The ongoing regulatory skirmish between Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over cloud computing licensing and competition represents a critical juncture in the evolution of the cloud market. At its heart, it exposes the tensions between legacy...
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has just announced a slight delay in releasing its much-anticipated provisional report on the cloud computing sector. Originally earmarked for publication in December 2024, the new date has been shifted to January 2025. While this might sound like...