GoDaddy, AWS, asset-light, Kubernetes, bare metal, managed third party cloud
It was a shorter week as major markets around the world slowed in advance of the long weekend.
The biggest development in the sector by far was GoDaddy’s decision to begin the process of moving its infrastructure to the AWS cloud. We look at the drivers behind the decision and how the asset-light model is impacting the sector. Another wrinkle to this development: GoDaddy and AWS are collaborating to enable website provisioning and hosting. This partnership hints at a shift that is going to be hitting the sector sooner than later. We have details.
One of the drivers behind GoDaddys’ decision was the managed container capabilities of AWS. This past week IBM Cloud also made some moves in this area as it extended its managed Kubernetes service for bare metal. Meanwhile, big bets on the cloud continue to be made. Shopify decided it would move more of its infrastructure to the public cloud and chose Google.
There was more activity in managed third party cloud. Green House Data became the latest provider to jump into managed Azure and Rackspace added a security and compliance layer to its managed Google Cloud services. Elsewhere, CenturyLink shared a significant manage third party cloud win in South America and Logicworks confirmed a win as well.
Cloud’s impact on the entire ecosystem continues to be unmistakable. We took a closer look at Digital Realty’s results, which continue to be driven by large uptake from hyperscale platforms. And this uptake is increasingly global in nature.
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