Microsoft Azure

Microsoft rightly deserves the second position in the rating of the world’s top cloud providers. It has created its hybrid platform Azure, embracing three major categories, SaaS, PaaS and IaaS, to meet business challenges in various industries (financial, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, gaming, government, etc.).

The platform provides IoT, AI and blockchain solutions; allows developers to create mobile and eCommerce apps; ensures data confidentiality; and analyzes Big Data.

When Microsoft moved Windows, Office, SQL Server, SharePoint and other solutions to Azure, it automatically turned to the number one vendor for thousands of organizations that are using these solutions. Moreover, Azure has strong relations with other vendors (e.g. Adobe, SAP, Cisco), ensuring plenty of integration opportunities.

In the Azure marketplace, users can discover and deploy software for any purposes.

Pros

High availability (54 global Azure regions)
Security
Scalability with the click of a button
Partnership with other vendors
Cons

Not cost-effective for small companies
Reliability and performance issues