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After evaluating eight different vendors along 37 criteria, Forrester recognized Microsoft Azure as a leader in their Big Data Hadoop Cloud Solutions. Microsoft Azure was named one of the four leaders and placed ahead of Amazon Web Services, IBM, and Google in terms of both their current offerings and strategy. Microsoft was also specifically mentioned for “having a cloud-first strategy that is paying off.”