The reason for Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers of Europe existing is to promote data protection, ownership, and control for cloud users in Europe, a market dominated by AWS, Microsoft, and Google, which collectively have 70-plus percent market share. Microsoft is to become the latest member of CISPE months after negotiating a settlement with the trade association of European cloud providers over alleged anti-competitive software practices. The ten-strong board of directors at the trade body voted to allow Microsoft to join and members were to be informed at the next General Assembly on February 13. The lack of the ability to change policy at CISPE will no doubt give some comfort to other members, whose businesses are vastly smaller. For clarity, Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud vision generated revenue of $105 billion in its fiscal 2024 ended June 30. Do you think that Microsoft need to be prevented form hiding its anti-competitive behaviors ?
