Posted 12/6/2023, 12:02:13 PM
UK Regulators Probe Microsoft, Amazon Cloud Dominance Over Competition Concerns
- Amazon joins Google in criticizing Microsoft's licensing practices that restrict competition in the UK cloud computing market
- Microsoft's practices make it difficult for customers to switch cloud providers or run competing services alongside Azure
- UK Competition and Markets Authority investigating cloud market dominance of Amazon and Microsoft
- Google says Microsoft's licensing leaves customers no reasonable alternative but to use Azure
- Investigation aims to promote competition in cloud market so smaller providers aren't locked out