Cloud computing allows users to access work from any computer with an internet connection. Microsoft plans to spend 90% of its $9.6 billion annual R&D budget on cloud computing to gain market share in the emerging cloud computing market through offerings like Windows Azure, Microsoft Private Cloud, and Office 365. Microsoft sees cloud computing as a new market with few competitors at its scale where it can establish a sustainable business through cloud-based services.

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2. Cloud Computing is the idea that users will be able to access all of their work, from anywhere, on any computer with an internet connection.

3. “ Microsoft plans to spend 90 percent, or $8.64 billion, of its $9.6 billion annual R&D budget on cloud computing” Why? To gain market share in a emerging market

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