According to informed sources, the usa Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to investigate anti-competitive behavior in microsoft's cloud computing business.
According to informed sources, the usa Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to investigate microsoft's (MSFT.US) anti-competitive behavior in the cloud computing business.
Insiders say the institutions are investigating allegations that the software giant may be abusing its market power in the productivity software sector by implementing punitive licensing terms to prevent customers from transferring their data from Azure cloud computing service to other competing platforms.
Reports indicate that the strategies under review include significantly increasing subscription fees for departing users, charging high exit fees, and allegedly making its Office 365 product incompatible with competitors' clouds.
The FTC declined to comment, and microsoft did not immediately respond to the request for comment.