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Comparing against Amazon's total cloud sales may be comparing apples and orange. To quote from the article: "Microsoft’s $1 billion sales figure includes Azur

by tytso 13y ago

Comparing against Amazon's total cloud sales may be comparing apples and orange. To quote from the article: "Microsoft’s $1 billion sales figure includes Azure, as well as software provided to partners to create related Windows cloud services, Anderson said in an interview." What software is included "to create related Windows cloud services", and is that the only use for said softare? i.e., are they including things like MS Visual Studio? And how much of MSDN subscription fees included in the $1 billion dollar figure, I wonder?

jaynate 13y ago
I wonder if the $1B number doesn't also include internal marketing "funny money" microsoft is using to seed the business. There are companies who have been given large stipends of free services to wet their appetite for the platform.
megaman821 13y ago
Most likely the software sales are Windows Server licenses and the Azure tools needed to make a private cloud. A lot of companies have policies that prevent them from using public cloud servers.
OGinparadise 13y ago
The numbers are fishy, but if they are growing by XX% (1) a year, expect MS to reach that pretty soon. Love it or hate it, getting all your tech needs from one company has its advantages (and disadvantages). 1. Azure subscriptions have risen 48 percent in the past six months, said Takeshi Numoto, Microsoft’s vice president for marketing for the server and tools division. That unit, which encompasses Azure, has posted nine straight quarters of sales growth of at least 10 percent, he said.
- skylan_q 13y ago
  It's easy to rise 46% in terms of subscriptions when they offer tens of thousands of dollars worth of their service for free.
  - theg2 13y ago
    Amazon micro instances are basically the same thing...
- facorreia 13y ago
  The server and tools division is a big business and the fact that it's revenue is growing at 10+% for 9 quarters is impressive.

by tytso 13y ago

jaynate 13y ago

I wonder if the $1B number doesn't also include internal marketing "funny money" microsoft is using to seed the business. There are companies who have been given large stipends of free services to wet their appetite for the platform.

megaman821 13y ago

Most likely the software sales are Windows Server licenses and the Azure tools needed to make a private cloud. A lot of companies have policies that prevent them from using public cloud servers.

OGinparadise 13y ago

The numbers are fishy, but if they are growing by XX% (1) a year, expect MS to reach that pretty soon. Love it or hate it, getting all your tech needs from one company has its advantages (and disadvantages). 1. Azure subscriptions have risen 48 percent in the past six months, said Takeshi Numoto, Microsoft’s vice president for marketing for the server and tools division. That unit, which encompasses Azure, has posted nine straight quarters of sales growth of at least 10 percent, he said.

skylan_q 13y ago
It's easy to rise 46% in terms of subscriptions when they offer tens of thousands of dollars worth of their service for free.
- theg2 13y ago
  Amazon micro instances are basically the same thing...
facorreia 13y ago
The server and tools division is a big business and the fact that it's revenue is growing at 10+% for 9 quarters is impressive.