Tag: Competition and Markets Authority
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The Register: Watchdog fails to stop big vendor lock-in, say UK cloud market’s smaller players
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/06/cma_overlooks_factors_hurting_small/ Source: The Register Title: Watchdog fails to stop big vendor lock-in, say UK cloud market’s smaller players Feedly Summary: Global giants shouldn’t be allowed to make ‘committed spend’ public sector deals and make discounts we cannot match Britain’s competition regulator is facing biting criticism from local cloud providers for declining to act…
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The Register: Brits end probe into Microsoft’s $13B bankrolling of OpenAI
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/cma_microsoft_openai/ Source: The Register Title: Brits end probe into Microsoft’s $13B bankrolling of OpenAI Feedly Summary: Redmond doesn’t have total control over GPT maker so we lack authority, say monopoly cops The UK’s investigation into competition concerns arising from Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI has reached a conclusion, albeit an anticlimactic one…
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The Register: Microsoft: So what if costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google?
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/microsoft_blasts_uk_market_regulator/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft: So what if costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google? Feedly Summary: That’s competition, that’s protecting our IP, Redmond’s lawyers tell UK competition regulator For AWS and Google to urge the UK competition regulator to “intervene and constrain the price" that…
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The Register: How the collapse of local cloud provider caused biz continuity issues in UK government
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/03/collapse_of_ukcloud_hurt_govt/ Source: The Register Title: How the collapse of local cloud provider caused biz continuity issues in UK government Feedly Summary: And that was on top of a £17.5 million underwriting bill for insolvent UKCloud The collapse of a relatively small “local" cloud hosting service caused "real business continuity issues" in the UK’s…
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The Register: IBM likes Hashicorp, finally puts a $6.4BN ring on it
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/28/ibm_hashicorp_deal_closing/ Source: The Register Title: IBM likes Hashicorp, finally puts a $6.4BN ring on it Feedly Summary: Competition regulators forever hold their peace, unlike developers still unhappy about Terraform license switch IBM has finally completed the $6.4 billion takeover of Hashicorp days after Britain’s competition regulator gave the corporate marriage its seal of…
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The Register: Cloud market working well… if you’re AWS and Microsoft
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/microsoft_and_aws_cma_provisional_findings/ Source: The Register Title: Cloud market working well… if you’re AWS and Microsoft Feedly Summary: UK regulator files report on health of local sector, says technical barriers and Redmond’s licensing practices hurting smaller rivals + customers The UK’s market regulator says “competition is not working as well as it could" in the…
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Slashdot: Cloud Services Market Is ‘Not Working,’ Says UK Regulator
Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/28/1411257/cloud-services-market-is-not-working-says-uk-regulator?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Cloud Services Market Is ‘Not Working,’ Says UK Regulator Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has identified significant competition issues in the cloud services market, which is predominantly controlled by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. This lack of competition is…
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The Register: UK watchdog launches inquiry into IBM’s HashiCorp acquisition
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/31/cma_inquiry_ibm_hashicorp/ Source: The Register Title: UK watchdog launches inquiry into IBM’s HashiCorp acquisition Feedly Summary: To the surprise of no one, a multi-billion dollar deal comes under CMA scrutiny The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a merger inquiry into IBM’s acquisition of HashiCorp.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…
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The Register: Amazon bets another $4 billion on Anthropic
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/anthropic_amazon_funds/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon bets another $4 billion on Anthropic Feedly Summary: You just gonna stand there, Google, let AWS take the ‘primary training partner’ title? Not gonna do nothing? Amid concerns about the return of AI winter, when funding and advancements slow down, neural-network golden child Anthropic reports the doubling…
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Slashdot: DOJ Antitrust Case Aims To Undo Google-Anthropic Partnership
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/22/0351253/doj-antitrust-case-aims-to-undo-google-anthropic-partnership?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: DOJ Antitrust Case Aims To Undo Google-Anthropic Partnership Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Justice Department has proposed significant changes to Google’s partnerships, particularly its investment in the AI company Anthropic, in the wake of its antitrust case against the tech giant. This proposal aims to…