Cloud News Roundup: UK Follows FTC’s Lead in Investigating AWS and Azure

This week marked the start of the year’s final quarter. With all the activity around closing July-September, you might have missed some key cloud computing tidbits — like the UK’s antitrust authority agreeing to investigate AWS and Azure.

The process started with Ofcom, Britain’s media regulator. That body asked the Competition and Markets Authority (you know, the one that finally gave its approval to the pending Broadcom-VMware deal) to explore whether AWS and Azure have too much sway over England’s businesses.

In the first slide in this week’s cloud computing news roundup, we look at the developments concerning AWS and Azure across the pond.

But there’s a bit more to click through, too. We’re picking up tidbits you might have glanced over during the frenzy of third-quarter closeout. Here’s a little preview:

Let’s start with why the UK is investigating AWS and Azure. Click the image above to get started.