Gartner: Microsoft leads the way in cloud infrastructure, services, etc.

Gartner has done a research based on "Magic Quadrant" (Magic quadrants) for several companies and found that Microsoft is leading the way in "cloud infrastructure as a service", x86 server virtualization, enterprise application platforms, services, and public cloud storage services. The following illustration contains the company's vision and implementation:

Public Cloud storage Services:

In addition to Azure based platforms, Microsoft offers a variety of server products (including Office 365), while its main competitors include Amazon. The company has maintained a high degree of stability in the market and has focused on the performance and consistency of file services in a collaborative environment.

X86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure:

Microsoft has developed Hyper-V and system Center VMM for more than 6 years, becoming more integrated with Azure and narrowing the gap with VMware (despite some gaps in system recovery).

As a powerful competitor of virtualization technology, VMware has excellent products, a large number of users, and a very high level of customer satisfaction. And Microsoft's advantage is price, because the company's business model is not dependent on the azure sector.

Enterprise Application Platform as a service:

Microsoft Azure has supported IaaS (infrastructure as well as services) and PAAs (Platform-service), making these technologies more approachable. In addition, their "cloud priority" (cloud first) strategy has also been paved. NET architecture to the path of Azure PAAs services.

However, as Microsoft's main competitor, Salesforce is more professional in this field.

Cloud computing application Platform as a service:

Microsoft has used Azure infrastructure services to kill the IaaS market and has brought Windows Server and Hyper-V as a complement. Given Microsoft's. NET development has great appeal, but the lack of Linux options, so the main competitor in this area is Amazon.

Cloud Operating System:

Not included in either quadrant is Microsoft's Cloud operating system (Cloud OS). The company is focused on flexibility and the security of future business, and has persuaded the Aston Martin, United, Telefónica 3 major customers.

Summary：

Since most people focus only on Microsoft's consumer-level technology, the company is always mistaken for other companies to catch up with (challenger).

Moreover, Microsoft has received more criticism of its "lack of foresight" than Google and Apple. But the company has shown how they dominate the world in many ways.

[Compiled from: Winbeta]

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)