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The seven companies who use IBM's cloud are in for a shock.
by pc86 3y ago
The seven companies who use IBM's cloud are in for a shock.
- dijit 3y agoBeware: you may be using IBM services without knowing it. Softlayer is for example, owned by IBM
- gryfft 3y agoSoftlayer has been IBM Cloud for years now. The SL branding got totally scrubbed in 2018.
- sjm-lbm 3y agoThey don't really hide that anymore. Starting in 2019 or so, they dropped any ability to manage cloud resources using the Softlayer-branded portal and forced everyone into using the IBM Cloud API/Console.
- manicennui 3y agoWhy do you people think that anything that isn't discussed constantly on HN is dying or dead? Their cloud revenue was $22 billion last year and climbing.
- jldugger 3y ago> Why do you people think that anything that isn't discussed constantly on HN is dying or dead? Their cloud revenue was $22 billion last year and climbing Because so many vendors decided to jump into this space, and there's a track record of using accounting tricks as a substitute for market success. Azure, for example, is believed to be obscured[1]. [1]: https://www.bigtechwire.com/2023/06/30/microsoft-azure-generated-34b-in-revenue-in-fy22-about-half-of-the-revenue-of-aws/ https://www.bigtechwire.com/2023/06/30/microsoft-azure-gener...
- manicennui 3y agoEven if their cloud revenue were half of what they reported, their offering would still be several times larger than DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, and several others combined. No one is claiming that IBM is the largest cloud provider, but come on.