Aims to develop alternative to Big Three providers
Deal comes at a time when Amazon and rival Microsoft face increased scrutiny from the UK competition regulator
Too many eggs in too few cloud baskets?
The first sovereign cloud services will be rolled out in Germany
IT budgets hold firm but there are tough choices to be made
Close ties with a vendor partner eased the process
Concerns raised about lack of competition, as Azure and AWS dominate
Microsoft, AWS and Google have a "take it or leave it" approach to cloud contracts - but is the market about to be disrupted again?
Follows a request made by Senator Wyden to initiate measures against Microsoft