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I'm interested to know how the TechRepublic crowd rate Microsoft's cloud offerings (Azure, System Center 2012/Hyper V and Office 365) compared to those of their main competitors, Google and Amazon.
Is Microsoft still seen primarily as a software developement company, rather than a CSP? Does its history of market domination in this area stand against it? Or - looking at it the opposite way - does its experience in the world of enterprise IT make it a stronger contender for the cloud?
Any particular pros or cons?