By Bob Evans
Publication Date: 2026-01-12 12:30:00
Welcome to Cloud Wars minute – Your daily cloud news and commentary broadcast. Each episode offers insights and perspectives around the “reimagination machine” of the cloud.
In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I’ll explain why Google Cloud is now at the top Cloud Wars Top 10.
Highlights
00:08 – This week we named Google Cloud the number one new company in the Cloud Wars Top 10. Oracle rose to second place. Microsoft slips to third place. Microsoft held this top spot for four years. It’s three times larger than Google Cloud, but there’s a lot more to the Cloud Wars top 10 than just size.
01:30 — We came up with a video John Siefertour CEO, and also an in-depth article that looks at many of the key indicators of Google Cloud’s rise, points out some of the challenges that Microsoft has faced, and also mentions how Oracle has also risen here because it does more of what customers need…
