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CMA targets Microsoft and AWS over cloud market competition concerns

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Commercial and technical barriers to multi-cloud usage and provider switching highlighted by the regulator.

Targeted interventions to restore competition within the cloud computing market have been recommended by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

The recommendation comes in an eight-page summary document published at the end of an investigation into the market that began in October 2023.

Regulator concerns revolve around the dominance in

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