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I work with CIOs of major companies often. The biggest driver here from what I see is that people are more familiar with AWS. All along the chain of decision ma
by AndyNemmity 12y ago
I work with CIOs of major companies often. The biggest driver here from what I see is that people are more familiar with AWS. All along the chain of decision making, people have experience with AWS, and can validate it for use.
Not so for other cloud services. It becomes inevitable when every decision maker in your chain can validate one product, and has no experience with others.
- Someone1234 12y agoThat rings true for me. AWS has a huge amount of momentum behind it because people are already familiar with the product, thanks in part to its market position, but also due to the 12 months free trial that a lot of people [ab]use in their own time. I will say Microsoft has been doing a lot to familiarise people with Azure, they've been giving it away to students and MSDN subscriptions like candy as well as offering trials in various shapes and sizes. I dread to think how much Microsoft spends on Azure advertising, but considering there is now an NFL ad for it, likely a heck of a lot.