Google and Microsoft are reportedly neck and neck to get an Infrastructure as a Service cloud computing offering off the ground in the near future.
According to tech news site GigaOM, sources say that while Google has been busy building a cloud service that will compete with Amazon's EC2 cloud, Microsoft has also been racing to get its own Infrastructure as a Service platform out. For now, it's looking like Microsoft may cross the finish line first.
GigaOM reports that Google's plan is set to debut a virtual renting service by the end of the year and Microsoft is said to be gearing up to announce its cloud service during a June 7 event in San Francisco.
When contacted by CNET, a Microsoft spokesperson said, "Microsoft is hosting Meet Windows Azure, a San Francisco based developer event on June 7," and that, "We have nothing else to share at this time."
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