Who’s Cloud Is It Anyway? Battle of the Enterprise – HP Takes On Amazon AWS – Workday Is Working On Own Cloud
Grazed from Forbes. Author: John Furrier.
The cloud industry of Abbott and Costello took place last week – Who’s on first..what’s on second and I don’t know who is on third? This was the cloud drama that happened last week in what is now a full blown fierce competitive marketplace for enteprise grade cloud industry. HP vs Amazon Web Services – folks the cloud wars are on. HP is taking the gloves off. Here is the story that unfolded this week and SiliconANGLE’s report. This is just the beginning of a hyper-competitive blood bath cloud market and the stakes are high. The battle for the enteprise
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