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IBM SmartCloud Application Services [EOL] vs Microsoft Azure comparison

 

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IBM SmartCloud Application ...
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Azure
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
312
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (1st), PaaS Clouds (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user8574 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 13, 2013
IBM’s SmartCloud Enterprise
It wasn’t more than two years ago that during an IBM conference I discovered IBM had no less than nine independent global “Cloud” initiatives. Since then, IBM has concentrated more squarely on a primary goal to produce a unique and singular public infrastructure service for the enterprise.  In 2012…
Nicolas Chabrier - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 26, 2024
Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration
The only thing is regarding the management of multi-cloud environments. That's not really possible. So basically, it's wonderful if you manage Microsoft clearly and if you manage Microsoft Azure, but if you need to consume external services and have a global overview of all your consumption, it's not the case. Google, for instance, has tools that help you manage multiple environments, which makes sense because Google is really the cloud provider. So that's why they need to be compliant with the others. But for sure, Microsoft's approach is different, and it's wonderful when you're one hundred percent on Azure. But if you'd like to have something more of a multi-cloud strategy, that's a bit of a gap where they could improve.

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"Its price can be cheaper. Price is always an issue. We pay around $10,000 per month for all resources."
"Related to pricing and licensing, you have to be careful how you operate with the concept."
"With adequate knowledge, I think you can come up with a good model where the pricing won't be a constraint."
"I rate the tool's pricing a six out of ten."
"The price needs to be lower because they're competing with AWS."
"The pricing of Microsoft Azure is not very flexible."
"This is an expensive product."
"The long-term cost is higher than if you set up the servers on-premises, which is something that could be improved through more competitive pricing."
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Aug 14, 2013
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Educational Organization
42%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

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SmartCloud Application Services
Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
 

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Unisys, NTT Data Inc., Cognizant Technology, SLTN, North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Justice
BMW, Toyota, easyJet, NBC Sports, HarperCollins, Aviva, TalkTalk Business, Avanade, and Telenor.
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