Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian has big task to catch up with rivals

Google has a new cloud computing boss and big ambitions to someday produce more revenue from that business than from advertising.
Now comes the hard part: winning over big-spending customers.

Alphabet Inc’s cloud computing division remains a distant third behind Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp in terms of global revenue, according to analysts’ estimates. A few major companies manage their data on Google’s servers. But Google has nowhere near the vast customer base of Amazon, according to a new Reuters analysis of company regulatory filings.