This week Microsoft acquired a small but strategic company, Peer 5, to address the growing demand for live video streaming in Teams.
Tech Outperforms This Quarter Led by AMD, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet
Tech names AMD, Apple, Google, and Microsoft all saw their results significantly outperform guidance and expectations this week.
Microsoft Sees Overall Revenue Growth Pass 20% in Q4
Microsoft delivered strong results in its fiscal Q4 with its best YoY growth in three years as Cloud and business app growth remains robust.
Windows 365 and Cloud PC: Microsoft’s Cloud-Based Version of Windows OS
At its recent Inspire event, Microsoft announced Windows 365 and Cloud PC offering. Futurum’s Shelly Kramer walks through the benefits of the offering and highlights security as one of the most attractive features. For more of her insights, check out the article.
Microsoft’s Expanded NEC Relationship Showcases Azure’s Global Appeal
Microsoft and NEC have established a new multi-year strategic alliance, that synthesizes Azure, Microsoft 365, NEC’s IT and network portfolio resources, including 5G assets, and both companies AI and IoT capabilities to power customer digital transformation missions across the public and private realms. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the expanded partnership enhances Microsoft Azure’s competitive prospects across the operator and enterprise realms, coming on the heels of winning AT&T’s 5G mobile business, and how both companies are better positioned to drive organization-wide digital transformation on a vertical-specific basis.
Nerdio Announces New Integrations with Microsoft Windows 365, Aimed at Making Remote Work Easier
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on developments coming out of VDI vendor Nerdio. As remote work accelerates the need for increased deployment of remote desktops, VDI has exploded. Nerdio is hyper focused on the issues around the deployment of VDI architectures either within MSP’s looking to service the SMB marketplace or large enterprises looking to manage their desktop fleet.
Democrats’ New Bills to Regulate Big Tech are a Reckless Rewriting of Antitrust Law — and They Won’t Protect Consumers
House Democrats, with bipartisan support, have introduced a series of completely misguided antitrust bills aimed at giving lawmakers and certain agencies greater power to control “Big Tech.”
Microsoft Ignite(s) Deeper Integration Between Teams & Dynamics 365
Microsoft continues to push its ambitions to see Microsoft Teams as the centerpiece of work with new integrations into Dynamics 365
Week of July 5: Hot Takes on Microsoft, Amazon, and Google
This week’s hot takes include the cancellation of JEDI, pulling $10 billion back from Microsoft. Andy Jassy takes over at Amazon and more.
Microsoft and Google End Their Six Year Truce as Regulation Heats Up
After a six year truce, Microsoft and Google end their cease fire. This happening amidst a ramp in global regulatory action.