Microsoft will continue to be a strong competitor to AWS, especially with its efforts to strengthen solutions for containers, serverless, and hybrid environments.
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The tech giant leads the hyperscale cloud providers in the application developer PaaS segment, focusing on open-source software with tools like GitHub and Azure DevOps. Microsoft Azure provides a complete set of end-to-end solutions that address a varying of applications and workloads, perfectly suited for organizations that are already Microsoft-centric. Next up but not far behind in the Leaders category is Microsoft. Generating more than 50% of Amazon’s operating income, it’s no wonder AWS is referred to as a supreme leader.
With these category definitions in mind, below are the results comparing last year’s Magic Quadrant to this year’s final results.Īlthough the three main vendors remained consistent in the Leaders Quadrant from 2019 to 2020, their positions within this quadrant shifted slightly.
New changesĪs you may have noticed, the scope of this Magic Quadrant has undergone some changes compared to last year’s “Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service.” Keeping with the evolution of cloud services, Gartner noted it was necessary to include not only hyper scale cloud providers, but also the broad range of services beyond cloud infrastructure as a service that they offer. Published by the renowned IT consulting firm Gartner, Magic Quadrants provide excellent resources for key decision makers when looking for new offerings-and accolades for those companies who make the cut.Īs in past years, the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services provides unique insights into the globe’s top providers of cloud offerings. Each year, clients and companies alike eagerly anticipate the results of Magic Quadrants.