Cloud computing is fast changing the way business is done and it has started to show its penetration in Indian companies too. In fact the business is expected to grow to $15-18 billion by 2020. And two major players who have are fast emerging as close competitors in the segment are Google and Microsoft. Well, for once you may wonder what the two companies have in common, but there is a list of services that have started to clash- office productivity tool and computer operating system. The two IT giants have already started the word war. 
Cloud computing is slowly and gradually dismissing the need of on-premise software and hardware, which can be bought as a service and paid for depending on usage. Google India head, Rajan Anandan who was with Microsoft before joining Google said, “Google is the largest cloud services company in India. We have 2,00,000 business that use Google cloud solutions and we have orders of magnitude bigger than Microsoft.” In response to the statement, even Microsoft MD, Sanket Akerker said, “We're competing with lots of folks in the cloud space. They (Google) are largely an advertising company, which is consumer oriented. They have taken their consumer assets and are trying to figure out how they can get into the enterprise business. It sort of doesn't work. We have taken our enterprise class and put those on cloud; we think that's a better approach.”
While both companies may keep lashing out accusations to show their superiority, the time is not far when the real deal will be clear.
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