The Coolest Big Data System And Cloud Platform Companies Of The 2023 Big Data 100

April 25, 2023, 10:00 AM EDT

Part 3 of CRN’s 2023 Big Data 100 takes a look at the vendors solution providers should know in the big data system and cloud platform space.

Microsoft

CEO: Satya Nadella

Software giant Microsoft offers a broad portfolio of products that cover the big data stack from top to bottom.

Microsoft Azure, along with AWS and Google Cloud, is one of the leading go-to cloud platforms upon which many big data software developers run their products and many businesses assemble their big data operations.

The company offers Azure Big Data Services and Azure Analytics Services, packaged services on the Azure cloud platform, including Azure Synapse Analytics, HD Insight, Azure Data Lake Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Share, Azure Event Hub, and Azure Time-Series Insights.

Microsoft’s SQL Server relational database is one of the industry’s foundational products for data management and the company’s Power BI is one of the most popular data visualization and business intelligence tools on the market.

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Rick Whiting

Rick Whiting has been with CRN since 2006 and is currently a feature/special projects editor. Whiting manages a number of CRN’s signature annual editorial projects including Channel Chiefs, Partner Program Guide, Big Data 100, Emerging Vendors, Tech Innovators and Products of the Year. He also covers the Big Data beat for CRN. He can be reached at rwhiting@thechannelcompany.com.