#18: Azure Tops AWS?
The cloud wars typically draw eyeballs, but when a respected reseearch firm comes out and says Microsoft Azure actually beat Amazon Web Services, you sit up and listen.
IDC’s report in June showed Microsoft taking the top position in 2021, with 14.4 market share compared to AWS’ 13.7%.
IDC ID’d Microsoft, AWS, Salesforce, Google Cloud and SAP as the top five. They captured about 40% of worldwide market share, growing 37% in aggregate year over year.
Many other analyst firms continue to rate AWS as the leader in market share.