Cloud Wars Go Global: How Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba Compete in Web Services. Jason P$.$ Davis, Links to an external site.Anne Yang. Cloud computing, a concept unknown until relatively recently, has been adopted by organizations around the world, both large and small, as part of their computing strategy. Many companies have experienced the cost and flexibility advantages of cloud computing and are using various cloud computing models to solve their business problems. The case is focused on four key players and the strategies they have adopted in cloud computing: $(1)$ Amazon AWS, $(2)$ Microsoft Azure, $(3)$ Google Cloud, and $(4)$ Alibaba Cloud. Questions:

How do the four companies$$ cloud business strategies differ from each other?

Who will be the cloud winner in the battle for worldwide market share in $2025?$ Who will be the winner in Southeast Asia? Why?

If you could invest $$1$ million in each company$$s cloud business $($only$),$ how would you allocate your investment? Why?

What are the potential synergies of the cloud business with each company$$s non$-$cloud businesses? How do they differ? Please answer with Introduction a brief introduction to cloud computing players and the growth of the industryand conclusion