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The vast expanse of the cloud computing market and its promising future for us are attracting more and more players.
With thousands of sails competing against each other, behind a hundred battles, there may be cruel facts. It is difficult to form giants and start-ups in a market where technology, products, solutions and ecology are intertwined, and where competition is sufficiently competitive. In the pattern of Qi Fei, only a handful of powerful players can finally reach the other side.
Companies currently involved in the domestic cloud computing market can basically be divided into four categories: foreign manufacturers who lay eggs and shells, reptile-like internet giants, enterprise-level manufacturers who think of upsizing, and cutting-edge companies that focus on the vertical field of cloud computing. So who can be the winner of the future?
Gartner's latest "Market Guide for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, China" (hereinafter referred to as Gartner MG report), through rigorous and detailed judgments and arguments, gives a convincing conclusion.
Huawei Cloud goes to the leading player
The report shows that with its full stack technology capability and comprehensive cloud infrastructure service level, Huawei Cloud has become the first echelon of the "Hyperscale" cloud vendor in China's IaaS field and has been highly recognized by more and more customers.
The use of new technologies and new business models to change, so as to achieve digital transformation, has become the common aspiration of the majority of government and enterprise customers, and cloud computing is the core technology they reconstruct IT.
In the era of cloud computing 2.0, infrastructure-level products and services at the IaaS level can fully cover the cloud claims of four types of customers, namely Cloud-Enabling, Cloud-Inspired, Pure Cloud, Cloud-Enhanced (Cloud Enablement, Industry Cloud, and Cloud-Enhanced). Managed cloud, enhanced with hyperscale public cloud and cloud platform capabilities.
Due to the focus on single-field competition, those smaller and weaker providers can only support the users' cloud appeal in at least two or three areas. The only companies that provide high-quality cloud services in these four areas are You can enter the first tier.
A total of 10 public cloud service providers in China were selected to participate in the Gartner MG report, which basically covered key players in various fields. At the same time, Gartner also extensively contacted the heads of a large number of domestic enterprise IT infrastructure and operations, and tried to improve The dimensions support the credibility and persuasiveness of this report.
Unlike some other surveys, the Gartner MG report does not have a hard ranking. It only starts with aspects such as coverage provided by the cloud service, operating model, availability of OP, and a list of data center layout dimensions to provide users with a solid cloud. Suggestions.
The report pointed out that although in the current Chinese IaaS field, the market share of the leader has opened up a large gap with the vendors behind him, this situation is not irreversible, and even the 2020 rankings may undergo major changes.
Based on this, Gartner advises companies not to be overshadowed by market rankings and share when selecting cloud service providers. Instead, they should select those companies with full stack technology capabilities based on their actual business needs.
According to Gartner, the first-tier cloud providers, represented by Huawei Cloud, will continue to implement a powerful impact on the existing market structure through large-scale integrated operations, rich and varied service models, and access to a global service network. .
It should be pointed out that adequate financial and material resources, especially in technology research and development, and ecosystems, will help the leading players in the first tier to 'clear their field', just as they did in online games. Those less powerful players are quickly marginalized at the end of the game.