Welcome to the Cloud Wars Minute — your daily news and commentary show, hosted by Cloud Wars Founder Bob Evans. The next three minutes are packed with insights and perspectives around the “reimagination machine” that is the Cloud! Today’s Topic: Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud & IBM Could Hit $50 Billion in Q3 Cloud Revenue
Highlights
00:35 – Bob kicks off his predictions with Cloud Wars #1 Microsoft, which he says will hit $20.5 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. That will be an increase of 36%.
00:55 – Next up are AWS and Google Cloud. Bob says AWS will probably grow 32% with quarterly revenue of $15.3 billion. Google Cloud, the high-growth champion of the Cloud Wars Top 10, could grow 52%. It could bring in just over $7 billion in revenue for Q3.
01:25 – Finally, IBM Cloud is likely to grow 22%. It would come in around $7.3 billion in cloud revenue for the quarter.
02:00 – How cloud vendors have captured the imagination of business leaders who are preparing their firms for the future has, in part, driven this massive growth.
02:30 – Whatever else is happening in the economy, the incredible demand across industries and countries means that the cloud market’s growth is not slowing down.
