The New Driving Permit System does not invalidate existing permits and citizens are not required to change their old permits until its date of expiry. The cost structure for renewals and first issues of permits has remained the same at $500.00 for five years and $1,000.00 for 10 years.
Amazon(s amzn) Web Services remains the biggest of the big cloud providers, but itâs seeing competitors gaining in its rear-view mirror. Nomura Securities analyst Rick Sherlund now expects Microsoft(s msft) to field the largest cloud business by December â at least in terms of annual revenue run rate which he estimated will be $5.77 billion.
Microsoft has now officially become the second largest cloud service provider after Amazon. Microsoft's cloud grew at a blistering pace in the first-quarter of 2014, and helped the company beat the chasing pack of IBM, Google and Salesforce for the second slot.