Microsoft shifts focus to Chinese cloud market
By: Jamie Davies Microsoft has announced a successful year in the Chinese market, as well as intentions to step-up its expansion plans in the region, according to China Daily. The company claims it now has more than 65,000 corporate clients, and appetite for its Azure offering in Chinese enterprise organizations is steadily increasing. As part […]
Microsoft MVPs Reflect on Program Changes, Channel Priorities
By: Dann Anthony Maurno Recall that when late rock idol Prince changed his name to the unpronounceable symbol, the exasperated press didn’t try to pronounce it, had no keys on the keyboard to represent it, and just called him “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.” Prince had his reasons – to annoy Warner Brothers into […]
NETSUITE EXPANDS INTO THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG
NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry’s leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, today announced the expansion of its business operations into The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg (Benelux). This accelerated expansion includes the opening of NetSuite’s Benelux headquarters in Amsterdam; a strategic alliance with Deloitte in Belgium; and new customers […]
Mixed fortunes for Microsoft cloud business
By: Jamie Davies Microsoft has reported mixed fortunes for its cloud business unit during its quarterly earnings call, as while cloud revenues grew across the board, the results are slightly down on the previous quarter. Office commercial products and cloud services revenue grew 7%, Office consumer products and cloud services revenue grew 6% and Dynamics […]
What did we learn from BT’s 2016 CIO Report?
By: Jamie Davies BT has recently released its 2016’s CIO report, dissecting the challenges and opportunities available for enterprise organizations, and the CIO, following the mainstream adoption of disruptive digital technologies. The 2015 edition of the report highlighted CIO’s role was shifting away from that of a technologist and operations guru, and more towards a […]
Microsoft Cloud Strength Highlights Mixed Third Quarter Results
By: Dann Anthony Maurno Microsoft has released results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016, and once again, the cloud provided the brightest highlights. Azure revenue grew by 120% year-over-year (YoY), while Dynamics CRM Online seats more than doubled YoY and enterprise mobility customers more than doubled. “Digital transformation is the number one priority on […]
Ericsson restructures to prioritize cloud market segments
By: Business Cloud News Swedish networking giant Ericsson accompanied its Q1 2016 numbers with a new company structure and a reshuffle of the executive leadership team, writes Telecoms.com. The top-line numbers were pretty much flat year-on-year, as you can see from the table below, with a strong quarter for IPR and licensing revenue offset by a […]
Cloud takes top spot at EMC, SAP and Intel quarterly announcements
By: Jamie Davies EMC, SAP and Intel have all reported quarterly figures, with cloud taking centre stage during all announcements. EMC demonstrated positive growth within the cloud business units, though its staple business unit, EMC Information Infrastructure saw double-digit year-on-year declines. The $67 billion merger with Dell was prominent throughout the earnings call, as the […]
Microsoft grows in SaaS market but Salesforce still leads the way
By: Business Cloud News New findings from Synergy Research Group highlight Microsoft is growing healthily in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market segment, but Salesforce is still market leader. According to the research, Microsoft demonstrated the second highest level of growth within the segment at 70% year-on-year, only behind SAP who were at 73%, but still only […]
Microsoft enters the containers race
By: Business Cloud News Microsoft has cashed in on one of the industry’s trending technologies, with the announcement of the general availability of the Azure Container Service. The Microsoft container service was initially announced in September 2015 and released for public preview in February, is built on Opensource and offers a choice between DC/OS or […]