Talking of present world of IT, one can never neglect the idea of cloud computing and the extent of its widespread throughout different categories. Falling into three categories named as software-as-a-service provider, platform-as-a-service and infrastructure-as-a-service, cloud computing comes up with a divergent range of applications and tools which assist the innovative business startups, enterprises and vendors looking for the best marketing and customer attraction for their business. Amazon is a name that has made itself the leader of the present market of cloud computing. After this, Microsoft and Google keep flipping their positions through their competitive strategies and services. Lets see what are the 10 leading brands working on cloud computing!
1. Amazon
Amazon Web Services make it to be on the top of the list when it comes to the current cloud computing scene of the IT world. Founded in 1994, Amazon earned a big name in regard with its offerings like huge data storage services, SimpleDB, the CloudFront, the Simple Queue Service and the Elastic Compute Cloud on the top. From small businesses to enterprises, it has got customers of all kinds.
2. Google
The next giant of cloud computing on the list is Google. It was founded in 1998 to excel in almost all the fields of IT. The cloud computing services provided by Google are marvelous including Google Apps (a set of tools including email, calendering, word processing and website creation tool), postini (email and web security services provider) and Google App Engine which created a great competition with microsoft after its release in 2008.
3. Microsoft
Starting with the development of operating system for home and work, Micrososft came up to be one of the prominent names in cloud service providers. Its cloud offering is Azure which is a service platform and a place to create and enhance web hosted applications.
4. SalesForce.com
Based on the services related to Customer Relationship Management software, Salesforce comes up with a number of categories to provide tools related to them. It includes analytics, automation and social networking tools. Second is a web application and hosting service provider named as Force.com.
5. Oracle
Oracle is another giant in the world of cloud computing. Its offerings in the cloud services ranges from a level of enterprise including SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. Its Database service provides flexibility which can be self managed or managed by Oracle itself.
6. AT&T
With purchasing USinternetworking which provides applications to enterprise customers in more than 30 countries. Its cloud offering relates to the security and networking functions in the name of the service known as Synaptic Hosting.
7. NetSuite
New born company, founded in 1998 has got a lot to offer in cloud computing. Firstly, it was in partnership with Oracle but later in 2007, Netsuite gained popularity for its services in cloud computing like a suite for ERP, CRM, Accounting and e-commerce.
8. Workday
Workday is the next platform for leading cloud computing services. With its offerings in human resource and financial management in the name of SaaS based software and its integration PaaS (iPaas) provides business and enterprises a wide range of flexibility and tools.
9. RackSpace
RackSpace Cloud is a famous name in emerging cloud computing service providers. This Iis also known as Mosso and consists of Cloud Site ( a service to make websites), Cloud Servers ( a platform to give access to virtualized server instance) and its storage device named as Cloud Files. Web developers and SaaS providers are found to be fan of its services.
10. RightScale
Last but not the least, RightScale was founded in 2006 with its amazing cloud services. It helps the IT management processes for different cloud computing companies, build virtual servers and gives automated storage backups.
