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Google goes on the offensive in corporate cloud business

Firm names a Silicon Valley veteran to head enterprise cloud computing to garner corporate mindshare

Published Fri, Nov 20, 2015 · 09:50 PM

New York

GOOGLE is playing catch-up in the booming cloud computing market, well behind the early leader, Amazon. But on Thursday, Google made clear that it was ready to go on the offensive.

The company said that Diane B Greene, one of its board members, would now head its cloud business that caters to companies. Larry Page, Google's co-found…