Nicky Stewart, senior adviser for the OCC, emphasized the coalition's aim to address concerns around transparency and competition in the cloud market, particularly focusing on aiding competition watchdogs with antitrust investigations.
Microsoft's description of the Open Cloud Coalition as an 'astroturf group' insinuates that the effort is insincerely pushing for reforms under the guise of promoting openness in the cloud market.
The formation of the OCC comes as many cloud providers, including Google Cloud, seek to strengthen their positions in a challenging market marked by increasing scrutiny and regulatory interventions.
Historically, former player UKCloud experienced significant success in the public sector cloud market, but its decline illustrates the fierce competition that has emerged from bigger players like AWS and Microsoft.
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