Amazon Still Dominates Cloud Market, Bigger Than Next Four Competitors Combined

摘要

New Q2 data from Synergy Research Group shows that spend on cloud infrastructure services jumped 50% from the second quarter of 2017. This was virtually in line with the growth rate achieved in the first quarter and was once again comfortably higher than growth rates achieved throughout 2017. Revenue growth at Microsoft, Google and Alibaba far surpassed overall market growth rate, so all three gained market share, but market leader Amazon maintained its dominance as its market share nudged up a percentage point to 34%. It remains bigger than its next four competitors combined. As these four cloud providers increase their grip on the market, it is the small-to-medium sized cloud operators who collectively have seen their market shares diminish; among the top 25 cloud providers, only three other companies have seen their market share increase significantly, though none of the three has yet broken through the 1% market share threshold. Meanwhile IBM market share has been relatively stable at around 8%, thanks primarily to its strong leadership in hosted private cloud services.