European cloud services
Microsoft promises fairer competition
Microsoft approaches European cloud providers following competition complaints. The European cloud provider association Cispe criticizes that the initiative does not go far enough.
Among other things, it should be easier for them to host Microsoft's cloud offerings such as the Office 365 office software apps in their data centers. Customers in Europe are also to be given more flexibility in terms of license conditions, as Microsoft announced on Wednesday, 18 May.
The changes follow a complaint from the European cloud provider OVH to the EU Commission in Brussels. OVH felt disadvantaged by the licensing conditions, as they made it cheaper to operate Microsoft's services with the company's own cloud platform Azure than with infrastructure from other providers. The measures apply exclusively to European cloud providers - and explicitly not to Microsoft's major cloud rivals Amazon and Google.
Microsoft's changes do not go far enough for the European cloud provider association Cispe (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe). The initiative "does nothing to end the anti-competitive bundling of productivity software with cloud infrastructure services", criticized Cispe Secretary General Francisco Mingorance. He therefore called on the EU Commission to continue its investigation in the interests of European cloud customers.
Microsoft manager Brad Smith also emphasized that the measures announced on Wednesday would not be the last steps.
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