Google's cloud gets a boost as Forrester names it a leader in data analytics - SiliconANGLE

Google Inc.'s efforts to establish itself as a major player in cloud computing received a small boost Wednesday when it was named by research firm Forrester Research Inc. as the undisputed leader in a part of the market Forrester calls "Insight Platform as a Service." It should be noted that Insight PaaS is just a small subsection of the overall PaaS market, so Google still has some way to go. Forrester defines the Insight PaaS category as an integrated set of data management, analytics and insight application development and management components, offered as a platform. PaaS more generally is the middle layer of cloud computing, customarily defined as services to allow software developers to create applications that run on the Internet. In its report, Forrester also laid out the benefits Insight PaaS platforms provide to organizations.