Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft Cloud Server’

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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Cloud-Enabled Aurora SMB Server

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Microsoft announced plans to release downloadable public previews of two upcoming server products for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs): version 7 of Small Business Server (SBS) Standard, plus a new cloud-enabled edition of SBS codenamed Aurora.  The Aurora cloud server is fully focused on helping small businesses.  SBS 7 will be a fully on premises solution, bundling several software service products together.

Aurora will deliver both “traditional and cloud capabilities,” according to a blog post on Microsoft’s TechNet site. “We are going to create a lot of industry buzz with these offerings,” an anonymous Microsoft blogger predicted.

Announced at Microsoft’s recent WorldWide Partner Conference, the downloadable previews of SBS 7 and Aurora are due for availability by the end of August. However, SMB customers can sign up in advance now to try out the new software.

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HostingCon 2010: Microsoft Cloud Channel

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

The whole HostingCon 2010 push for Microsoft has been to push their cloud hosting channel.  The Microsoft cloud channel is beginning to be huge.  Roughly 8,000 partners have sold BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite) to two or more customers. And during Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 (WPC10) last week, CEO Steve Ballmer communicated some clear milestones to partners.

Microsoft Channel Chief Jon Roskill offered additional cloud server perspectives during this WPC10 press conference:

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