Small and medium cloud providers are growing rapidly in 2026 with differentiated strategies. This article analyzes the development trends of Vultr, DigitalOcean, Linode and other emerging cloud platforms.
IBM Cloud adjusted its strategic direction in 2026, focusing more on hybrid cloud and AI consulting services while streamlining infrastructure operations.
Alibaba Cloud's AI and infrastructure investments show domestic cloud competition moving from resource sales toward a combination of models, compute, and platform capabilities.
The global CDN market is expected to exceed $35 billion in 2026. AWS CloudFront, Cloudflare, and Akamai maintain a stable triopoly, but edge computing and AI inference are reshaping competition.
Google Cloud released several important updates in the first half of 2026. This article reviews the new products, services, and feature updates worth watching in the second half of the year.
Oracle Cloud continues to strengthen its database advantage and AI infrastructure in 2026, launching several new services for enterprise customers.
Synergy Research Q2 2026 cloud market report: AWS 31%, Azure 24%, Google Cloud 12%.
Synergy Research data shows Q2 2026 global cloud infrastructure spending reached $143.4 billion, up 43% year over year — the highest growth rate in eight years, with GenAI cloud services growing 165% YoY as the primary growth engine.
Tencent Cloud is advancing its AI-native strategy in 2026 with EdgeOne and Hunyuan model ecosystem expansions. This article summarizes key product updates.
Flexera's cloud cost report shows enterprise cloud waste dropped from 32% to 28% in 2026, but significant spending still goes to unused resources.
Global cloud infrastructure spending exceeded $180 billion in H1 2026, with AI compute demand growing 200% YoY. GPU supply constraints continue in H2, FinOps accelerates adoption, and multi-cloud and edge computing enter deep deployment.
Linode has been continuously integrating since its acquisition by Akamai. In 2026, the Linode platform launched several new features while deeply integrating with the Akamai edge network.
Huawei Cloud accelerated its global expansion in 2026, launching several new AI infrastructure services and developer tools. This article reviews Huawei Cloud's latest product developments.
Akamai acquires a cloud-native computing company to further strengthen its cloud capabilities following the Linode acquisition.