CNBC January 17, 2020
Christina Farr

Key Points

– Epic Systems has been phoning customers to tell them it will not pursue further integration with Google Cloud.

– The company is instead focusing on Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure, citing insufficient interest from customers in Google.

– The move comes as Google is facing criticism from privacy advocates about its work with Ascension, one of the largest U.S. health systems.

Account representatives from Epic Systems, one of the largest providers of medical record systems, have started calling customers with a clear message: We will not be pursuing further integrations with Google Cloud.

Epic’s reps told customers the company would instead focus its energies on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. They said the company decided to...

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