Google’s cloud antitrust complaint against Microsoft has been quietly folded into a much larger regulatory test of the industry: the company has formally withdrawn its EU complaint after Brussels opened a trio of Digital Markets Act (DMA) market investigations into cloud computing services...
Oracle and Microsoft are turning a long‑running alliance into a practical playbook for enterprise AI: Oracle’s database and lakehouse technologies are now deeply integrated into Azure, new GA features make real‑time data movement and key management enterprise‑ready, and both vendors are pushing...
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Brussels has opened formal market investigations that put Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure squarely in the regulatory crosshairs, probing whether the two hyperscalers should face tougher, gatekeeper-style rules under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act — a move that could reshape...
The European Commission has launched a trio of market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that put Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure squarely in Brussels’ sights, testing whether hyperscale cloud platforms should be treated as regulated “gatekeepers” and whether the...
The European Commission has opened a trio of formal market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure — two focused probes to test whether those cloud offerings should be designated as gatekeepers under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), plus a third, horizontal inquiry...
The European Commission has formally opened a set of market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), testing whether the world’s two largest cloud platforms should be treated as regulated “gatekeepers” and whether the DMA’s toolbox...
The European Commission has opened three formal market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), signaling that Brussels is prepared to consider applying the DMA’s toughest obligations to large cloud providers — a move that could...
The diginomica network’s latest research lands a clear, uncomfortable verdict for enterprise technology teams: artificial intelligence is not primarily a technical deployment problem — it is a change management problem. Within an invitation‑only community of CIOs and CTOs, the report finds...
The European Commission has formally opened three inquiries under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that together mark the most serious regulatory scrutiny of cloud infrastructure yet: two focused market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, and a third horizontal probe...
Oracle and Microsoft’s joint blueprint promises to pull live shop‑floor signals into enterprise workflows — a practical move toward real‑time supply chain automation that could shorten decision cycles, reduce downtime, and make factory data actionable across Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM.
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Nextcloud’s decision to withdraw its complaint to the European Commission alleging that Microsoft unfairly bundles OneDrive with Windows closes one chapter in a long-running European battle over platform bundling — but it does not end the fight over whether Big Tech can use dominant operating...
Google has announced a dramatic change to how it charges for cloud data movement in the European Union and United Kingdom, waiving fees for certain multicloud transfers through a new “Data Transfer Essentials” option that it says is available at no cost — a move timed to land just ahead of the...
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A UK government Proof of Concept (PoC) led by Hitachi Solutions Europe has shown that Microsoft applications — including Power Platform, Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Copilot — can securely operate on live data that remains resident in Amazon Web Services (AWS) without copying or moving that...
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Board’s Enterprise Planning Platform has been formally recognized as a Microsoft Solutions Partner with the Certified Software for Azure designation, a milestone that confirms the product has passed Microsoft’s technical, marketplace and customer-success gates and positions the vendor for deeper...
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has dramatically intensified its focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, the powerhouses of the cloud computing sector. This heightened scrutiny signals a pivotal moment not only for the British digital infrastructure...
The UK’s cloud computing sector stands at a critical juncture, as a landmark investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concludes that dominant players Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are harming competition. The findings mark an inflection point not only for British...
For years, the landscape of artificial intelligence infrastructure has been defined by intense competition and strategic partnerships among the world’s largest tech giants. OpenAI, the pioneering company behind ChatGPT, has long relied on Microsoft Azure’s sprawling cloud ecosystem to deliver...
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News from the cloud sector rarely generates the kind of high-stakes drama seen in recent months between Microsoft, CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe), and a fractured landscape of European cloud providers. At the heart of the matter are longstanding grievances about...
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European cloud infrastructure providers, long frustrated by Microsoft’s complex and oft-criticized licensing rules, have scored a measured win in their drawn-out battle for more equitable cloud software terms. After more than two years of pressure from the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers...
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In a landmark move for artificial intelligence interoperability, Microsoft has recently formalised a partnership with Google to advance the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol, signalling a shift towards open, collaborative AI ecosystems that transcend traditional platform and cloud boundaries. This...
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