{"id":119523,"date":"2024-10-29T02:23:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T19:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119523"},"modified":"2024-10-29T02:23:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T19:23:44","slug":"microsoft-says-google-is-behind-shadow-campaigns-to-undermine-its-cloud-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119523","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u00a0says Google is behind \u2018shadow campaigns\u2019 to undermine its cloud business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Microsoft is taking its gloves off today. The software giant is accusing Google of being behind what it calls \u201cshadow campaigns\u201d to discredit Microsoft\u2019s cloud business. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/on-the-issues\/2024\/10\/28\/googles-shadow-campaigns\/\">scathing blog post<\/a>, Microsoft deputy general counsel Rima Alaily reveals that Google is about to launch a new \u201castroturf\u201d group this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">\u201cIt is designed to discredit Microsoft with competition authorities, and policymakers and mislead the public,\u201d says Alaily. \u201cGoogle has gone through great lengths to obfuscate its involvement, funding, and control, most notably by recruiting a handful of European cloud providers, to serve as the public face of the new organization. When the group launches, Google, we understand, will likely present itself as a backseat member rather than its leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Google has allegedly hired a lobbying and communications agency in Europe to create this new lobbying organization. Microsoft appears to have learned about the campaign after an unnamed European cloud provider declined to join and tipped off Microsoft. \u201cOne of the companies approached, who ultimately declined, told us that the organization will be directed and largely funded by Google for the purpose of attacking Microsoft\u2019s cloud computing business in the European Union and the United Kingdom,\u201d says Alaily.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Microsoft alleges that Google tried to derail its settlement with the group, Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE), in July. \u201cGoogle offered CISPE\u2019s members a combination of cash and credits amounting to an eye-popping $500 million to reject the settlement and continue pursuing litigation,\u201d says Alaily. CISPE eventually agreed a deal with Microsoft to withdraw its 2022 EU complaint after the software giant allowed European cloud providers to offer Microsoft\u2019s apps and services on local cloud infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Google has complained publicly about Microsoft\u2019s licensing fees for Windows Server. Google Cloud vice president Amit Zavery told reporters last month that Microsoft makes its customers pay a 400 percent markup to continue using Windows Server on rival cloud providers but that this fee doesn\u2019t apply on Azure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">\u201cFundamentally, Google\u2019s argument is that it should not have to pay Microsoft when it builds and offers cloud services using our intellectual property \u2013 namely Windows Server \u2013 if customers have otherwise purchased the same software for a very different use, i.e., on their own server,\u201d argues Alaily. \u201cWe disagree. When a streaming service, like Netflix or Disney, includes a movie in their service, they pay for that right. They don\u2019t get a credit or discount if a subscriber happens to own a DVD of the same movie. Software and the cloud are no different.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Microsoft and Google ended a six-year truce on legal battles in 2021, and since then we\u2019ve seen hints that the pair could return to the bitter rivalry that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/11\/22\/5135626\/scroogled-microsoft-ads-attack-google\">led to Scroogled<\/a> and arguments over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/8\/16\/4627342\/microsoft-google-battle-over-youtube-windows-phone\">Google services on Windows Phone<\/a>. Now, it looks like the war of words is very much back on, with cloud competition at the center of this latest battle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/28\/24281926\/microsoft-google-cloud-lobbying-european-commission-regulators\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is taking its gloves off today. The software giant is accusing Google of being behind what it calls \u201cshadow campaigns\u201d to discredit Microsoft\u2019s cloud business. 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