- Published on January 24, 2023
- In IT Services
Cloud Service Providers: The Pushiest Players in Tech
While the cloud shift is intended to reduce computing costs, several companies face a surge in spending, with contract lock-ins and egress fees make it impossible to leave
- By Tasmia Ansari
Throughout 2022, the major cloud service providers – AWS, Microsoft Azure and GCP – introduced several schemes, including free credits, technical support, certifications, etc, to ease the enterprise exodus to the cloud. The industry witnessed a strategic push from the providers through these schemes carefully crafting an unrelenting demand for their service .
Last year, Microsoft introduced its Startups Founders Hub, which was open to all, to "empower startups’ ambitions and fuel innovation to drive economic and societal progress for Asia and beyond". As part of the support to qualified startups, Microsoft also offered productivity tools like GitHub Enterprise, Visual Studio Enterprise and Microsoft 365.
Further, it announced the agritech startup scheme to cater to Indian
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Tasmia Ansari
Tasmia is a tech journalist at AIM, looking to bring a fresh perspective to emerging technologies and trends in data science, analytics, and artificial intelligence.
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