Analyze and compare different cloud platforms.

"One of the biggest challenges with cloud vendors is that very often, someone is signing up for cloud services without bothering to go through a contract review. Somebody just plops down a credit card and signs up for the service. I've done a lot of work with cloud vendors; I've actually worked for cloud vendors at times, and it's really important to read the terms and conditions, including around security, to understand what the cloud provider is providing for you." $-$Chris Shull, Interim CISO, Washington University, St$.$ Louis, Missouri, during a Remote Session Broadcast on Essentials of Incident Response

In this module, you learned about the various advantages cloud computing provides to organizations, such as cost savings, disaster recovery, and sustainability.

Before migrating to cloud computing, organizations need to conduct thorough research and analysis of the different platforms available in the market and select the right one for their use case. While there are numerous cloud platforms on the market, the top three leaders currently are Microsoft's Azure, Amazon's AWS, and Google's GCPB $($ZDNet$,$ n$.$d$.).$ And while they all have similar features, they do have their unique strengths and weaknesses.

For this assignment, you are given the critical responsibility of researching and comparing Azure, AWS, and GCP$.$ Examples of components that you may consider comparing include:

$1.$ Features

$2.$ Availability zones

$3.$ Services

$4.$ Market share

$5.$ Primary use cases $($i$.$e$.,$ a particular industry$)$

$6.$ Pricing models

$7.$ Security

$8.$ Compliance

$9.$ User training and certification

$10.$ Research and development of new advanced features and services

At the end of your analysis of the three cloud platforms, provide your recommendation on a platform with adequate explanation.