Google, Amazon, Microsoft Show up Their Clouds

Google, Amazon, Microsoft Show up Their Clouds

IT Support is the key when price cuts and data center expansions are in the works as three of the cloud industry's heavy hitters step up the competition. Three of the cloud industry’s biggest IT companies made some interesting competitive moves this month, with Microsoft and Google slashing prices for certain cloud-based applications, and Amazon announcing an expansion into Asia.
Out of the three announcements, Microsoft’s seems to have the most relevance for U.S.-based business customers. As Network World reported last week, “Microsoft has cut in half its per user per month list price for Exchange Online IT services [from $10 per user per month to $5] and cut by 33% the price of its Business Productivity Online Services suite of online productivity applications.”