Vendor Overview and Outlook: Microsoft Azure in HPC

December 19, 2019|Addison Snell, Christopher G. Willard Ph.D., Laura Segervall

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This Intersect360 Research report presents an overview and outlook for Microsoft Azure in the worldwide high performance computing (HPC) market, as of
December 2019.

Microsoft Azure is a major vendor of cloud-based services for the worldwide HPC market. Intersect360 Research tracks cloud usage and adoption in HPC, including
cloud revenue segmented into major categories: raw compute cycles, storage, environment hosting, and application hosting. Intersect360 Research tracks
cloud providers as part of our HPC User Site Census survey. Because guidance from vendors is limited, Intersect360 Research does not publish revenue
shares for cloud providers in HPC. However, we do provide estimated ranges for the top three providers, including Microsoft Azure.

Drawing on market tracking and surveys from the Intersect360 Research HPC advisory service, this report includes:

Estimated market share range for 2018 for Microsoft Azure as an HPC cloud provider, with comparisons to other major vendors
Relevant supporting data from Intersect360 Research end-user surveys
SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
Recommendations to Microsoft Azure

Note that Microsoft is also a major consumer of IT as a hyperscale organization. Intersect360 Research tracks this consumption separately as part of its
Hyperscale market advisory service. This report focuses on Microsoft Azure as a vendor of cloud technologies to other organizations running HPC applications.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

MICROSOFT AZURE IN HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

Key Products

2018 Market Performance

SWOT ANALYSIS

Strengths

Weaknesses

Opportunities

Threats

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