Retail-as-a-service battleground heats up as Microsoft and Google challenge Amazon
January 15, 2019
A lot of retailers are looking for alternatives to Amazon Web Services for their retail-as-a-service (RaaS) needs, maybe in large part because they would prefer not to buddy up with perhaps their most daunting retail competitor. Kroger, for one, has found a partner in Microsoft and its Azure service, while hedging its bets by contracting to make use of the Google Cloud Platform as well.
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