Keyword: Synergy Research Group
Amazon is girding its loins to combat Microsoft and Google by moving one of its engineering executives over to sales and marketing for its cloud unit.
Microsoft has been far and away the software market leader over the past decade, according to Synergy Research Group (SRG).
Over the past decade, spending on cloud infrastructure services has gone from virtually nothing to close to $100 billion in annual revenues.
New SRG data shows hyperscale operators accounted for 33% of all spending on data center hardware and software in the first three quarters of 2019.
Data center and colocation construction projects picked up the pace in the second half of this year, according to research by IHS Markit.
After a bit of a lull in the first half of this year, hyperscale operator capex was once again booming in the third quarter, according to a report.
The top four public cloud providers continue to strengthen their grip on the public cloud market, according to a report by Synergy Research Group.
Digital Realty is boosting its European presence with a $7.15 billion deal to buy European data center operator Interxion.
In their recent earnings reports, both Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure reported declining revenue growth rates, but that's not a concern.
IBM stuffed a raft of announcements and updates into a press release, including updates to its public cloud and Watson AI portfolios.
