Since the introduction of EC2 in 2005/2006, a lot has happened. New service providers such as Google App Engine (GAE) and Force.com have emerged. Existing hosting providers such as GoGrid & RackSpace have transformed to cloudify their service delivery model. And, existing platform vendors such as IBM and Microsoft have raced to implement or acquire solutions to respond to this fundamental shift.
Different types of vendors are competing for market positions. Some are new: Abiquo, Nimbula, Cloud.com (formerly VMOps)… And, some are mature: VMware, Novell/Attachmate, CA, BMC, DELL, … [The vendor landscape is big and complex, and includes other types of vendors including systems integrators…]
As we close 2010, I thought it would be interesting to look at some usage trends of the big names in the Cloud market.
The statistics come from Alexa. It uses its own methods for capturing HTTP traffic, and normalizing the data. As such, it is important to note that it does not include non-web app workload deployed on these cloud services. In addition, it is common for enterprises to use DNS aliasing (CNAME) to map to a custom URL. So, it is important to consider traffic to custom URLs would not be included in the following presentation.
The intent is to provide some ideas about usage and future trends, as these vendors battle it out for dominance and market share.
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Wish everyone a Happy New Year!
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