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    Google reportedly offered EU cloud firms $500 million to fight Microsoft antitrust lawsuit

    By Skypeak Limits17 July 2024No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Because it was unsuccessful, the organization reached a compromise with the other party.

    According to Bloomberg, Google reportedly made an offer of $512 million (€470 million) to a group of cloud companies operating in the European Union in an effort to derail an antitrust settlement with Microsoft and to force the continuation of a formal case. The attempt was unsuccessful, and we were able to reach a settlement.

    I will explain how it transpired. The Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE), which is a non-profit trade group, filed a complaint with the antitrust arm of the European Union (EU) stating that Microsoft made it too difficult for corporate clients to switch providers due to the fact that the software was tied to Azure cloud services.

    Following this, CISPE and Microsoft engaged in negotiations with the goal of providing the former with improved access to the latter’s technologies and putting a stop to the official complaint. At that point, Google, which is Microsoft’s competitor, entered the picture. According to the allegations, the organization made the aforementioned money package available to the group on the condition that they continued to file the complaint. This is according to confidential documents and individuals who are familiar with the case, all of which were viewed by Bloomberg before being published.

    In total, the funding package was divided into two distinct sections. With a total value of $495 million or €455 million, the great majority of Google’s offer consisted of software licenses for its cloud technology that were to be distributed over a period of five years. Both a cash payment and a proposal for a long-term relationship were made available in exchange for the remaining sum. In spite of the fact that it is a member of CISPE, Amazon Web Services (AWS) also gave financial support to Google’s offer.

    The agreement between Google and Microsoft was contingent, however, on CISPE pursuing its antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the European Union. Although the majority of the cloud companies that make up CISPE are European businesses, this did not have any impact on them. The gang, on the other hand, moved in the opposite particular direction. It engaged into a similar deal with Microsoft, which enables them to employ expanded Azure features and provides them with the option to provide Microsoft products and services on their local cloud infrastructures. A similar agreement was concluded between the two companies. According to those who are acquainted with the deal, there was also a monetary payout agreement between Microsoft and CISPE that was approximately eleven million dollars in value.

    As stated by Amit Zavery, head of platform at Google Cloud, “Microsoft’s playbook of paying off complainants rather than addressing the substance of their complaint hurts businesses and shouldn’t fool anyone,” according to CRN. It is our intention to continue to battle against Microsoft’s anti-competitive license in order to encourage choice, innovation, and the expansion of the digital economy in Europe. We are currently investigating our various options in this regard.

    One issue that should be brought to your attention is that Zavery did not respond to the charges that Google did the exact same thing. An individual who is aware with the situation referred to Google’s statement as “a bit rich,” as reported by The Register.

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