Entry of Microsoft Australian Azure Cloud to spark cloud price wars

[1] The confirmation that Microsoft Azure Cloud is about to enter the Australian market has set grounds for stiff competitions and price wars.

[2] The main competitors are Amazon, who launched their first Amazon Web Services data centre in Sydney in 2012, and Google.

[3] Microsoft Azure Cloud has been welcomed by many as an alternative to the popular AWS services, and will be hosted in data centers in Sydney and Melbourne.

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[Source] http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/cloud/microsoft-australian-data-centres-to-spark-cloud-price-war-20141022-119nz2.html