Google names VMware co-founder Diane Greene to lead cloud push
Reuters | 20 November 2015, 6:29 PM IST
Google Inc, a unit of Alphabet Inc, said it appointed VMware Inc co-founder and industry veteran Diane Greene to run its cloud business, as CEO Sundar Pichai pushes ahead with efforts to gain share in the fast-growing market.
Pichai has made selling cloud storage space to enterprises a growing priority for the company to take on rivals Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp.
"Every business in the world is going to run on cloud eventually," Pichai said on a post-earnings call in October.
Amazon's cloud business is now its fastest-growing business, while Microsoft is banking on cloud computing to make up for slowing sales of personal computers.
Greene, a Google director for three years, will lead a new team combining the compan...