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Alphabet’s Google Cloud has said that Microsoft’s cloud computing practices harm competition and has criticized upcoming deals with European cloud providers, saying they do not address larger issues with Microsoft’s license terms.
Amit Zavery, vice president of Google Cloud, called on EU antitrust regulators to take a closer look at the matter.
Google Cloud’s first public comments on Microsoft’s deals with the EU show just how competitive the two US tech giants are in the multi-billion dollar cloud computing market, where Amazon is the market leader and Microsoft is the top. second place.
“In the cloud, Microsoft is definitely not very open to competition. They are using their dominance in the on-premises business, Office 365 and Windows to tie Azure and the other cloud services together and make it harder for customers to choose,” Zavery told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday night.
“When we talk to many of our customers, they tell us that a lot of these bundling practices and the way they set prices and license restrictions make it difficult for them to choose other providers,” he said.
He said Microsoft’s deals with smaller cloud companies in Europe were bad.
A person with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters this week that Microsoft has offered to change the way it does cloud computing as part of a deal with smaller competitors.
In return, smaller companies will stop filing antitrust complaints, the person said. The move will prevent the EU from investigating the matter.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn