Price cutting of Cloud Service

The three main cloud service companies, Google, Amazon and Microsoft, started competition of cost drop.

-Google started it at first and Amazon follow their movement.

-They announced a 20 percent  price drop of their cloud storage.

-Amazon takes part in this competition with strategy of discounting 3S(Simpe Storage Service) pricing and a new partnership with NetApp.

  -Plus, recently, Microsoft joined this competition and they announced 28 percent price drop on their cloud service, Azure.

  -But, the price cutting is for not general storage service, but back-up service. Back-up storage is used when the general storage has problem.

  -Some expert says that company should focus on making variety service or function of cloud computing not just cutting down the price. 

  -They insist that ideal way is offering their general service with lower price and providing differentiated service.

<Reference>

http://www.techwell.com/2012/11/prices-drop-cloud-storage-wars-heat

http://www.ddaily.co.kr/news/news_view.php?uid=98552

http://www.zdnet.co.kr/news/news_view.asp?artice_id=20121207092016&type=xml

http://www.ddaily.co.kr/news/news_view.php?uid=95845 (우리나라KT)