Microsoft ‘Squeezing’ Amazon in the Cloud

Grazed from VirtualizationReview.  Author:  Dennis Schwartz.

When it comes to cloud computing, Microsoft’s goal is clear: Redmond is "in it to win."  That was the main message from Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich at his keynote address during the TechMentor conference on the Microsoft campus.

He emphasized that growing use of the Microsoft Azure cloud service, rapidly expanding features and a price war is putting the squeeze on cloud market leader Amazon Web Services (AWS)…


Russinovich hailed the advantages Microsoft believes it has over AWS, perhaps reflected in Amazon’s latest quarterly earnings, which may have disappointed and rattled investors.  "Amazon Web Services is struggling in the face of pricing pressure by us and Google," Russinovich said…

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