Best 10 Cloud Computing Providers for 2011
Dec 11, 2011
The year 2011 is drawing to a close and so, we thought we would do a quick roundup of some of the best third-party services for this year. Cloud computing being very much “in” today and so, we decided we would start our roundup sessions with the best cloud computing services for the year 2011. Here is a list of the top 10 services for this year.
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Amazon Web Services is undoubtedly on the top rung for cloud computing service providers. This company has been showing a steady rise over the last year and continues to keep up a consistent performance. Learning from past criticism, Amazon has now enhanced its support and offers users a premium “white glove” service, which redirects them to the closest engineering specialist. It obviously takes its business seriously.Buy from Amazon »
Rackspace has been popular for many years now, but unfortunately, has registered a fall this year. Nevertheless, it ranks at number 2, revenue-wise. This company enjoys formidable clientele and hence, Rackspace makes it to our top cloud computing provider list this year. We hope to see better from this company now that it would adopt cloud management technology from Cloudkick.
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Yet another new entrant on this list is CSC, which has come up with its private cloud service called the BizCloud, running VCE. The advantage that CSC offers is that it seamlessly integrates with Google Apps and other similar software to offer its services to the user. We think that the company will go a long way in the coming year.
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NephoScale goes the right royal way, creating its very own data center and selling on demand, following the same strategy as Amazon and Rackspace. Of course, Amazon and Rackspace being major players, can afford to play around with the market. But can NephoScale do it too? Time will tell.
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Joyent acquires its place in the top 10 cloud service providers, because of its smart strategy of partnering with Dell to market and sell its pre-configured cloud infrastructure packages. This may well redefine the business of cloud computing in the coming years.
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The year 2011 is drawing to a close and so, we thought we would do a quick roundup of some of the best third-party services for this year. Cloud computing being very much “in” today and so, we decided we would start our roundup sessions with the best cloud computing services for the year 2011. Here is a list of the top 10 services for this year.
1. Amazon
Amazon Web Services is undoubtedly on the top rung for cloud computing service providers. This company has been showing a steady rise over the last year and continues to keep up a consistent performance. Learning from past criticism, Amazon has now enhanced its support and offers users a premium “white glove” service, which redirects them to the closest engineering specialist. It obviously takes its business seriously.Buy from Amazon »
2. IBM
A new entrant, IBM shines this year, thanks to its Smart Business Test and Development Cloud. Of course, IBM could probably do better to improve its overall business strategy, but the fact remains that the company is winning a good deal of business from the enterprise sector. It has been reported that IBM made $30,000,000 just by way of cloud computing services this year. That is admittedly an impressive figure.More »3. Rackspace
Rackspace has been popular for many years now, but unfortunately, has registered a fall this year. Nevertheless, it ranks at number 2, revenue-wise. This company enjoys formidable clientele and hence, Rackspace makes it to our top cloud computing provider list this year. We hope to see better from this company now that it would adopt cloud management technology from Cloudkick.
4. Google
Google has been in the forefront of cloud computing. This year, the Google App Engine has registered a good deal of clientele among mobile and gaming companies. We are hoping to see this company spread its wings wider among the enterprise developer community in the near future. Reportedly, Google is now working on supplying enterprise support very soon.More »5. Microsoft
Microsoft has registered a rather steep fall from the previous year. The company had initially made waves with its Azure cloud service, claiming to have acquired many companies as clients. However, this did not seem to translate into tremendous success on the industry front. To add to Microsoft’s woes, many of the head honchos have quit and gone away. Let us hope that Microsoft can salvage its lost status in the coming year.More »6. CSC
Yet another new entrant on this list is CSC, which has come up with its private cloud service called the BizCloud, running VCE. The advantage that CSC offers is that it seamlessly integrates with Google Apps and other similar software to offer its services to the user. We think that the company will go a long way in the coming year.
7. BlueLock
BlueLock is essentially a relatively minor cloud computing services provider, which is also an established VMware service provider. This company also pioneered a tool to offer users integration with vCloud resources. BlueLock is slowly and steadily coming into its own and so, we hope to see it registering a growth in the coming year.More »8. NephoScale
NephoScale goes the right royal way, creating its very own data center and selling on demand, following the same strategy as Amazon and Rackspace. Of course, Amazon and Rackspace being major players, can afford to play around with the market. But can NephoScale do it too? Time will tell.
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9. Verizon/Terremark
Verizon had been doing well enough with its high-quality, self-built cloud service. But trouble arose when its expenses sky-rocketed. Verizon then acquired Terremark, one of the leading cloud suppliers to the enterprise market. This proved to be Verizon’s turning point, suddenly catapulting it to a great height in the industry. Of course, it remains to be seen how the company fares post the acquisition.More »10. Joyent
Joyent acquires its place in the top 10 cloud service providers, because of its smart strategy of partnering with Dell to market and sell its pre-configured cloud infrastructure packages. This may well redefine the business of cloud computing in the coming years.
