Read what Liftr Cloud Insights analysts are saying about the top public cloud providers and where they currently stand. Our reports listed are written by analysts that cover general topics on the cloud, product portfolios, and differentiation between providers. Our reports are designed to help give answers to pressing industry questions about the cloud, digital business, and its ecosystems. We gather market research and industry analysis of innovation strategies and disruptive trends in technology.
Microsoft is taking a very different approach to edge storage than Amazon Web Services (AWS). Azure Data Box Edge and its ruggedized Azure Stack are Microsoft’s first branded enterprise servers. However, under the unassuming faceplate, the two products use a Dell EMC server chassis. They are already enterprise-class servers, not a Microsoft first attempt at designing enterprise-class servers. Branded enterprise…
Public cloud revenue is up across the big six cloud giants. Alibaba, Amazon, Baidu, Google, Microsoft and Tencent all had solid double-digit to spectacular triple-digit revenue growth from Q2 2017 to Q2 2018. Tencent almost tripled its public cloud revenue year-over-year*, while Alibaba, Google and Microsoft all roughly doubled their public cloud revenue. Baidu BIDU reported a 64% increase and Amazon was up about 50%.…
Unfairly trained Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can reinforce bias, therefore AI systems must be trained fairly. Experts say AI fairness is a dataset issue for each specific machine learning model. AI fairness is a newly recognized challenge. The big cloud providers are in the process of developing and announcing tools to help address AI fairness. Facebook announced…
Digital transformation centers around a hybrid public and private cloud strategy. To make that work, IT organizations must implement proper private cloud infrastructure. As I wrote earlier this week in Public Cloud Giants Turn Their Attention To Private Clouds, the cloud giants are using their rapidly growing revenue to fund private cloud development. How do private…
Next in our coverage of Alibaba Cloud, Liftr is proud to present Alibaba Cloud – By the Numbers. “Alibaba Cloud – By the Numbers” is a one-page quick reference infosheet designed to give a high level overview of the up-and-coming cloud services provider in relation to the other major providers measured against the Liftr Index.…
Top cloud providers including Google Cloud, AWS, Rackspace, and Microsoft Azure are used by millions of customers worldwide. According to a recent report by specialist insurance provider Lloyd’s, a failure of one of these services lasting 3-6 days could cost the United States economy an estimated $15 billion. The report, prepared in collaboration with AIR…