Lionel Sujay Vailshery
Research expert covering the consumer electronics industry
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As of 2021, the Azure cloud platform encompasses more than 200 cloud services and products. They are suitable for companies of all sizes, with some tailored to specific industries, including healthcare, financial services, government, and retail. To meet the diverse needs of its global customer base, Microsoft continually develops the Azure portfolio to support a growing number of operating systems and programming languages. Accordingly, the Azure platform is a popular choice for businesses to leverage technology to achieve their goals. Almost 56 percent of organizations worldwide use Microsoft Azure for their cloud services.Microsoft Azure's key solutions include data management, media services, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), developer tools, and internet of things (IoT) applications. Further, Azure is advanced in terms of cloud security products and services, showcased by its many compliance certifications for global, regional, and industry-specific uses. Microsoft thereby seeks to help organizations overcome cloud computing security challenges, which remain an obstacle to successful cloud adoption.
Microsoft Azure is among the top global cloud providers
Microsoft Azure leads the global cloud market together with Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. These three hyperscale cloud providers are the leading players in the cloud infrastructure services market, with Microsoft accounting for approximately a quarter of the market. It is noteworthy that despite Microsoft entering the cloud business later than its main competitors, it managed to catch up quickly. This is owed to Microsoft's legacy in enterprise IT. With Windows OS and its many productivity applications, the company already had a strong foothold in IT departments before moving to the cloud. Accordingly, one of Azure's strengths is in software as a service (SaaS), with many enterprise SaaS tools, most prominently Office 365. Furthermore, Microsoft has a strong presence in the hybrid cloud market, which makes the company a noteworthy partner for businesses with a significant data center investment.
