Microsoft has announced Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service and promised to match Amazon's AWS prices.

Jessica Davis

April 17, 2013

1 Min Read
Cloud Price War Ahead? Microsoft Matches AWS with Azure IaaS

A price war may be brewing in the commodity cloud services space.  Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced the launch of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services and pledged to compete with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Web Services (AWS) on priceblog post that Microsoft wants to deliver both low price and good performance in one package with virtual machine and cloud services prices cut by 21 percent to 33 percent. Here’s a deeper look.

Microsoft indicated that it was cutting prices because customer objections to Azure have been that there are less expensive options available. The price cuts will level the playing field for Windows Azure Infrastructure Services in the Infrastructure as a service and Platform as a service arenas. 

More information about the price cuts, the market background and Microsoft’s statement on it all is available on TalkinCloud.

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Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis is the former Content Director for MSPmentor. She spent her career covering the intersection of business and technology.  She's also served as Editor in Chief at Channel Insider and held senior editorial roles at InfoWorld and Electronic News.

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