Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Google Cloud Platform is a top-three priority for the firm and that it will continue growing its cloud sales force. Revenue from Microsoft’s intelligent cloud business rose nearly 14% to $6.92 billion in Microsoft’s fiscal first quarter, ended 30 September. Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai said Google Cloud Platform is a top-three priority for the company. Canalys estimates the cloud computing market at $14.4 billion for the third quarter of 2017, up 43% from a year prior. “Our philosophy here is to be cloud agnostic, as much as we can,” said Stephen Holmes, a spokesman for Home Depot, which uses both Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

Source: Mint October 27, 2017 18:00 UTC