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A Close Look At Microsoft’s Azure Cloud, Part 2: The Offering
In our previous article (the first in a two part series), we looked at some of the trends in cloud computing. To recap, cloud computing is expected to grow at a robust pace in 2016. The primary driver for this growth are the cost benefits of out...
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A Close Look At Microsoft’s Azure Cloud, Part 1: Cloud Computing
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) launched its cloud platform, Azure, in 2010. Since the launch, the service has posted triple-digit growth, and in the last fiscal year the platform reported a growth rate of 102%. Considering the latest quarterly results,...
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How Will Microsoft’s Bing Search Division Fare This Calendar Year?
Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bing search engine is a distant second with only 2.4% share in the global internet search market. [trefis_forecast ticker=”MSFT” driver=”0809″] However, most of the searches for the compan...
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Microsoft Earnings: Revenue And EPS Beat Expectation As Cloud Services Gain Traction
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported its Q4 2016 results on July 19th. (Fiscal years end with June.) Microsoft’s commercial cloud revenue (Office 365, Azure, Dynamics Online, and other Cloud offerings) annual run rate surpassed $12 billion ma...
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Microsoft Earnings Preview: Shift To Cloud And Decline In Hardware Sales To Impact Revenue
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to announce its Q4 FY 2016 earnings on Tuesday, July 19 th . (Fiscal years end with June.) The company continues to build its portfolio of cloud services, and we expect the results to reflect this strategy as clou...
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How Will Microsoft Benefit From LinkedIn’s Enterprise Relationships?
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is acquiring LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) for $26.2 billion in a bid to complement its enterprise software and enterprise cloud offerings with LinkedIn’s professional network. The deal price values LinkedIn at a 50% upsid...
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How LinkedIn Acquisition Through Debt Can Improve Microsoft’s Capital Structure?
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced the acquisition of LinkedIn (NASDAQ:LKND) for $26.2 billion. The company plans to acquire LinkedIn through the issuance of new debt. As Microsoft’s debt liabilities increase by 60% by the issuance of ...
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How LinkedIn Acquisition Will Help Microsoft?
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) on Monday announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire LinkedIn for $196 per share (a premium of 50% based on Friday’s closing price) in an all-...
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What Percentage of Microsoft’s Stock Price Can Be Attributed To Growth?
In this analysis, we quantify the percentage of Microsoft ‘s (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock that can be attributed to growth. We know, that a stock’s valuation can be highly influenced by future expectations of earnings growth. However, in theo...
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Will Microsoft’s Shuttering Of Phone Hardware Have Any Impact on The Valuation Of The Company?
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced that it will further write-down $950 million for the smartphone unit and shed up to 1,850 jobs. In 2015, the company had written down impairment charges of $7.5 billion related to Phone Hardware business. As a r...
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The Future of the Industrial Internet of Things
Submitted by Wall St. Daily as part of our contributors program The Future of the Industrial Internet of Things In the digital age, we’re constantly on the lookout for the next big thing in technology – whether for personal use or to in...
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Microsoft Earnings: Revenue And EPS Miss Expectation
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported its Q3 2016 results on April 21st( Q1 CY2016). Despite its cloud revenue annual run rate hitting $10 billion mark, the revenue declined by 5.5% primarily due to revenue referrals related to sales of Windows 10. A...
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Microsoft Earnings Preview: Cloud Adoption To Spur Revenues In Q3.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to announce its Q3 FY 2016 earnings on Thursday, April 21st. (Fiscal years end with June.) While the company continues to build a cache of hardware devices around its Windows 10 in order to establish its ecosystem...
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What’s Microsoft’s Fundamental Value Based On 2015 Results?
Have more questions about Microsoft? See the links below: What’s Microsoft’s Revenue And Earnings Breakdown? By What Percentage Did Microsoft’s Revenue And EBITDA Increase In The Last Five Years? How Has Microsoft’s Revenue Composi...
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By What Percentage Can Microsoft’s Revenues And EBITDA Grow In The Next 3 Years?
Have more questions about Microsoft? See the links below: What’s Microsoft’s Revenue And Earnings Breakdown? What’s Microsoft’s Fundamental Value Based On 2015 Results? By What Percentage Did Microsoft’s Revenue And EBITDA Increase...
