Enterprises want to save money, but when it comes to cloud computing, they're more concerned about reliability and security.

"I don't think this is a large enough price cut to move a lot of enterprise computing into the cloud," said Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group. "When it comes to public clouds, there are factors that are more important to enterprises than capacity price. Security, reliability, performance and quality of service demanded by a particular workload are often the most important factors for enterprise customers looking to move an application to a cloud."

Google announced widespread cloud price cuts on Wednesday. The company is cutting prices for its Google Compute Engine by about 10 percent for all instance types in every region. The price cuts are effective immediately.

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