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Microsoft in talks over cloud licensing complaint in the EU

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). The European cloud firms had called this a restrictive cloud licensing policy.

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Regulators sound out users on cloud services competition concerns

Network World

Research by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has uncovered concerns that cloud users’ established commitments with hyperscalers may limit their future cloud computing options. The study focused on perceptions of their infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings.

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Microsoft settles cloud complaint for $22M to avoid EU antitrust probe

Network World

Microsoft has reportedly agreed to pay $22 million to settle an antitrust complaint with a group representing cloud computing companies in Europe. A complaint was filed in 2022 by CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers Europe) accusing Microsoft of unfair licensing practices that hurt Europe’s cloud computing ecosystem.

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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The US Leads In Public Cloud Services, But Other Regions Are Catching Up

Forrester IT

Public cloud services are one of the biggest disruptions in the tech market in the past 15 years. Rymer published their latest public cloud services outlook, The Public Cloud Services Market Will Grow Rapidly To $236 Billion In 2020 ,projecting 22% annual growth in public cloud services over the 2015-to-2020 period.

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AI in the cloud pays dividends for Liberty Mutual

CIO Business Intelligence

Liberty Mutual is one of the most experienced and advanced cloud adopters in the nation. And that is in no small part thanks to the vision of James McGlennon, who in his role as CIO of Liberty Mutual for past 17 years has led the charge to the cloud, analytics, and AI with a budget north of $2 billion.

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Choice Hotels’ all-in cloud journey to sustainable business value

CIO Business Intelligence

Choice Hotels International’s early and big bet on the cloud has allowed it to glean the many benefits of its digital transformation and devote more energies to a key corporate value — sustainability, its CIO maintains. It also helped reduce energy consumption and costs.

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