Microsoft announced a new round of technologies aimed at making its cloud computing services work in data centres it does not own — including the cloud data centres of its rivals.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a new round of technologies aimed at making its cloud computing services work in data centres it does not own – including the cloud data centres of its rivals. The strategy, Microsoft executives and analysts say, has been key to the company’s rise in the cloud computing infrastructure market, which research firm Gartner estimates hit $64.3 billion (roughly Rs.4,79,650 crore) and where Microsoft is second only to market leader Amazon’s Amazon Web Services. Microsoft last week said revenue from Azure, its flagship cloud offering, grew 48 percent, results that helped it overtake Apple as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company.
