How Amazon, Microsoft, Google are competing for government cloud deals
Microsoft caught up to AWS, thanks to its cloud software Scott Guthrie, Microsoft's executive vice president of cloud and AI, oversees Azure and was once described by an analyst as a "cloud visionary." Stephen Lam/Getty Images Analysts also agreed that Microsoft isn't catching up to Amazon anymore — they're nearly neck-and-neck in the federal market now. McCarthy said Microsoft succeeded "thanks to the popularity of Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure." Microsoft 365 includes Office 365, the company's line of productivity softw...