With the hype surround “the Cloud” and the rush that seems to be occurring to achieve solutions that are “Cloud ready” we have been looking at the options we have and it seems to be clear that there are three main players: Microsoft (Azure), IBM (Websphere) and Amazon with each company approaching it in from a different direction. IBM have a strong hardware focus while Microsoft is coming from a software platform with managed hardware that is transparent.
The decision as to which Cloud platform we end up on is based on the peripheral support and advantages that the support company brings and that includes the marketing and network facilities to increase sales from below the bottom line.
