Great article20 Jul 2018 12:42
The question is will Walmart et al be using wand’s software as part of the data transfer, you’d think so. The potential here looks massive. Microsoft have been producing case studies, blogs re data replication and exhibiting with wand so looks like this will be a massive partnership. Some snippets from an owenski on ADVFN -
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Much of that growth has come from persuading customers who run Microsoft's software in their own data centers to mix in cloud services, a business known as hybrid-cloud computing. Microsoft remains a distant No. 2 in the cloud business behind Amazon.com Inc., but has established itself as a viable option for companies beginning the transition.
But the company has reversed its fortunes, largely under the direction of Chief Executive Satya Nadella, by focusing on the booming cloud-computing market. Earlier this week, Walmart Inc. announced a five-year deal to use Microsoft's cloud services.
In the fourth quarter, revenue from server products and cloud services, a category that reflects Microsoft's performance in the hybrid cloud, rose 26%. The company doesn't disclose revenue for the segment.
Stifel Nicolaus & Co. analyst Brad Reback estimates revenue in the category hit $7.9 billion -- "massive" growth, he said. Microsoft is "playing from their strength," he said, by using traditional server software to lure longtime customers to the cloud.
Those sales helped Microsoft generate $30.09 billion in revenue, a 17% gain from a year earlier, when measured using a new accounting standard the company adopted at the beginning of its fiscal year. Mr. Nadella, in the company's call with analysts, cited Microsoft's "hybrid value proposition" as a reason for its quarterly growth.
In the fourth quarter, revenue from the company's Intelligent Cloud segment, which includes its Azure business, rose 23% to $9.61 billion. Azure revenue increased 89%, compared with 93% three months ago -- the first time the business has grown slower than 90% since Microsoft began reporting the metric in October 2015.