Microsoft today highlighted in a blog post that they are the only company that is positioned as a Leader in four Gartner’s Magic Quadrants for cloud infrastructure as a service, x86 server virtualization,enterprise application platform as a service and public cloud storage services. You have Amazon, Google, IBM, Salesforce, VMWare and few others, but Microsoft has a unique set of capabilities to help enterprise customers provision and manage their infrastructure, whether it is on-premises, in a Microsoft datacenter, or delivered by a hosting service provider.
Only Microsoft has achieved recognition as a Leader across all four capability areas.
- cloud infrastructure as a service: We feel the pace of innovation in our cloud solutions led to much greater customer adoption in the past year, contributing to a very strong showing in the Cloud IaaS space.
- x86 server virtualization infrastructure: Recognized as a leader for the fourth year in a row, Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V continues to deliver an enterprise-class datacenter that customers can depend on.
- enterprise application platform as a service: Azure has added over 200 new services since last year, delivering a more complete portfolio and enabling customers to focus on creating the next generation of amazing apps without having to worry about managing the full stack.
- Public cloud storage services: One of two vendors listed as a leader in this area. We believe the integration of our server, management and cloud offerings was key to success.
Read more on it here.
