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BlueMix is actually pretty exciting to me; I think IBM has finally stepped up as a competitor in the "cloud" ecosystem where Microsoft has really failed.

by Ixiaus 12y ago

thinkpad20 12y ago
"Really failed"? According to Forbes in July of this year[0], Microsoft is second only to Amazon in the cloud market, and gaining. I'm not sure how that counts as a failure, except in the sense that Microsoft makes a popular whipping boy. [0] http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2014/07/28/amazon-is-facing-a-cloud-crisis-as-microsoft-muscles-in/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2014/07/28/amazon-i...
- bkeroack 12y ago
  I suspect (but don't have confirmation) that this includes Microsoft's SaaS products like Exchange Online/O365, which are very successful. I get the impression that Azure specifically as PaaS/IaaS, OTOH, is quite a bit less so. At least compared to AWS.
cobalt 12y ago
uhh, failed according to what?
- mmastrac 12y ago
  I personally have seen very few success stories that involved Azure. The messaging coming through to the public is that Azure is buggy and unreliable. I can recall seeing a couple of major downtime incidents ([1] at least) in the last six months, and a significant number of major ones over the last few years (certificate renewal issues, leap day issues, etc [2][3][4]). I wouldn't choose Azure myself, and I would actively recommend against choosing it to others from what I have seen (unless you are building a solution on .NET/Windows, perhaps). I can't imagine that I'm alone. [1] http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-azure-virtual-machine-cloud-services-down-for-many-7000032708/ http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-azure-virtual-machine-cloud-... [2] http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2013/02/24/windows-azure-service-disruption-from-expired-certificate/ http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2013/02/24/windows-azure-ser... [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5266947 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5266947 [4] http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/leap-day-glitch-causes-windows-azure-cloud-downtime-in-us-europe http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/leap-day-glitch-caus...
  - bruceboughton 12y ago
    It's strange to see FUD deployed against Microsoft for once!

BlueMix is actually pretty exciting to me; I think IBM has finally stepped up as a competitor in the "cloud" ecosystem where Microsoft has really failed.

by Ixiaus 12y ago

BlueMix is actually pretty exciting to me; I think IBM has finally stepped up as a competitor in the "cloud" ecosystem where Microsoft has really failed.

thinkpad20 12y ago

"Really failed"? According to Forbes in July of this year[0], Microsoft is second only to Amazon in the cloud market, and gaining. I'm not sure how that counts as a failure, except in the sense that Microsoft makes a popular whipping boy. [0] http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2014/07/28/amazon-is-facing-a-cloud-crisis-as-microsoft-muscles-in/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2014/07/28/amazon-i...

bkeroack 12y ago
I suspect (but don't have confirmation) that this includes Microsoft's SaaS products like Exchange Online/O365, which are very successful. I get the impression that Azure specifically as PaaS/IaaS, OTOH, is quite a bit less so. At least compared to AWS.

cobalt 12y ago

uhh, failed according to what?

mmastrac 12y ago
I personally have seen very few success stories that involved Azure. The messaging coming through to the public is that Azure is buggy and unreliable. I can recall seeing a couple of major downtime incidents ([1] at least) in the last six months, and a significant number of major ones over the last few years (certificate renewal issues, leap day issues, etc [2][3][4]). I wouldn't choose Azure myself, and I would actively recommend against choosing it to others from what I have seen (unless you are building a solution on .NET/Windows, perhaps). I can't imagine that I'm alone. [1] http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-azure-virtual-machine-cloud-services-down-for-many-7000032708/ http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-azure-virtual-machine-cloud-... [2] http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2013/02/24/windows-azure-service-disruption-from-expired-certificate/ http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2013/02/24/windows-azure-ser... [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5266947 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5266947 [4] http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/leap-day-glitch-causes-windows-azure-cloud-downtime-in-us-europe http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/leap-day-glitch-caus...
- bruceboughton 12y ago
  It's strange to see FUD deployed against Microsoft for once!