- #Nextcloud eu european microsoft onedrive windows 10#
- #Nextcloud eu european microsoft onedrive software#
- #Nextcloud eu european microsoft onedrive windows#
“Microsoft’s combination of the dominant Windows (operating software) with the OneDrive (cloud) offering makes it nearly impossible to compete with their SaaS services,” Nextcloud said in a blog post.
#Nextcloud eu european microsoft onedrive software#
Lead by Nextcloud, a coalition of European Union (EU) software and cloud organisations and companies formed the ' Coalition for a Level Playing Field'.
#Nextcloud eu european microsoft onedrive windows 10#
In the complaint, Germany-based Nextcloud told the European Commission (EC) that Microsoft is aggressively bundling its OneDrive cloud, Teams, and other services with Windows 10 and 11. John Dinsdale, the chief analyst at Synergy, said it is difficult for European cloud companies to keep up with the growing scale and speed of US cloud companies adding that all the three companies are pouring billions into their cloud operations every quarter.File-hosting service provider Nextcloud, backed by 29 other European companies, has filed a complaint with the European Union and German antitrust authorities against Microsoft for what it’s calling anti-competitive behavior related to the OneDrive cloud storage offering. According to the Synergy Research Group, these three occupy 69% of the European cloud market today.
As the European cloud market grows, much of that growth extends to the top three US cloud providers: Microsoft, Amazon, and Google Cloud.
The US Federal Trade Commission will consider whether Activision's transactions will significantly reduce competition in the gaming market. for $ 75 billion, is seeking approval, one of the biggest deals to date, which is also being considered by regulators. The company, which acquired game developer Activision Blizzard Inc. New complaints against Microsoft occur at a critical time for Microsoft. Last year, German cloud storage company Nextcloud complained to the EU about Microsoft bundling OneDrive storage products with the Windows operating system. complained to the EU that Microsoft bundled its rival work collaboration product Teams with popular Office software. In 2020, San Francisco-based messaging app Slack Technologies Inc. Two other recent complaints in Europe also claimed that Microsoft bundled cloud products in an anti-competitive way. OHVcloud has said that the complaint was filed jointly with other companies and refused to name the other companies. The complaint mentions the ways in which Microsoft licenses its products, such as its office productivity suite, that may make it more expensive to use cloud services that compete with Microsoft's Azure cloud. OVHcloud said it has filed a complaint with the European Commission, the highest competition authority in the European Union. MSFT adds to recent criticisms of corporate competitive practices that have largely avoided the scrutiny of recent regulations targeting competing tech giants. A French cloud computing company has filed an antitrust allegation against Microsoft Corp in Europe.
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