Issue #37: Mar 30 - Apr 5
IDC cloud spend report. AWS closing in on Microsoft, Google Distributed Cloud Edge generally available. Azure new Arm-based processor support. Updated MSP 250rPublic Cloud Edition 2021 released.
Trends
Q4 2021 cloud spend grows 13.5%, more growth ahead: IDC
2021 spend on cloud clocked at $73.9bn - 8.8% higher than 2020; IDC forecasts 2022 spend to grow 21.7% to hit $90bn and non-cloud infrastructure to decline by 0.3%.
Read more
Google: 50% government workers dissatisfied with legacy software
Google Cloud survey of 2.6k professionals found 84% D.C. metro government employees use Microsoft productivity tools, 35% use shadow IT to get their work done; 50%+ say reliance on Microsoft alone made the organization more vulnerable.
Read more
Analysis
AWS’ continued growth momentum might snatch the #1 spot from Microsoft in cloud wars
After 3 quarters of faster and accelerated growth compared to Microsoft, AWS beat Microsoft by 8 percentage points on Q4 2021 growth rates. Sustained growth rate in Q1 2022 might bring AWS back to #1.
Read more
Clearing the air around cloud native, and understanding the second cloud revolution
David Linthicum says cloud-native is the second cloud revolution – given that it is adopted by those building and deploying systems, and if vendors and cloud providers start providing interchangeable and open technologies.
Read more
Self-service developer platforms might be holding off the inevitable future of cloud
PaaS has stayed because of the need for governance and control in the public cloud; enabling some developer freedom is necessary but many are not yet ready to go cloud-native.
Read more
Constellation adds CockroachDB to Q1 2022 shortlist for hybrid and multicloud transactional RDMS
MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, and SAP HANA Cloud also in the shortlist evaluated on high-throughput transactional performance, cloud availability, and more.
Read more
Business Updates
Google Distributed Cloud Edge now generally available
Announced last year, GDC Edge - which lets customers run 5G Core and radio access network (RAN) functions at the edge is now generally available; partnerships with AT&T, Bell Canada, Verizon, Reliance to help meet customer needs at the edge.
Read more
ARM’s penetration in datacenter servers to increase to 22% by 2025
Growing share of ARM-based cloud instances at AWS, rising demand for AI and high performance computing, and ARM-based micro datacenters fueled by data residency laws are contributing to ARM’s growing footprint.
Read more
Chronicle MSSP Program to increase sales of security products at Google Cloud
Following cybersecurity startup acquisitions, the new program focuses on sales, marketing, business investment and technical support to make it easier for managed security service providers (MSSPs) to sell products and services on their GCP Marketplace sites.
Read more
Azure VMs will now support ARM-based processors from Ampere
Currently in public preview, the new VMs provide up to 64 vCPUs with 2GB-8GB memory per vCPU; will offer 50 percent better price-performance than similar x86 VMs for scale-out workloads.
Read more
Google Cloud Retail Search to help retailers curtail search abandonment
Search abandonment causes $300bn losses annually; Retail Search, which is now generally available, will help retailers improve shopping experience by gauging user intent and context.
Read more
Synopsys and Microsoft collaborate to enable chip design on Azure
Synopsys EDA Cloud, which currently brings limited functionality from its ZeBu cloud platform, lets design teams deploy software manually on cloud or use pre-configured EDA tools as an on-demand service from Azure.
Read more
ChannelE2E’s MSP 250: Public Cloud Edition 2021
ChannelE2E MSP 250 list identifies top managed service providers for Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and other cloud platforms.
Read more
Wins
United Parcel Service expands its Google Cloud Data Analytics Deal
The likely success of the deal that was signed three years ago to save UPS 10mn gallons of fuel by optimizing shipping routes behind the expansion of collaboration, will facilitate package delivery improvement initiatives at UPS with more compute resources.
Read more
