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Google-backed Open Cloud Coalition launches to lobby European lawmakers
The new Google-backed Open Cloud Coalition launches to lobby European lawmakers -- mostly against Microsoft.
The launch comes just hours after Microsoft deputy general counsel Rima Alaily preempted the announcement, publishing a blog post accusing Google of conducting a “shadow campaign” to influence cloud regulation in Europe. The OCC is broadly comparable to another industry trade organization called the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe ( CISPE), which launched in 2017 and includes Amazon’s AWS as its flagship member alongside several dozen smaller players. “The OCC is determined to reverse this trend by promoting a more competitive and flexible market and driving the adoption of open standards,” Stewart said in a statement.
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