Cloud computing provides software and IT services by digitally storing them in a remote “cloud,” a virtual storage space that can be concurrently accessed by multiple users. Cloud is the increasingly standard mode of providing IT services, using online servers to host, store and manage data, thereby freeing users and businesses from the burden of having to store software and data on their own servers.
Singapore is going all in on cloud computing and the country’s public cloud market has grown due, in part, to the increased adoption of digital technologies and a growing awareness of cloud’s role in data security. With the rise of remote work and digital transformation around the world, these companies are poised to lead the way in Singapore.
Cloud Companies in Singapore
- Amazon Web Services
- Salesforce
- Microsoft
- Alibaba Cloud
- DigitalOcean
Cloud Companies in Singapore to Know
The largest cloud in the world belongs to Amazon Web Services, which provides B2B cloud computing and storage services through its network of cloud products. Enterprise organizations work with AWS to store massive quantities of data in off-site, co-located or on-site data centers, and enjoy features like cloud-based internal and external digital communications, data management analytics and data insight reports.
Salesforce offers cloud-based software and a data cloud platform to support customer relationship management. It brings together data from sales, marketing, commerce, service and IT applications, and stores and manages it such that client companies can access it without any on-site storage space. More than 150,000 companies trust the Salesforce Data Cloud with their sensitive and valuable data.
The Azure cloud program is Microsoft’s stronghold in the enterprise cloud platform market. Azure encompasses hundreds of cloud products and services, working with clients directly to customize the features and options required by their specific data needs. The Azure ecosystem has the computing and storage power to house and manage huge data sets from business operations, which are then stored in remote Azure data centers.
Alibaba Cloud is one of the major cloud providers in the Asia Pacific region. Its cloud services include data storage, big data services, database management and content delivery networks. It serves more than 200 countries and is the top cloud company in all of China, with available private servers through its Elastic Compute Service and digital technology offerings like Object Storage Service and SSL certificate management.
DigitalOcean is an IaaS, or Infrastructure-as-a-Service, provider that operates a cloud platform for software developers. Its cloud computing and hosting services are designed to be fully scalable, with pricing reflecting usage, and built for software developers who are working with “droplets.” Droplets are virtual machines, based in Linux, that run using DigitalOcean’s own hardware. In this paradigm, each virtual machine is a droplet, and client teams can start with a single droplet and scale as it becomes appropriate.
