Microsoft has been ranked the number one IoT platform provider ahead of Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to analysis from Counterpoint Research – as the largest cloud providers see success in extending their IoT capabilities to the edge.
Emerging enterprise technologies, such as the Internet of Things, are being seen by the largest cloud infrastructure companies as the next wave of cloud services, with vendors’ deep pockets – AWS broke $10 billion in revenues last quarter – and huge market share enabling them to cannibalise this space. Blockchain is another example of this: a report by Everest Group in January assessing managed blockchain platforms saw IBM, Microsoft, AWS and Alibaba in the leaders’ zone, alongside SAP and Oracle.
