Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft Cloud’

Google Apps and Microsoft Office Unite

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Over the past couple years we have heard that the cloud is the future of productivity and savings for everyone.  Today, Google is launching a brand new plugin for Microsoft Office called Cloud Connect.  Cloud Connect will tie Google Docs directly into the ubiquitous productivity suite, free of charge.

Editing a document in Word? It’ll automatically sync to your Google Docs account each time you hit ‘Save’. Want to share a preview of your document without worrying about what file format your coworkers can open? Just send them a link to the Google Docs file. The plugin supports Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and it’s a big deal for Google’s strategy with Docs. The new product is going live for Apps for Business customers today as part of a preview program (sign up here); everyone else will get it soon.

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Hyper-V Cloud

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20081027/Windows_Azure_610x406.jpgMicrosoft announced that the Hyper-V Cloud has a new group of tools designed for businesses that are looking to generate their own Windows Server-based private cloud infrastructures.

This is one of a few private cloud initiatives Microsoft has announced within the past year, following the launch of Windows Azure Platform Appliance.

It’s kinda cool. Microsoft’s new Windows Azure platform lets service providers and large customers operate the Azure development and hosting platform as a private cloud from their own data centers so that developers are able to create new applications which they can run in the cloud.

Now users can choose from 70 global service providers that offer hosted versions of Microsoft-based infrastructures.  I wonder how this will change the cloud hosting world that we live in?  Would love to hear from all of you different comments on how you think this will change the world?

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Microsoft Cloud Server Predictions

Monday, October 25th, 2010

What is going to happen with Microsoft cloud servers with the recent loss of Ray Ozzie leaving?  So Motley Fool looked up all the numbers and did a lot of this article so I really have to give them credit.  I still put up my own spin on the article thought!    I think it’s a very fair question to put up.  What will happen with Microsoft with him gone?  He headed up the cloud server dept and this will surly hurt Microsoft.

Business Segment Fiscal 2010 Revenue* Fiscal 2009 Revenue* Fiscal 2008 Revenue*
Windows & Windows Live Division $17,800 $14,690 $16,815
Server and Tools Division $14,878 $14,276 $13,217
Online Services $2,198 $2,110 $2,164
Microsoft Business $18,909 $18,864 $18,904
Entertainment and Devices $8,114 $8,035 $8,502
Corporate and Other $597 $462 $818
TOTAL $62,484 $58,437 $60,420

Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor’s.
* Numbers in millions.

The only consistent growth part of this by revenue is cloud server and cloud hosting tools, which includes Windows Server and Microsoft’s cloud server program, Windows Azure.

The numbers don’t change much when you head further down the income statement:

Business Segment

Fiscal 2010 Operating Income* Fiscal 2009 Operating Income* Fiscal 2008 Operating Income*
Windows & Windows Live Division $12,089 $9,569 $11,876
Server and Tools Division $4,990 $4,638 $3,845
Online Services ($2,436) ($1,760) ($619)
Microsoft Business $11,664 $11,454 $11,681
Entertainment and Devices $589 ($3) $314
Corporate and Other ($2,798) ($3,535) ($4,826)
TOTAL $24,098 $20,363 $22,271

Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor’s.
* Numbers in millions.

What does this mean for Microsoft?  Well, the cloud server division, the one that is earning the most money and potential to deliver the huge growth in the coming months for Microsoft is the group Ray Ozzie has been most closely associated with.  I don’t know a ton about stocks but I would say that this is a huge blow for Microsoft and all investors.

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