European cloud market could be kick-started if courts go against Microsoft



From V3:

Cloud computing is now an established way of doing business. Software tools for HR, ERP, CRM and other such services are now used in the cloud by all types of company, offering flexibility, reduced costs and regular feature upgrades.

Tech giants such as IBM, HP, Microsoft and Oracle are spending millions and devoting endless staff hours on developing new platforms, products and tools to meet this demand, as well as expanding data centre footprints into numerous regions.

This is all to make sure that vendors can reassure customers on issues ranging from security and data sovereignty to latency and data access.

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