Who is the number one player in the Cloud? This is a frequently asked question, but one that is difficult to answer. There have been several attempts to classify companies in the Cloud (such as the top 150 Cloud companies to watch) and these are definitely helpful in increasing awareness of newer or smaller companies that have an interesting cloud offering. However, the resulting lists are usually sorted by alphabetical order, and may not be a good starting point for an enterprise decision-maker looking to use the Cloud to solve a specific business problem.
Most recently, Peter Laird – now at Tendril Networks – did an n admirable job in moving away from alphabetical sorting to listing the companies that have the most mindshare using Google search rankings. Companies such as Rackspace, Sun and Salesforce were at the top of the list that he generated, which is a clear step forward form previous efforts.
Peter Laird: Ranking Cloud Computing Vendors 2009
Next week BTC Logic will release its Q1 2010 Cloud Top Ten companies list beginning on March 15 with the Top Ten Cloud Infrastructure companies. How is this list different? What is different from previous ranking attempts?
BTC Logic took the viewpoint of an enterprise leader or decision-maker looking to take advantage of the Cloud, and seeking to build consensus between his or her business executives and technology thought leaders. Furthermore, BTC Logic is an independent entity and so is not seeking to push any particular vendor technology unless that technology genuinely solves enterprise business issues.
The Top Ten lists are the result of an analysis of over 600 companies with offerings in the Cloud market place, and these lists should prove a very useful source of information for enterprises moving into the Cloud.
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