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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. The trust component is fundamental, he noted. “It

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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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‘An easy button to get off Windows’: Amazon’s new AI moves Microsoft apps to Linux

GeekWire

GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) LAS VEGAS — Amazon has a new use for AI: dumping Microsoft Windows. Amazon Q competes on different fronts with Microsoft’s market-leading GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot for businesses, Google Gemini, Salesforce Agentforce, and many other AI tools for businesses and developers.

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Microsoft not out of EU anti-trust woods despite deals with OVHcloud, CISPE

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft has realized that every cloud, not just Microsoft Azure, has a silver lining, and that many clients use other cloud services, so it makes sense not to limit their market, UK-based analyst Phil Brunkard said today. However, even with these deals, Microsoft is still under the microscope, especially in Spain.”

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Regulators sound out users on cloud services competition concerns

Network World

Factors such as egress fees — which service providers charge customers for extracting data from their cloud — and preliminary discounts might be contributing to vendor lock-in, regulators fear. Software licensing practices were not widely viewed, in isolation, as influencing the choice of public cloud provider.

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Turnkey AI option puts organizations in control

CIO Business Intelligence

But this enthusiasm is tempered by the realities of implementation and integration, coupled with fear of over-depending on rapidly evolving AI cloud service providers. Substantial numbers of organizations will always be wary of service providers or unable to fully entrust their fate to them, especially in such a rapidly changing field.