A dangerous lack of competition in the cloud market
By Ingrid Vergara Posted 1 minute ago, Update 1 minute ago Three American players – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – share 71% of the market and…
A dangerous lack of competition in the cloud market
Three American players – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – share 71% of the market and capture 80% of the growth in spending on infrastructure and cloud services in France. Marijan Murat/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
The Autorité de la concurrence identifies risky practices that could lead to litigation.
In a society where almost everything is now digital, the cloud market, these IT infrastructures and these platforms on which all services are built, has become so essential and structuring for companies that it deserves special attention. Hence the in-depth investigation, conducted for a year and a half by the Competition Authority on this market in France. With a key underlying question: do some current practices in the public cloud impede the healthy development of competition?
Because the panoramic photography of the French market can be summed up in two figures. Three American players – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – share 71% of the market and capture 80% of the growth in spending on infrastructure and cloud services in France. “Through their financial strike force and their digital ecosystems, these hyperscalers are able to hinder the development of competition
