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Microsoft partners with China firm on cloud-computing
Updated: 2011-08-23 14:35
(Agencies)
BEIJING - Microsoft Corp has signed a partnership deal with a Chinese firm to develop and market cloud-computing products in China, Reuters reported.
No terms of the deal were disclosed.
This is the first time Microsoft has formed a partnership in an emerging market to sell cloud-computing products, said Sandy Gupta, general manager of Open Source Solutions Group at Microsoft.
China Standard Software is the Chinese firm that has signed the deal with Microsoft.
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