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https://www.technewsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/xl-2017-cloud-services-1.jpg620360One of the old sayings is that there are "lies, damned lies and statistics," with the implication being you really can't trust most reported numbers. Still, we've often thought that you could trust rankings. One current set of rankings involves cloud providers. The general impression was that Amazon was first, Microsoft second, and Google third. However, both Google and IBM reported numbers this month -- and surprise. Google isn't third, IBM is -- and IBM eventually should be able to challenge for the No. 1 spot in the cloud.