sized company I used to work for with quite 'normal' cloud needs, I can tell you it's not that MS sales people are great, but rather that Google and Amazon are terrible and can't be bothered to even make a serious effort for anything but the largest of deals.
- antiloper 3y agoCounterpoint on GCP: Way too risky to use as a small to medium business. Google has a known history of firing its customers without recourse.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoFrom what I understand you do have the option to pay more for more assurances and higher touch support. It's just that the pricing will be the same, or even higher, than Azure.