According to Gartner, “Cloud computing is projected to grow as a $300 billion business by 2021 and will account for nearly a quarter of all IT budgets.” Companies, regardless of their domain or size, are flocking towards cloud services in order to improve their operational efficiency, increase data security and generate new streams of revenue. Adopting cloud computing gives businesses a great option to access their data from anywhere anytime.
Making a transition to the cloud is an expensive and crucial decision which requires thorough research and planning. Enterprises often feel enormous pressure while choosing a cloud service provider (CSP) to meet their business needs. There are two players that have emerged as the most popular choices in the aggressive cloud platform wars — Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Even though these two cloud service providers have much in common and offer a similar set of services, they do differ in several aspects. So, let’s explore the basic features of both the computing platforms and the key differences between them.