Welcome to the Cloud Wars Minute — your daily news and commentary show, hosted by Cloud Wars Founder Bob Evans. Each episode provides insights and perspectives around the “reimagination machine” that is the Cloud.
In this Cloud Wars Minute, Bob explains why Google Cloud is the “stunner” of the Cloud Wars Top 10 for the third quarter.
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Highlights
00:38 — In the third quarter, both Google Cloud and Microsoft increased their cloud revenue by $600 million from the previous quarter.
01:12 — Microsoft’s cloud business is four times larger than Google Cloud’s. However, in the third quarter, Google Cloud added the same amount of cloud revenue in the same period of time.
02:38 — In comparison, Google Cloud grew from $6.3 billion in cloud revenue to $6.9 billion, whereas Microsoft jumped from $25.1 billion to $25.7 billion.
03:05 — Over the entire third quarter, Microsoft’s growth rate was 24% and Google Cloud’s was 37.5%. The competition for customers — who are always the big winners in cloud wars — is fantastic.